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Grand Theft Auto Online is an online multiplayer action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.It was released on 1 October 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, [N 1] 18 November 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, 14 April 2015 for Windows, and 15 March 2022 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
It is the highest-rated PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game on Metacritic alongside Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2, [142] [143] and the second-highest rated PC game alongside several others. [ 144 ] Game Informer considered the addition of first-person "another significant breakthrough for the series" in the vein of Grand Theft Auto III 's shift ...
Rockstar Games released its own games launcher for Windows on September 17, 2019. The launcher integrates with the user's Social Club account, allowing them to download and buy games that they have previously purchased through Rockstar's store, as well as launch Rockstar games available from other services, like Steam, from the launcher. [65]
Rockstar Games is a video game publisher established under Take-Two Interactive in 1998. It is best known for the Grand Theft Auto series; other well-known releases include Bully, L.A. Noire, and the Red Dead, Max Payne and Midnight Club series.
The PC development team consisted of members of the original team and PC specialists from Rockstar's other studios who had brought Grand Theft Auto IV, Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire to the platform. The PC's recommended specifications are based on the game running a native 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second (fps); the team suggested 60 fps ...
Rockstar partnered with Interscope Records to create the soundtrack. [55] The in-game radio features eleven radio stations with twenty DJs—including Axl Rose, Chuck D, and George Clinton [56] —and more than three times as many licensed songs and original in-universe advertisements as Grand Theft Auto III.
A feature for the PSP version of the game is the ability to listen to custom soundtracks. [27] To implement the custom soundtrack feature, Rockstar placed the application called "Rockstar Custom Tracks v1.0" on the official site under the "Downloads" section. [28] This then gave people the chance to use the custom soundtracks feature.
The Windows launch was marred by problems with the Rockstar Games Launcher, rendering it unplayable for three days. The game received negative reviews; critics generally praised the enhanced visuals, upgraded lighting, improved controls, and added gameplay mechanics, but criticised its technical problems, art direction, and character models.