The already sizeable GTA 5 is about to get a whole lot bigger. At some point in the next 24 hours, Rockstar will activate Grand Theft Auto Online, the game's much-sung multiplayer component. But how will you actually access said component? Fret not, brave warrior - here's Uncle OXM with a few pointers and reminders. Rockstar will unlock GTA Online by way of a game update. The file in question is said to be "tiny", and is probably nothing more complex than a Season Pass-style code - we doubt it'll house any actual game content. According to Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies, once you've downloaded the file you'll see an additional option on your character selection wheel, accessed by holding D-pad down. Select it to kick-start a cinematic introduction and the multiplayer character creation process.
Rockstar has yet to reveal exactly when GTA Online will go live, but assures us that it'll give players some sort of advance warning. "We can't yet confirm precisely what time on October 1st it will go live or any other specific details, but please stay tuned as we'll have more information to provide before launch." The mode won't appear till 2nd October if you live in Australia.
I'll keep an ear open for further updates. Before you invite anybody into your game, incidentally, you might want to engage Passive mode. "If you're spawning and being killed immediately, go to Passive mode - it means you can't shoot people, but they can't shoot you," Benzies told CVG in an interview a month or two back. "So you can just kind of hang around and get to grips with the game."
You should also brace yourself for an onslaught of "crashes, glitches [and] crazy bugs" - Rockstar has made no bones of the fact that it's impossible to predict and account for the stresses of an open world multiplayer component as comprehensive as this one. The developer plans to release a number of add-ons and updates in "the first few weeks" after launch.
Cash earned in GTA 5 won't transfer to GTA Online, so don't feel too pleased with yourself if you're already raking in the millions. There's a strictly optional microtransactions system that allows players to buy wodges of Los Santos cash - $13.49 of real money nets you $1,250,000 in-game.
Baffled by the immensity of it all? At a loss for direction? Here are 10 things to do in GTA Online.
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Rockstar has yet to reveal exactly when GTA Online will go live, but assures us that it'll give players some sort of advance warning. "We can't yet confirm precisely what time on October 1st it will go live or any other specific details, but please stay tuned as we'll have more information to provide before launch." The mode won't appear till 2nd October if you live in Australia.
I'll keep an ear open for further updates. Before you invite anybody into your game, incidentally, you might want to engage Passive mode. "If you're spawning and being killed immediately, go to Passive mode - it means you can't shoot people, but they can't shoot you," Benzies told CVG in an interview a month or two back. "So you can just kind of hang around and get to grips with the game."
You should also brace yourself for an onslaught of "crashes, glitches [and] crazy bugs" - Rockstar has made no bones of the fact that it's impossible to predict and account for the stresses of an open world multiplayer component as comprehensive as this one. The developer plans to release a number of add-ons and updates in "the first few weeks" after launch.
Cash earned in GTA 5 won't transfer to GTA Online, so don't feel too pleased with yourself if you're already raking in the millions. There's a strictly optional microtransactions system that allows players to buy wodges of Los Santos cash - $13.49 of real money nets you $1,250,000 in-game.
Baffled by the immensity of it all? At a loss for direction? Here are 10 things to do in GTA Online.
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