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The Next ‘GTA Online’ Update Is Kind Of A Big Deal

The GTA Online update will also add a pair of new Adversary Modes: Cross the Line, where a pair of teams battle across neutral land while one from each faction tries to infiltrate the other; and Hunting Pack, where you’ll need to deliver a vehicle while keeping it above a certain speed and avoiding attacks from other gamers. All being well, this should liberate GTA Online’s ambitions, with the first evidence being the console inclusion of the Rockstar Editor, that debuted with the PC version.

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If you’ve been playing Grand Theft Auto V on either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, you might be out of luck in the future.

Meanwhile, “Moving Target” features players trying to defend a souped up armored auto against other players while “Hunt the Beast” is a twist on VIP mode where one player is turned into a “faster, stronger, beastly character who must escape relentless pursuers”.

Penned In – A vehicular free-for-all to stay inside an ever-shrinking and always-moving dome. Players compete to kill and become the King. The teams fight it out until one manages to “strategically penetrate their opponents territory to claim victory”, according to the announcement.

Grand Theft Auto 5 may have delighted millions of fans with its intense story and single-player adventures but what really keeps fans coming back to the experience is the GTA Online multiplayer mode, which is constantly updated by Rockstar with free features and new mechanics.

Director Mode Updates: An enlarged minimap with location blips to highlight preset locations, the power to freeze chosen time of day settings and the ability to spawn air and water vehicles. The longer you have it, the more points you earn. Ok, that’s not quite how Rockstar are pitching it, but we got to play a selection of the new events – over 200 in total, including all the subtle variants – earlier this week, and here’s a selection of highlights.

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These Freemode Events will kick off approximately every 12 minutes in the GTA Online open world. The company dropped a trailer to tease the upcoming update, which you can watch for yourself below. Let us know in the comments.

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