During the dark days of 2021's lockdown, out-of-work actors Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls set out to produce and direct a version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet shot entirely in the incredibly violent world of GTA V Online. As of late 2024, I still don't know if they succeeded at their initial task, but it seems as if they've succeeded in creating something special with Grand Theft Hamlet, a documen??tary about their adventure in making the movie.

If you're anything like me, the mere idea that someone remade the entirety of Hamlet in GTA V will have you cringing hard. The Internet, YouTube especially, has way too many covers and fan remakes of things that should probably be left alone �out of respect for the original work and consideration for the t??ime of the people browsing.

In this case, however, I was very wrong to immediately discard Grand Theft Hamlet, as it seems like a?n actually riveting work of passion.

The world of GTA Online is incredibly hostile. Los Santos is a place where you're more likely to get shot in the nuts than to get greeted by a passer-by. Outside of a few competitive online titles, the GTA community is likely the last group you should try t??o cast and direct for your in-game remake of something for nerd theater kids. Still, the world and all the sets provided by this incredibly rich title make it the best stage for, well, a spectacular stage.

The title “Grand Theft Hamlet�looks like something out of a made-for-YouTube spoof. Seemingly, however, it's a riveting documentary ( currently sitting at 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) that will both pull a?t your heartstrings and make you laugh hard with its tale ?of community effort during rough times.

Grand Theft Hamlet premiers in select theaters on January 17, and will start streaming on MUBI at an undisclosed later date. Grand Theft Hamlet took the best document?ary award at the SXSW Film Festival, among a few other?? awards, and it truly does feel like the surprise 2025 opener I didn’t know I wanted.

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Even after ten years, GTA 5 is still one of the biggest releases in modern gaming. With almost 160,000 people logged into the game on PC in the past 24 hours, it's no wonder it's one of the most played releases on Steam. But there's been one th??ing missing all this time, until now.

As noted in a recent report from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, it looks as though Rockstar has finally added anti-cheat software to GTA 5. More than nine years after releasing (bearing in mind the console versions came out in 2013), the hit Grand Theft Auto installment comes packe?d with BattlEye, at least on the PC version.

Screenshots from X user Tez2 �who's pretty noteworthy when it comes to tracking all things related to GTA �initially showed the software listed in the patch notes over on SteamDB. Rockstar has since updated its patch notes thread, dropping in its official notice that GTA 5 now comes with a Battleye install.

Is this the end of GTA 5 silliness?

Over the years, studios and? publishing houses have taken strides to protect intellect?ual properties, especially when it comes to guarding against online cheaters. This is basically what BattlEye is all about, but the report from Henderson points to a few concerns.

For one, will having anti-cheat software in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5 have any eff?ect? on modding? It can't be said at this stage what the result will be, but no doubt the community will let us know post-haste.

In general, it seems fans are quite pleased with BattlEye finally making its way to the game, about a decade after it came out. But given how long it's taking for GTA 6 to arrive, we already know that Rock??star can be a bit slow on the uptake at tim??es.

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Players step into GTA Online, the multiplayer mode of GTA 5, for a variety of reasons, and driving vehicles at top speed and taking them for a spin is one of them. Drift Tuning is a customisation for your vehicles in GTA Online which does not necessarily increase the speed of the vehicle, but improves the handling of your car, allowing you to drift your car at tighter angles ??without losing control of the vehicle.

So, for players who like to drift around the streets of Los Santos, the Dift Tune upgrade is a must, as it overhauls ??a car’s engine power as well as improves its suspension.

GTA 5 players can install Drifting Tuning customisation to their vehicles by visiting Hao’s Special Works at the Los Santos Car Meet. This is the only place where you can get this ??upgrade option. To go to the Los Santos Car Meet, player?s need to purchase an LS Car Meet membership which costs $50,000. This price has to be paid in order to gain access to Hao’s Special Works mod shop. Furthermore, you need to pay $200,000 to install Drifting Tuning to your vehicle.

Players can also remove Drift ??Tuning from their vehicle at any time by paying $50,000 more, but remember that you would have to pay $200,000 to get it reinstalled again. The Drift Tuning upgrade is available for free at the LS Car Meet for GTA+ members.

You can install Drift Tuning on select vehicles only in GTA Online, and these are the following vehicles that are compatible? with the Drift Tuning upgrade:

• Annis Euros
• Annis Remus
• Annis ZR350
• Declasse Drift Tampa
• Declasse Drift Yosemite
• Dinka Jester RR
• Fathom FR36
• Karin Futo GTX

All of these vehicles are available to purchase in GTA Online, with some available in Southern S.A. Super Autos and others ava??ilable at the Legendary M??otorsport shop.

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