First Person mode

While not a moment per-say, playing in first person on next-gen consoles changed the whole context of GTA. The Grand Theft Auto series has always been about playing as a character, but playing the game as an FPS allowed the player to further inhabit the world. what this also meant, was that every violent and criminal act looked as if it was being carried out by the player instead of simply a character or avatar. being put in the shoes of the series criminals changed the way all of the games action were perceived by the player, as the new viewpoint drew us all further into the action.

This new mod is brought to gamers thanks to GTA5-Mods member ‘Script Mods.’ There are actually three different game modes, all dealing with the seas. The first is the Atlantis mode which doesn’t introduce Namor or Aquaman but it does put the entire city of Los Santos underwater. The second mode does the opposite, as it completely takes away all of the seawater from the coastal town. The third game mode brings the ability to see what would happen should giant waves start crashing on the city.

This mod comes after quite a bit of conversation has surrounded GTA V mods and what might lead to getting banned. Rockstar has basically come out and said they probably won’t ban you if you install these kinds of mods, but you also won’t get official support if something goes wrong. For those who want to try the mod out, you can download it here.

Script Mods has also included helpful instructions to install the mod which are as follows:

• Extract the water.xml from the archive.
• Run OpenIV and open common.rpf
• Open the “data” folder.
• Open the “levels” folder.
• Open the “gta5″ folder.
• Right-click on the water.xml file and select “replace”.
• Choose the extracted file.
• For Tsunami do the same, except replace files from the Tsunami folder.
• For Atlantis do the same, except replace files from the Atlantis folder.

You will also need OpenIV [2.6] in order to use this GTA V mod, which can be found here. Check out videos of what the mod looks like below.

Rockstar has been running foul of a very passionate subsect of the PC gaming community lately, thanks to perceived notions about the company’s stance on mods for Grand Theft Auto V, which finally launched on Steam last month to great success.

The company finally clarified its stance on mods in a recent email sent out to a concerned user. In that email, Rockstar confirmed that cosmetic mods are not bannable offenses in GTA V.

‘Cosmetic bans are not a bannable offense,’ they said. ‘However, if you require technical support after installing a mod, you will need to uninstall the mod, as we do not officially support mods.’

That said, FoV mods (remember, FoV mods leading to bannings is what set this outrage off in the first place) might not be considered strictly cosmetic mods, as they do impact the gameplay to some extent.

Why Rockstar did not simply make GTA V and GTA: Online separate for the PC version of the game, I will not understand.

Grand Theft Auto IV was a travesty on the PC. It’s widely regarded as one of the worst ports that has been made in modern gaming. But with that being said, when you dropped the iCEnhancer into it, the game was damn near photo realistic. It was doing what Fox Engine does, before Fox Engine was even a thing.

Well PC gamers can rejoice once again as the creators of the iCEnhancer have confirmed that they will indeed be bringing their hugely impressive game mod to Grand Theft Auto V when it comes to PC later this year. When you consider how visually appealing the newest build of Grand Theft Auto is, it’s easy to see what the intent of this mod is.

The iCEnhancer for GTA V will truly bring that game into the next generation, far ahead of the Wii U, Xbox One and PS4 by many leaps and bounds. I’m so excited to drop this into my game just to see how far we can take it. The PC version of GTA 5 releases this month.

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A select few users have been experiencing some issues with frame rate and Interaction Menu when equipping items in Grand Theft Auto Online. Now there’s no real known reason for this lag, but Rockstar have officially acknowledged the issue.

At the minute, their troubleshooting solutions don’t stretch far beyond the somewhat funny, “have you tried turning it off and on again?”, or as Rockstar themselves say, “try rebooting the console”. If that doesn’t work for you, then you can sign up to this page for an automatic update on the issue and receive any relevant information to help resolve the issue.

Thus far, 142 people have logged their complaints which is a very tiny portion of the games user base, but it’s nice to see Rockstar taking the time out to address the needs of the few, unlike another certain developer that has been performing poorly in recent times.  Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Whereas Grand Theft Auto V’s re-issue on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 is absolutely wonderful, and in true Rockstar fashion, raises the bar for what a next gen update should be (while also making you wonder just why the game was released on the significantly more constrained last gen hardware in the first place), it did have some issues of its own.

