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All the latest GTA 5 news for 2026: updates, patches, DLC, discounts and events. Fresh game news every day on VGTimes.
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Digital Foundry has published a technical analysis of Grand Theft Auto VI's gameplay demo, saying the biggest visual gains show up in its character work, hair, and lighting. The outlet also noted that the PS5 version already shows a few compromises, especially in reflections.
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September 3, 2026

Speaking in a recent interview, Michał Nowakowski, joint CEO of CD Projekt RED, said the studio's push to ship Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020 came from internal and external pressure, not from investors.

Nowakowski said the situation was more complicated than a simple push from the outside. In his words, the team was exhausted and wanted to get the game out the door, while fans and other voices were also asking for a launch. He added that the release period was unusual because it happened in the middle of COVID-19.
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September 2, 2026

Rockstar Games has confirmed that NoPixel V, the official GTA V roleplay server, will move into closed beta testing on September 8, 2026. The project is being developed by NoPixel with Rockstar's support, and the beta will be limited to invited participants on PC through the Rockstar Games Launcher.
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September 2, 2026

Microsoft has started testing Xbox Disc to Digital with Xbox Insiders on August 31, 2026, giving a first look at how the conversion flow works on supported consoles. The program lets compatible Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S discs be converted into digital licenses tied to the user's account.
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September 1, 2026

Grand Theft Auto VI's NPC systems are at least 10 years ahead of the industry, according to Berkay Dursun, an AI programmer at IO Interactive. He said that after footage from the game appeared online, making it clear he was reacting to what Rockstar Games has shown rather than to any internal access.
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August 30, 2026

Rockstar North co-head Rob Nelson says GTA 6 will let players use suppressive fire to intimidate enemies and, in some situations, get through encounters without killing anyone. The game is still set for November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Nelson described suppressive fire as intentionally missing and shooting near a target to intimidate or disorient it. He also gave a heist example: players may be able to enter a store without triggering the alarm and leave before anyone is alerted.
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August 30, 2026

Rockstar Games unveiled Grand Theft Auto 6, and in the first gameplay trailer fans immediately spotted several familiar details: Valentina from Grand Theft Auto Online, and the project's page on the PS Store, where the release is still set for November 19, 2026.
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August 29, 2026

Twitch suffered a major outage soon after the premiere of the Grand Theft Auto 6 extended look, with Twitch Status showing widespread problems across the service. The timing was notable because the gameplay presentation could be co-streamed by content creators, and the extended gameplay was drawing heavy attention as it went live.
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August 28, 2026

Rockstar has already opened pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI, but Jason Schreier says the publisher is still treating it as a single-player release for now. In a YouTube video published on August 7, 2026, Schreier described a conversation with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick.
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August 8, 2026

Rockstar is using Grand Theft Auto Online's summer heist event to hand players a $1,000,000 login bonus. The promotion runs from August 6 to August 12 and is part of a summer heist event in the game.
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August 4, 2026

Australian players can no longer use the Diamond Casino's gambling features in GTA Online, after Rockstar Games restricted access under new classification rules. The change, which reports say began on July 28, 2026, still leaves non-gambling rewards in place even though the chips themselves cannot be exchanged for real money.
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July 29, 2026

Mosjo, the enthusiast behind an unofficial Nintendo Switch port of GTA 5, has revealed that the project has now made it past the prologue and no longer gets stuck at the main menu. Even more impressively, the game is running on a modded Nintendo Switch OLED rather than through emulation, making the current state of the port far more promising than many expected.
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July 24, 2026

Former Rockstar Games employee Rob Carr, who worked at the studio from 2007 to 2016 and contributed to GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption, has criticized the way the modern gaming industry operates. According to Carr, the developers behind some of the industry’s biggest hits often receive no share of the profits, even after spending years working under intense crunch conditions.
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July 24, 2026

Kodansha Game Creators Lab's Sweet Hamster Days launched on July 17 for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, and creator Katayama says Grand Theft Auto V helped inspire its odd premise through its three-protagonist switching. The live-action romance sim takes that mechanic in a very different direction.
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July 21, 2026

Former Rockstar producer John Ricchio said Rockstar's next open-world release will likely be GTA 6 on a truly huge scale — "monstrous" in size, or at least far more detailed — and he believes that ambition will make the game especially difficult to build. Speaking in a Kiwi Talkz interview, he said he can only imagine how big the project will be.
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July 19, 2026

Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI really are shattering every conceivable record — nobody disputes that. Analytics firm Newzoo estimated that the game could pull in anywhere from $3.25 to $5.2 billion and sell between 37 and 51 million copies in its first week alone. The industry has never seen a pre-order campaign like this. But that same report quietly buries the biggest sensation of the past few weeks — the one that spread across every social network.
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July 17, 2026

