Rockstar have been on a roll recently with Grand Theft Auto 5. Not only did they confirmed that the PS4 version will run at 1080p on but they also added an awesome first person view to the upcoming remaster.
O'Dell Harmon Jr. writes: "Before we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take a look back and see what were the most downloaded games of the year. It was a great time for sports, shooters, and some new PlayStation VR2 games. Sports favorites topped the charts in US/Canada and EU, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC26, respectively.
Juggernaut GTA V found a home in the top three for both regions, with new 2025 release Battlefield 6 claiming second place in the US. Fortnite took top place for free-to-play games, and Beat Saber continues its PS VR2 success."
I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.
After Driveclub's reception, hard to say it would have done well enough to compete. It's easy to dream of such a thing, but to make it happen? It's taken how long for CoD to be dethroned? And it was dethroned by Hogwart's Legacy and has gained it right back just the next year.
It’s funny to watch the only games EU and USA agree on was Minecraft and back ops 7 both regions on 6 and 7 spot respectively other than that FIFA rules EU
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I would like to see a list that has both free to play and paid games together, but at least we have this.
To this day GTA5 is a top downloaded game and it makes me wonder if the industry is really ready for GTA6. I imagine almost nothing else will sell during that game's release window.
Another night of Fortnite with the boys then?
I’ve never played Fortnite GTAV or CoD BO7 but I do own GTAV for PS4/5 because I got them cheap.
What exactly are we not getting?
Did we not just have a 2025 filled with nice games like...
Silksong, Doom TDA, Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Ghost of Yotei, Dispatch, Split Fiction, Hades 2, DK Bananza, and so many more?
Agree that all you just posted are great games. Expedition 33 is one of my favorites. Spent a large chunk of time on BG3 in 2023. Another for my all-time list.
My point though not well articulated in the OG post is that we would get more of the games of the quality you mentioned if so many valuable resources were not allocated to FTP slop and/or heavy monetization schemes. Some of what used to be my favorite franchises have been ruined by them.
To sum it up, I would like to see games like 33 outperform the profits made by games like Fortnite so more resources are allocated to great games. When heavily monetized FTP games are at the top of the list, we end up being stuck with a significant chunk of games that are not good. Or worst case scenario games that spend years in development, but get cancelled due to industry trend chasing.
Popsicle, I actually think we're getting more great games because of the slop. Developers are seeing that people aren't happy and taking advantage of big AAA studios not delivering for people.
Revolution Team, the modding team behind GTA Vice City NextGen Edition, has announced GTA: San Andreas NextGen Edition.
I'm surprised modders haven't taken GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas and connected them as one big game. I remember GTA 3, you had to complete so much of the game to open up the other part of the city, which was connected by a bridge, although there was a flying car cheat.
But... it is still a remaster.
No matter how you package it Rockstar, this is not a next gen GTA. More a 1.5 than 2.0 :)
One thing I am very happy about though is that I totally skipped this on last gen as I had my suspicions that they would do something like this. Glad that hunch paid off.
Happy days!!!
Edit: Also just a nitpick but why has the title mentioned Xbox one and PS4 but then in the article they only confirm that the PS4 is 1080p when Im sure that R* has already said that both are. Correct me if I'm wrong. Stealth Trolling hehe.
I cant wait to play it, been wanting this so much
Id like to read the article, hower this site on mobile is just a mash up of ads!
If your on a phone, I wouldn't bother looking
I hate the word remaster.
Games that have been ported over the years were not remasters before, but thanks to the Internet they are all considered as the same (WHICH IS TO ME REMASTER IS A NEGATIVE WORD).... just face the facts it's a port with a new visual effects, broader dynamic lighting, new textures, better level of detail, higher resolution and new features.
Around 10 years ago, grand theft auto vice city came out for the PlayStation 2. Two years later vice city is ported over to the Xbox with new visual updates, broader lighting, new textures, and higher resolution and was praised by fans being a great port to the next system. I easily spent $120 for Grand Theft Auto and I was and was happy to do it again. when this new version releases, I plan to buy the p4 version and the pc version totaling my costs to over 200 dollars in grand theft auto in within 2 years...
I love Grand Theft Auto and in retrospect the most recent "remasters" that came out recently. I love the last of us the upcoming Resident Evil 1 HD the upcoming Kingdom Hearts, Dead or alive 5, the master chief collection. All of these games are goty for me...
Its 1080p on xbox one too. It was confirmed by R*