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%.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.