Plenty of Rockstar-related information has hit as we speak, headlined by the addition of anti-cheat to GTA On-line on PC.
A brand new replace, out now for GTA 5 on PC, provides BattlEye Anti-Cheat for GTA On-line. The patch notes are beneath.
This replace, which has already sparked concern about mod compatibility in GTA On-line, comes on the eleventh anniversary of GTA On-line, and years after the multiplayer targeted sport hit last-gen consoles and PC.
Why would Rockstar add anti-cheat to GTA On-line now? It might need one thing to do with so-far unnanounced plans to launch the GTA 5 next-gen replace for the PC model of the sport. There are stories {that a} leftover metadata file noticed after as we speak’s modifications to the Rockstar Video games Launcher suggests Rockstar has been engaged on a “Gen9” model of GTA 5 for PC since earlier this 12 months.
Steam App for #GTAV Gen9 model on PC. https://t.co/B8H4HoeQTH
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) September 17, 2024
GTA 5’s next-gen replace launched in April 2022 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X and S, however not PC. PC gamers have questioned whether or not Rockstar may add it to their model ever since.
There’s extra. Studies point out Rockstar by chance included the metadata for its Western epic Crimson Useless Redemption on PC with as we speak’s launcher replace.
Rockstar by chance included the metadata for #RDR1 PC with as we speak’s launcher replace too.
Steam App for RDR1 PC: https://t.co/Rd1WRoxFI5
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) September 17, 2024
Final month, Crimson Useless Redemption’s lengthy awaited PC port appeared imminent when the PlayStation Retailer bizarrely claimed it was “now on PC.”
This is not true, after all, as Crimson Useless Redemption continues to be solely out there on consoles regardless of launching in 2010, however the replace to its official PlayStation description prompt motion behind the scenes. This after a datamine of developer Rockstar Video games’ web site in Might 2024 additionally talked about a PC port.
“Expertise the epic western adventures that outlined a technology — now on PC for the primary time ever,” the PlayStation Retailer web page learn, as noticed by @Wario64 on X/Twitter. “Additionally included is Undead Nightmare, the enduring horror story that transforms the world of Crimson Useless Redemption into an apocalyptic struggle for survival towards a zombie horde.”
The publish continued to say additional PC components: “That includes the entire single-player experiences of each video games, together with bonus content material from the Recreation of the Yr Version, Crimson Useless Redemption options the entire 2023 console model upgrades plus PC particular enhancements together with help for elevated resolutions and framerates, a number of shows, and different equipment, plus spatial encompass sound.”
Rockstar is after all engaged on GTA 6, which at the moment has a launch window of fall 2025. That’s on PS5 and Xbox Collection X and S solely at this level, with no PC model at the moment introduced.
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