Official Site: Grand Theft Auto Online
Studio: Rockstar Games
Launch Date: October 1, 2013 (PS3, X360), November 14, 2013 (PS4, XBO), April 14, 2015 (PC)
Genre: Persistent open world action driver/shooter
Business Model: Box fee
Platform: PC, Consoles
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Cold Iron’s Craig Zinkievich on funding, the genre, and the MMO nature of the game
Earlier this month, we got a curious press release from a new gaming studio called Cold Iron. I might have skipped over it but...
Grand Theft Auto Online: Import/Export brings car theft back to the forefront of the game
After about four minutes in Grand Theft Auto, the eponymous crime becomes mundane. Stealing a car is not a complex operation; it's just how...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone cruises down some Mean Streets (December 4, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: A home away from home
If you were to move into an MMO for real, where would you live? I posed this question last week to the One Shots...
The MOP Up: Gunjack 2 gets a launch date (November 13, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Grand Theft Auto Online removes ill-gotten currency, GTA5 rumored to be transforming into an MMO
You might be able to steal, swindle, and carjack to your heart's content in Grand Theft Auto Online, but you best not be crossing...
Rockstar releases Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer
Earlier this week, Rockstar formally announced that it is working on Red Dead Redemption 2, due out fall of next year. "Developed by the...
Grand Theft Auto Online: Bikers lets you be the outlaw motorcyclist you always wanted to be
Here in the real world, your options with a motorcycle are more or less limited to "riding it." You can't really whip into a...
Self-driving cars are learning to drive with Grand Theft Auto
So it turns out that people were right when they said that self-driving cars were a terrible idea. We were all in favor of...
Superdata’s June report shows Overwatch, WoW still on top
Superdata's latest report on the worldwide digital games market is out, and Overwatch owned the month of June on PC, to no one's surprise,...
The Stream Team: Attempting Grand Theft Auto Online’s new Cunning Stunts
If racing through the streets of Los Santos just isn't doing it for you anymore, there are now new stunt racetracks strewn about GTAO...
Grand Theft Auto Online expands its black market
Surely if you're playing Grand Theft Auto Online, you're not above engaging in some shady black market activities. So for criminal scum of the...
Grand Theft Auto Online gives players a promotion in next week’s update
Owning and running a (crooked) corporation must be a fairly compelling experience, since Grand Theft Auto Online is adding yet more content for its...
The MOP Up: Richard Garriott’s new book (April 24, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Massively OP’s MMORPG Valentine’s Day 2016 roundup
If you're one of those gamers who needs goofy real-world holidays in your MMOs, then this weekend is for you, as sappy pink hearts,...
The MOP Up: Age of Wushu Dynasty launches (January 10, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
GTA Online lets you create your own criminal organization
Obviously, reading Massively OP is but one of the ways that you bide your time until the opportunity arises for you to climb to...
The MOP Up: GTA Online makes every bullet count (December 13, 2015)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Stream Team: A Black Friday beat down in Grand Theft Auto Online
While others might be spending Black Friday running people over in stores, MassivelyOP's MJ will be running them down on the streets of Los...
GTA Online offers double rewards, discounts for Thanksgiving
Want to spend part of your Thanksgiving weekend in Los Santos? Rockstar is making it worth your while by offering double monetary and RP...
