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Rockstar Games has finally released the first trailer for what could be the most anticipated game of all time - Grand Theft Auto VI.

The 90-second trailer was published early on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel and showcased a great deal of the game, revealing many impressive aspects such as graphical quality, density of environments while maintaining impressive graphics, the main character, and the location of the game. While these are the main takeaways from the trailer, I believe there is something here most people have missed - a brand new feature that players of GTA VI will have to learn to adapt to in-game.

One of the main things we see during the trailer is videos played on what seems to be some kind of social media platform. The clips begin with a video posted by "DadBodSquad" and show a man partying on a boat. Next to the account name is a Follow option, along with a Like and Comment option in the top right. These types of videos are constantly played throughout the trailer, which makes me think that perhaps this is more than a quick way to showcase different aspects of the game.

Rockstar dropped the first Grand Theft Auto VI trailer earlier today, and if you haven't seen it yet, be sure to stop reading and watch it below. Pretty amazing, right? The insane level of detail in everything from the characters to the environments to the lighting is next level, and that's before you factor in the awesome animation and vehicles.

And with the GTA 6 drought finally over, we've also got a release window - 2025. However, it's not great news if you're a PC gamer rocking a decent GeForce RTX or Radeon RX rig.

Alongside the trailer, we got a press release from Rockstar Games stating it's "proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto VI is coming to PlayStation 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems in 2025." That's right, no PC.

Dragon Age fans get updated on what to expect with the next game in the medieval fantasy franchise.

BioWare releases a new Dreadwolf teaser trailer with some impressive in-game visuals to celebrate Dragon Age day. The footage showcases and highlights just how much BioWare's visual skills have evolved since the release of Inquisition nearly 10 years ago, and Dreadwolf very much continues the impressive high graphical watermark set by the studio's ill-fated Anthem IP.

The trailer is short and sweet, touching upon three regions of Thedas that gamers should be able to explore throughout Dreadwolf. There's Treviso, a city in Antiva that's overseen by the shadow Crows; the coastal, tropical peninsula of Rivain; and Grey Warden's Weisshupt Fortress in the Anderfels (which may or may not be in ruins).

Overwatch 2's latest season is upon us, which will see the newest Tank hero Mauga, festive holiday events, new Hero Mastery courses, and new rewards that get jam-packed with a beast hunter-themed season. Overwatch 2 - Season 8: Call of the Hunt starts on December 5; check it out:

Mauga was teased recently but is now on the official hero roster for Overwatch 2 starting with Season 8, which can be unlocked, of course. Mauga rocks dual chainguns that will burn and burst down your enemies, where he can also charge through enemies and come crashing down on them with Overrun. Mauga can also reinforce his team with his Cardiac Overdrive and even brawl in close-quarters combat with his powerful Cage Fight ultimate.

The team at Blizzard has made some changes to Mauga after watching how he performed and listening to player feedback. The team made some adjustments to Mauga to "make him stand out even more," like additional power to his chainguns, and more Armor HP that allows him to last longer in the fight.

GTA 6 has officially been announced by Rockstar Games, and a new press release offers more details about the upcoming crime caper.

After 10 years of waiting and endless speculation, the day has finally come: Grand Theft Auto VI's reveal exploded onto the internet with the bright neon lights and salacious night clubs that Vice City is known for. Rockstar's official GTA 6 trailer showed of 90 seconds of in-game and cinematic footage, highlighting next-gen visuals, improved character models, incredible lighting, and a whole new evolution of American satire.

Rockstar also sent out a new press release from its comms team that offers a few more details about the game. The studio promises GTA 6 will be the "most immersive evolution of GTA" so far, and studio founder Sam Houser also has some choice words, too. Rockstar confirms that GTA 6 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

BREAKING: Rockstar Games has released the new Grand Theft Auto trailer early in an attempt to get ahead of leaks.

It's official: The next Grand Theft Auto game is indeed called GTA VI, and features two protagonists in a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde crime story set for a 2025 launch.

Rockstar Games has released the first 90-second trailer for GTA 6 ahead of schedule, with the studio responding quickly to a recent video leak that spread far and wide. Instead of waiting for the internet to spoil their surprise, Rockstar just premiered the GTA VI trailer on its official YouTube channel, revealing in-game and cinematic footage set in the fictional Miami-inspired Vice City.

Starbreeze Studios, the team that helped co-develop one of the most popular FPS franchises on the planet, is moving to medieval fantasy for their next title.

Today, Starbreeze made a surprise announcement: The Payday developer is now working on a new game set in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. We really didn't see this one coming.

The D&D game is described as an action-adventure experience complete with co-op live service elements and cross-play. The title is codenamed Project Baxter and is being created in Unreal Engine 5 with a planned release on "all major platforms" by 2026. Starbreeze plans to both develop and publish the game, likely with funding provided by Hasbro.

Firefight is coming to Halo Infinite with tomorrow's new update, but it'll be a bit different this time around.

Halo Infinite's new Season 5 Reckoning roadmap includes Firefight, one of my most-played Halo gametypes of all time. As is usually the case with Infinite's modes, Firefight is getting some big changes that turns the PVE chaos on its head.

The biggest change is Firefight is no longer solely a survival gametype with a pool of lives. Instead, 343i is merging King of the Hill into Firefight to create what sounds like a thrilling and significantly challenging experience. Any Firefight player will tell you that your team is most vulnerable when clumped together--one good grenade can wipe out the whole group--and that's basically what KotH is all about.

After years of genre-defining crossovers, Epic is now using Fortnite as a gateway for gaming's new Games-as-a-Platform strategy.

Fortnite is the template for success for most live games. The BR has made over $20 billion in revenue thanks in no small part to its incredible amount of pop culture crossovers while also innovating with events like the ultra-popular Travis Scott concert. Fortnite isn't just a game any more, it's an experience.

Epic is continuing this trend in a new way. Fortnite will now turn into a kind of gateway for other games, which is a nascent concept that I call Games-as-a-Platform (you've heard of Games-as-a-Service, well this is an evolution of that).

You may have seen over the weekend that some Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III players - those accessing the game via NVIDIA's GeForce Now service - were getting banned, but the good news is this problem has been fully resolved.

Last week saw the introduction of Modern Warfare III to NVIDIA's streaming service, and apparently players using the cloud gaming product were being detected as cheaters somehow (due to their rig being cloud-based, we can guess).

Activision was fortunately quick to move on this one, and rolled out a fix for what it called "improper account enforcements."