Most notable of these was the input lag, that a lot of players were complaining about, and that did in fact impede player enjoyment.

Rockstar was quick to address the issue, as it appears that the latest update for the game, which just released today, has countered the input lag to some degree, while also allowing the players a range of options to tailor the play experience more suited to their liking.

That was a pretty swift response, although the problem was relatively minor. Still, other developers and publishers could stand to learn a thing or two from Rockstar.

In 2013 while Rockstar were talking about Grand Theft Auto V, they brought up the matter of Heists and DLC, amongst other things. They were talking about new downloadable content that would include the Heist DLC and new story missions. But now that the Heists DLC is on its way, so where are we on the story DLC?

At the time, Rockstar said ““For those ready to jump back into the story of Grand Theft Auto V,”…“we have big plans for substantial additions in 2014 continuing Michael, Franklin and Trevor’s action, mayhem and unexpected adventures in Southern San Andreas.”

Since then, the voice actor for Franklin (Shawn Fonteno), has said that he recently travelled to New York where he recorded some new lines of dialogue for his character (check out the video at 6:25 below). This, of course, points towards the possibility that Rockstar are currently working on some new story DLC for the much loved game.

Now, this may also mean that the dialogue could have been for Heists,  but we’re hoping for some expansion on the single player portion of the game.

Apparently, a fake press release was posted that confirmed the release of a brand new GTA: San Andreas 2, which would be coming some time next year, and would be set in the same version of San Andreas as San Andreas itself was, following the original characters on more of their misadventures throughout the west coast state.

The ‘press release’ apparently confirmed multiple big name celebrities working on the game to provide voice talent (including Kevin Hart, Larenz Tate, and Mike Epps), as well as the return of the roleplaying features that have so far been exclusive only to the original San Andreas game.

All of this is false. There is (obviously) no new GTA: San Andreas 2 coming out next year. Frankly, I am surprised that any of you actually even fell for it, given how long Rockstar takes on making a new game, and how they have so far resisted the temptation to follow up any of their games with direct sequels. I understand that San Andreas was the peak of GTA, and many of us want to go back (and no, the HD re-release on Xbox Live does not count, and GTA V certainly does not count), but could we… please, maybe think more about stuff?

If you’re one of the people that is still waiting for  the very long awaited Heist DLC on Grand Theft Auto Online, then we finally have some official news that isn’t based on the speculation of the masses. Rockstar have confirmed that Heists will be coming as a free update to Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC in early 2015.

Rockstar is firing on all pistons by promising somewhere in the region of 20 hours of new gameplay (that’s the length of some AAA games nowadays) that will stretch over “five unique strands” reaching across a total of 20 missions. Lead mission designer Imran Sarwar said “We never want to have to move a date but if something is delayed, it’s because it’s not at the level we expect of ourselves.”

Completing these new missions in the correct order will reward players with special goodies and you will earn more rewards by finishing the game in the new First Person mode on PS4 and Xbox One. In the mean time check out those screenshots below. Get hype people.

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In case you spent sleepless nights wondering what game made it to the top spot in the games software charts in Norway, you need to worry no longer- GamingBolt brings you news that Rockstar’s re-release of its crime epic, Grand Theft Auto V, from last year, seems to be dominating the sales charts over in the Scandinavian country.

Overall, the charts are fairly predictable, with Far Cry 2 being #2 (Ubisoft’s other big holiday release, Assassin’s Creed Unity, has plummeted down to #11), with FIFA, Dragon Age, and Call of Duty rounding out the top 5. In case you are wondering about the absence of Nintendo’s latest hits on the chart, they haven’t released in Europe yet. Or, well, they release there today, meaning we may see them chart next week.

But, yes. If you were at all, for any reason whatsoever, wondering about the Nordic sales charts, here you are. Personally, I think they actually look better than the sales charts for many other countries…