Rockstar Games has released the The Kortz Center Heist update for GTA Online and, at the same time, made major changes to the game's heist economy. Several high-paying heists now reward significantly less cash, while a new weekly bonus applies to first-time completions.
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July 15, 2026

Set at Los Santos' Kortz Center art museum, the new mission sends players on a multi-stage robbery with scouting, planning, and escape as Rockstar adds the first full heist to Grand Theft Auto Online in six years. The update turns the museum into the center of a new operation built around gathering intel, picking an approach, and getting away with the goods.
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July 14, 2026

The newest KytyPS5 release brings a small but telling milestone: version 0.0.3 can now boot GTA 5 on a PC, and the emulator can even open the game's menu and settings. The developer says the update also improves performance and stability, but the project remains a long way from being a finished PS5 emulation solution.
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July 13, 2026

In a Kiwi Talkz interview, former Rockstar producer John Riccio said the studio's release order reflects how it allocates resources, with console versions taking priority before PC ports are built out later. He made the point while discussing delayed PC releases at Rockstar Games.
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July 13, 2026

Rockstar Games has announced that The Kortz Center Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online will launch on July 14, 2026, across all supported platforms.
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July 9, 2026

Rockstar Games is signaling a major shift for GTA 6 Online, as new job listings reveal plans for fully customizable dedicated servers and expanded community features. These positions, centered on the company's Creator Platform, describe technologies that would let players create, publish, and manage their own game modes and servers. Grand Theft Auto 6 is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026, for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and already has a PlayStation Store and Xbox Store page.
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July 3, 2026

Steven Ogg, the actor best known for portraying Trevor Philips in Grand Theft Auto 5, has shared a new photo on social media that quickly caught the attention of Rockstar Games fans.
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June 29, 2026

Rockstar very recently unveiled the official cover for Grand Theft Auto 6, and the community, as tradition dictates, immediately set about dissecting it pixel by pixel. The sensations didn't take long: within just a couple of days, a theory spread across the web that the striking girl on the cover has a real-life prototype. Internet detectives pointed to a specific person — and off it went.
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June 20, 2026

If the game of your dreams is taking agonizingly long to come out, why not just make it yourself? That, apparently, is the logic of a developer who goes by Ziwen, who has taken it upon himself to single-handedly cobble together his own version of GTA 6. And the audacity doesn't stop there: he genuinely intends to release his creation before Rockstar does.
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June 17, 2026

Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij revealed the team regretted adding stealth to GTA: San Andreas, leading to major feature cuts in GTA IV.
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June 5, 2026

The hacking group ShinyHunters, which breached Rockstar Games via the analytics service Anodot, demanded a $200,000 ransom — roughly ₽18.4 million. Rockstar refused to pay. In response, the hackers released the stolen data for free. The outcome turned out to be the exact opposite of what they intended.
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April 15, 2026

Rockstar has landed in another major scandal: a massive 8 GB archive of internal files has leaked online. Based on what’s already circulating, it includes 25 CSV files covering 2018–2026, tied to GTA Online, Red Dead Online, internal analytics, support systems, and anti-cheat tools. If authentic, this leak is especially damaging — not just numbers, but a look into the company’s internal workings.
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April 14, 2026

Rockstar has greatly changed the marketing strategy of Grand Theft Auto 6, when compared with the last part of the series. Seven months before the release of the new game, gamers received suspiciously little information about it. This may be due to both layoffs and fear of leaks, according to The Gamer.
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April 13, 2026

Even working on GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption, and Overwatch 2 no longer guarantees a stable future in the games industry. Rockstar and Blizzard veteran Rob Carr (Rob Carr) admitted that, despite 20 years of experience, he still cannot find a job.
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April 6, 2026

The main character of the game Agent, a cancelled Rockstar project, was found in the leaked source code of Grand Theft Auto 5. In any case, that's what dataminers who have studied the character model deeply think.
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April 6, 2026

According to analytics firm Circana, 62% of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth players in the U.S. are over 35, and if you include everyone aged 30 and up, that share rises to 77%. It is yet another sign that gamers are “getting older.”
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March 24, 2026

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii U are now retro consoles. GameStop, a major retail chain, has put an end to the disputes that have been going on for the past few years. The retailer has officially put these platforms on a par with the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo DS.
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March 17, 2026

According to a new large-scale study of the gaming industry, Roblox and Minecraft audiences are becoming less and less interested in traditional AAA blockbusters. If this trend continues, the future of video games may lie not in expensive single-player hits, but in free-to-play live-service games and viral formats.
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March 16, 2026

Modder Andy Nguyen, known online as theflow0, has ported Linux to the PlayStation 5 and effectively turned the console into a full-fledged gaming PC. As a demonstration, he launched GTA 5 Enhanced Edition, running at 1440p and 60 FPS with ray tracing enabled. According to the modder, 4K HDMI output, audio, and all USB ports are working.
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March 9, 2026
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