Rockstar’s Dan Houser leaves behind a legacy of perfection at all costs
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser is exiting on a legacy of successful games and questionable labor practices.
Grand Theft Auto V, the most profitable game ever, is now on Xbox Game Pass
Grand Theft Auto V is the most profitable piece of entertainment media in history, but you can now get the game for free with a subscription to Xbox Game Pass. You can grab three months for $1.
Rockstar is already banning players for modding Red Dead Online on PC
Red Dead Online players who had been playing modded versions of the game are already being suspended or outright banned by Rockstar, with their progress being reverted back to the start.
Rockstar acknowledges big problems in Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC
Rockstar Games has issued an apology for the PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2, acknowledging issues with crashing and stuttering that have plagued some players since it launched last week.
The first Red Dead Redemption 2 mods are here, let you play as The Joker
Red Dead Redemption 2 only just released on PC, but the modding community has already begun creating custom features for the game. Thus far, they’ve already given protagonist Arthur Morgan a Joker overhaul.
Game-breaking bugs hinder Red Dead Redemption 2 PC launch
PC players are finding Red Dead Redemption 2 to be in a less-than-stellar state at launch, with game-breaking bugs causing it to completely crash or reduce the framerate significantly.
LA Noire: The VR Case Files Rated For PSVR
Get Phelps on the case; it looks like LA Noire: The VR Case Files is finally coming to PSVR.
This abridged adaptation of Rockstar and Team Bondi’s divisive detective game hit PC VR headsets in 2017. It took a choice selection of cases from the original game and directly translated them for headsets. As with most high-end PC VR games, we’ve since been waiting for confirmation of a PSVR version. This week, the European games rating board, PEGI, gave a PS4 version an 18 rating.
While not official confirmation, it does make an impending announcement likely. It’s surprising it’s taken this long but, then again, porting to the less powerful PS4 hardware can be an intense and costly process.
If true, we’d hope to see the PSVR version arriving later this year. PSVR’s had a strong 2019 thus far with releases like Blood & Truth and, from tomorrow, No Man’s Sky. That said, we don’t really know what’s coming for the rest of the year aside from Iron Man VR.
This would certainly make a worthy addition to the line-up. We gave LA Noire: The VR Case Files 8/10 in our review. “Interrogations, crime scenes, and action moments all feel great, but they’re too few and far between with only seven total cases,” David Jagneaux wrote. “But given the scope and abbreviated implementation of one of gaming’s most unique properties, LA Noire VR is an absolutely riveting adventure.”
Elsewhere, HTC says Rockstar isn’t done with VR. We’d really, really like to see Red Dead Redemption 2 in VR, please.
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Amid huge profits, Rockstar Games makes game testers full-time employees
Following criticism of its crunch culture and long hours for workers, Rockstar Games has shifted its quality assurance workers from being contractors to full-time employees. Several other policies have changed.
Video game companies accused of crunch, and how they responded
Video game developers often have to deal with extremely long hours, particularly near the end of a project. This process is called "crunch," and these are the studios where it reportedly takes place.
Rockstar adjusts ‘Red Dead Online’ in-game economy in response to complaints
Red Dead Online has been catching flack for its unbalanced in-game economy. Now developer Rockstar has announced adjustments to the game, increasing the amount of cash and the number of gold bars that players earn for various activities.
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