In Real Life

How Much Better Does GTA V Look Compared To GTA IV?

Kotaku AU

When it comes to video games I’ve noticed a couple of things — we tend to overestimate how good the games we played in the past looked, and we underestimate the progress made by modern games. I remember being slightly underwhelmed by the visual upgrade shown in the recent Grand Theft Auto V trailer but this video, which cleverly remakes the GTA V trailer using footage of GTA IV, shows just how far the games has come.


November 4, 2011
PC

Example Of Sexual Harassment? Grand Theft Auto

Sexual harassment is awful. Many people — often politicians, it seems — say things or create situations that make others uncomfortable. So Bolt insurance agency created a chart explaining “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”.


November 3, 2011
In Real Life

Here’s How We Were Introduced To GTA IV Four Years Ago

So, the day is upon us where we’ll finally get the first glimpse of the next entry in the storied Grand Theft Auto series. It’s been more than four long years and, since then, the bittersweet saga of Niko Bellic has become a fond, distant memory for most gamers. Still, the trailer that introduced the immigrant hero hit like a lightning bolt in 2007 and, here at Kotaku, we thought it’d be worthwhile to look back at how Rockstar introduced the world to Niko Bellic.


October 31, 2011
In Real Life

In Honor Of Grand Theft Auto V, Here’s A Liberty City Walkathon

Grand Theft Auto V is official. And while it’s not set in Liberty City, what better way to honour the game’s announcement than by pounding the iconic digital city’s virtual pavement.


October 26, 2011
In Real Life

Seagulls, Cool Jazz, And Megadeth: 5 Favorite Tunes From Grand Theft Auto

With Rockstar about to announce the release of Grand Theft Auto V, we’re all abuzz theorizing, postulating, and prognosticating about things that the game will or won’t have. Totilo’s looked at what systems the game might be on, Crecente guessed about possible settings. And then, Stephen got a tip that the game will indeed be set in L.A. and may even feature multiple protagonists.


September 9, 2011
PC

Liberty City Becomes Beautiful New York City In Stunning GTA Mod

Impressive Grand Theft Auto IV mods are nothing new, but this one — which turns the fictional Liberty City into a very real, very beautiful New York City — is really impressive.


August 9, 2011
PC

You’ve Been Playing GTA IV Wrong

When Grand Theft Auto IV came out, I was swept away. The scope, depth and scale of the game were almost too much to take in. It seemed like a game in which anything was possible, like a parallel reality, re-created.


July 29, 2011
PC

Superman Returns (To Liberty City)

Once again showcasing the fact the world of modding PC games is a weird and wonderful place, witness these videos of Superman buzzing around the skies of Grand Theft Auto IV‘s Liberty City.


July 21, 2011
PC

1.21 GIGAWATTS!? Grand Theft Auto IV Goes Back To The Future

Kotaku AU

This video appears to be quite old, so apologies in advance if you’ve seen this before, but this Back to the Future GTA IV mod has me quite excited!


July 11, 2011
Retro

The Past Is Present In This San Andreas/GTA IV Mod

We’ve seen a teaser of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City imported into Grand Theft Auto IV‘s visual and physics engine, RAGE. Another mod team is hard at work on the same conversion for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.