… One is that Rockstar's cashcow GTA Online makes a lot less money from microtransactions on PC, despite its steady following on services like Steam. It probably won't surprise you to hear that GTA Online makes a lot of money in general. …
… GTA 4 was a momentous game for Rockstar. …
… While we only have the buyer's word that the development hardware - "a phat white Xbox 360 XDK with a Rockstar North label on it" - is legit, former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij has, at least, verified that GTA 4 was once supposed to have a ferry, though he doesn't have much to share ab… …
… The Bank of America, to be specific, who've published a note on GTA6's price following the Iicon conference in Las Vegas. The bankers say they're now of the "view" that GTA 6's price'll be $80, rather than $70. …
… Among others, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director Michael Douse has suggested that GTA 6 has the "clout" to normalise a $100 price tag . I am dubious – GTA commands an almost religious following. …
… Original story follows: It appears that GTA 6 developer Rockstar have been subjected to yet another hack. …
… The report in question came from Giant Bomb ’s Jeff Grubb, who claimed Microsoft are concerned about releasing the game too close to all-consuming behemoth GTA 6, which is set to hit consoles on November 19th following multiple delays . …
… "Specifically with regards to GTA 6, Generative AI has zero part in what Rockstar Games is building," Zelnick said at the time. …
… Perhaps the big wigs over at the GTA publisher can see that the AI bubble is about to burst, though I wouldn't necessarily see this move as the end of AI at Take-Two owned studios.
… There are internal firewalls of all kinds at companies like OpenAI, but the fact that genAI models are designed to be 'agentic' and 'autonomous' doesn't fill me with confidence about these internal protections, and well, wouldn't it be a turn-up for the books if Wolpaw's hypothetical pliant GTA ped…