News March 16 Rockstar pays $10,000 to modder who reduced GTA Online load times by 70% Insane loading times have been a huge problem of GTA Online for a while. Now Rockstar has paid $10,000 to a modder who found a way to reduce them by 70%.
News July 6, 2020 Video Games Deluxe working on AAA VR game for Rockstar Rockstar is adding a new AAA VR title to its portfolio. The company may have been inspired by the success of the LA Noire VR spin-off, as well as this year’s release of Half-Life: Alyx.
Featured May 5, 2020 Video games in and out of court (December 2019 — April 2020). Part One. Our friends at law firm Semenov&Pevzner have put together an exhaustive overview of the most significant legal disputes that have impacted the video games industry since late 2019. This overview covers both notable lawsuits and other impactful cases which have profoundly affected the industry without having made it to the courtroom.
News April 1, 2020 Rockstar to give 5% of GTA Online and Red Dead Online revenues to fight coronavirus Rockstar Games is joining the industry-wide efforts to fight COVID-19, and it means business. From April 1 to May 31, the company will donate 5% of GTA Online and Red Dead Online revenues for the treatment of patients.
News March 17, 2020 CD Projekt Red switches to remote work CD Projekt Red released an update on how the company is handling the situation around the coronavirus pandemic. Effective yesterday, the makers of The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 now work remotely for as long as necessary.
News February 5, 2020 Dan Houser leaving Rockstar Gamer Dan Houser, Vice President, Creative at Rockstar Games, will be leaving the company March 11, 2020. Dan’s brother Sam Houser, co-founder/CEO of Rockstar, is remaining in the same role.
News December 26, 2019 Hong Kong protesters take to streets in Grand Theft Auto V The conflict between Hong Kong and China is affecting the gaming world once more. Players are taking advantage of new items added in GTA V’s Diamond Casino Heist update to look like Hong Kong protesters.
News September 18, 2019 Rockstar rolls out its own launcher Rockstar becomes the latest in the list of the gaming companies to have their own stores. The studio unveiled Rockstar Games Launcher for PC players.
