During the mid-1990s, I spent my summers in L.A. I was still in high school and answering phones at a film agency on Wilshire. And in the mid-1990s, super producer Don Simpson ruled Hollywood. Everyone in the movie business had a Don Simpson story. Along with Jerry Bruckheimer, Simpson was the force behind high-concept hits like Top Gun and Bad Boys, was notorious for his excesses — the hookers, the drug use, and the outbursts. Brash and outspoken, he was a Hollywood rockstar. And, according to an unauthorised account about the makers of Grand Theft Auto, he was Sam Houser’s hero.
Similar to the Vice City Rage project (and the San Andreas Rage project), here’s an undertaking bringing the world design of Grand Theft Auto III’s Liberty City to the more robust engine of Grand Theft Auto IV.
The friends you make in Max Payne 3 this May can be the same friends you roll with in Grand Theft Auto V thanks to Rockstar’s Crew mechanic, a new multiplayer feature that keeps your camaraderie and rivalry alive even after you’ve moved on to a different game.
Here’s one of the best Grand Theft Auto IV mods I’ve ever seen: a look at what happens when Transformers hero Optimus Prime invades Liberty City.
Dan Houser must really, really like In Cold Blood. According to The New York Observer, one of the minds behind the best-selling Grand Theft Auto just dropped a mob-boss-worthy load of cash on the one-time abode of Truman Capote.
While this clip showing Grand Theft Auto from a first-person perspective is a little slower — and less explosive — than you’re probably accustomed to, it at least gets the spirit of the series less scripted moments right.
I don’t know what’s creepier, the face leering at everyone with the knife, or the wonky stick-figure body casually strolling around the streets.
Earlier this week, we reported a rumour that retailer Play.com had accidentally leaked the existence of a Grand Theft Auto for Vita and three other games. In a statement to Eurogamer today, Play.com confirmed that this report was false.