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GTA 5 And Red Dead Redemption 2 Are Leaving PS Plus, But You Still Have Time
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GTA 5 And Red Dead Redemption 2 Are Leaving PS Plus, But You Still Have Time

While a whole bunch of new games are being added to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog this month, it looks like Sony is making room for them by removing several titles over the next few weeks. We don’t know exactly when they will be gone, but you can expect 11 games to be removed over the next couple of weeks, including two of Rockstar's biggest open-world adventures: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5 . We've known for a while that GTA 5 was on its way out , but it looks like Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive are making sure there are no distractions for the November 19 launch of GTA 6. It's worth noting that both games have been in and out of the PS Plus Game Catalog, so they'll probably be added back at some point in the future. GTA 5 rotated back into the library in November 2025, while Red Dead Redemption 2 returned to the PS Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalog in May. Tho

GTA 6 is so detailed no single Rockstar employee knows it all - which is how we got shrinking horse testicles in Red Dead Redemption 2
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GTA 6 is so detailed no single Rockstar employee knows it all - which is how we got shrinking horse testicles in Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2's infamous animated horse testicles , which are realistic enough to contract in cold weather and expand again in the warmth, were apparently not a feature mandated by Rockstar. As iconic as they've become - a symbol of extraordinary detail in the game - they didn't originate from a list of features that needed to be added to the game. The horse testicles were instead the unexpected work of one person, or a group of people, autonomously working on the Cowboy epic. Read more

All The Records GTA 6 Will Break, We Think
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All The Records GTA 6 Will Break, We Think

After years of development and perhaps more hype than for any game, GTA 6 is set for release on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Predicting that it will be an enormous success commercially is perhaps one of the safest bets anyone could make. But just how big will the launch be? And what records could GTA 6 beat if it delivers? Lucia and Jason in GTA 6. The records The last GTA game, 2013's GTA 5, was a huge hit right out of the gate. It brought in $800 million in revenue over its first 24 hours and $1 billion in its first three days . Even a decade later, the game remains a sales juggernaut, eclipsing 230 million copies sold and counting . Rockstar's latest game, 2018's Red Dead Redemption II, launched with $725 million in revenue over its opening weekend . It's gone on to sell more than 87 million copies, making it one of the top five best-selling games ever . Outside of Rocksta

Next Red Dead Launching By 2027 Or 2028 May Not Be Unreasonable, Bank Says, But It Definitely Is
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Next Red Dead Launching By 2027 Or 2028 May Not Be Unreasonable, Bank Says, But It Definitely Is

Citi, the investment bank and financial services company, has released a note about GTA 6 and Rockstar, and included in the brief is a line about what Rockstar could release next--a new Red Dead game. The company said in its memo that, if Rockstar is telling the truth that GTA 6 did not in fact cost $1.5 billion to make , then the studio may be able to get a new Red Dead game out sooner than anyone might have imagined. Citi said a new Red Dead game releasing in 2027 or 2028 "may not be unreasonable," according to Yahoo Finance . A scene from Red Dead Redemption II. The bank might be saying this, but it would be incredibly shocking, for a number of reasons, if a new Red Dead game releases as soon as next year. There are historically years between major Rockstar releases, and even longer gaps between entries in the same series. For example, Red Dead Redemption launched in 2010, followed by

GTA 6 Reviews: When They Could Be Released
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GTA 6 Reviews: When They Could Be Released

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 releases on November 19, but when will you be able to read reviews? According to historical precedent and a new report, reviews for the open-world crime game should be available before launch. Insider Gaming reported that reviews for GTA 6 will be posted at some point before November 19, but the exact timing is unknown for now. According to insider NateTheHate , Rockstar will send copies of GTA 6 to reviewers before the end of October, so any time now, seemingly. A scene from GTA 6. What history tells us The last GTA game, GTA 5, was released on September 17, 2013, and reviews for the game were published starting on September 16. For Rockstar's next game, 2018's Red Dead Redemption II, reviews also went live one day prior to release. This doesn't necessarily mean Rockstar will follow the same playbook for GTA 6, however. Nothing is confirmed at this stage. G

GTA 6 Could Have Been Even Bigger And Released Years Sooner, But Then These Things Happened
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GTA 6 Could Have Been Even Bigger And Released Years Sooner, But Then These Things Happened

A big new report revealed more details about Rockstar's long-awaited GTA 6 , including how the game's scope was originally much bigger and that the game could have released years sooner. Bloomberg reported that when a small team from Rockstar traveled to Miami in 2015 to begin planning GTA 6, they envisioned the game spanning "big swaths of land across both North and South America." It was in development under the codename Project Americas at this time. The report went on to say that Rockstar would pare down GTA 6's scope to include Miami and its surrounding areas instead of the original ambition. It's not a small world, though, as GTA 6's map is 3X bigger than the map in Rockstar's last game, 2018's Red Dead Redemption II. In addition to GTA 6's version of Miami with Vice City, the game takes players to a range of other locations in greater Leonida, which is a stand-in for Florida. The

Rockstar’s GTA 6 Realism Experiment Started With Beer And Sandwiches
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Rockstar’s GTA 6 Realism Experiment Started With Beer And Sandwiches

Compared to previous games in the series, Grand Theft Auto 6 is aiming to add new layers of realism to the franchise. As the criminal couple Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, players will explore a city where actions have consequences , and it's not easy to shake the long arm of the law when you cause chaos. It continues ideas that developer Rockstar Games began experimenting with in Red Dead Redemption 2, but the studio says it initially struggled to figure out how realistic it wanted GTA 6 to be while still offering a fun gameplay experience. As detailed by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier , Rockstar had a foundation to build on for GTA 6, as it would once again be a satirical open-world game in which you could commit all manner of crime. But the small details proved tricky, as Rockstar Games wanted players to feel immersed in the game's world. At one point, the developers debated whether playe

Red Dead’s Shocking Twist Ending Angered A Lot Of People, But It Was The Right Call, Rockstar Co-Founder Says
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Red Dead’s Shocking Twist Ending Angered A Lot Of People, But It Was The Right Call, Rockstar Co-Founder Says

Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser has recalled the controversial ending to 2010's Red Dead Redemption in which the main character, John Marston, is killed. He said in an interview that the game's lead designer, Christian Cantamessa was on board with the idea to kill off Marston, but Houser wondered about the production realities of, "How does an open-world game work if you've killed the protagonist?" "So I said, ‘I think maybe we have to kill him.’ And he goes, ‘That's a great idea. Got to do it.’ I said, ‘I don't know if… let me just think about this,’ because we're just dealing with audio and dialogue," Houser told IGN "The nature of an open-world game is you finish a story, then you go back into the world and wrap up all the side content if you want to. We'd have to play as someone else for that. We could play as Jack, but what does that mean? So I had to think through for a while what i

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