Since our last edition of the Crew Cut, we mentioned a few Crews that were prepping to take their rivalries to the stage - hosted and live-streamed by Rockstar on our Twitch page. Soon enough, the floodgates opened and a range of Social Club Crews, from veterans to new jacks, reached out for the chance to settle their scores in public. Here's a proper war report of which Crews emerged victorious with their bragging rights intact and which are licking their wounds from the most recent round of Best-of-3 Crew vs Crew battles...
It was the Ganja Outlaws Crew (WEED) who beat everyone to the punch when they challenged the Rulers of Hell Crew (DEVL) to bump heads and trade bullets on the live stream. While the Outlaws are obviously a well-established Crew, DEVL - recently founded on March 5th - are not quite as known. In many ways, this was to be a matchup not far from the Clubber Lang vs Rocky Balboa title fight we were calling for - the underdog newcomers up against the seasoned vets.
The two Crews, eager to show off their marksmanship, tactics and teamwork, requested to play three rounds of Max Payne 3's signature Multiplayer mode, Gang Wars. Starting off in Nova Esperança, MaxPayneDev2 (remember that each Crew hosted a Rockstar player on their team in order to keep things fair and also to facilitate live-streaming) and the WEED Crew faced off with MaxPayneDev3 and DEVL. Although WEED edged the first chapter of All Out Warfare 31-27, DEVL took the second, third and fourth, securing an advantage in the fifth that WEED just could not overcome. Burning with anger in the São Paulo Bus Depot, the Outlawz were looking to make a statement. Rocking Dev3 right out of the gate, londonsfinestAJ2 certainly did just that. DEVL's elateduncle26924 just could not be stopped, racking up five kills almost immediately. Thankfully, THEBLUE3_D3VIL714 with 17 kills and sean_mallory with 15, stepped it up to capture the turf for WEED and some momentum. After losing in the second chapter, WEED went all out in the third, going on a 16-4 run straight away. DEVL came back with a vengeance and with 30 seconds left and a 49-48 WEED lead, the chapter became a punch for punch slugfest. With that, the Outlawz took it 65-50. They dominated even more so in the fourth and, in a very close fifth chapter, the Outlawz pulled through for the victory. At a 1-1 tie, this beef was to be settled in the final round.
Finishing things off in Hoboken, DEVL's cooljats led the way to a chapter one win, letting the folks in WEED know that they were not ready to get burned again. The second chapter saw DEVL destroying WEED yet again, 100-35. Despite strong efforts, the Outlawz just couldn't catch up and wound up losing Hoboken and thus the afternoon. Props to the victorious upstarts in DEVL for making WEED look blunted and burnt in the end - and to both sides for keeping everyone who watched the stream at the edge of their seats. You can watch the match in its entirety here.
Hit the jump for recaps of HATE vs. YRA7, XKSA vs. MWDS, GRBC vs. CRZE and more...
Posted on July 11 2013, 12:52pm | Author: R* L | Filed Under: Games, Rockstar
In our latest roundup of excellent fan-posted pics found around the web, we've come upon everything from a GTAV cover art remix done up Etch-a-Sketch style on a doodle board, to a Vice City fan who's really trying to be about that Vercetti-on-a-Faggio life, to a local BX resident who caught a case of Bohan deja vu...
"Aspiring Bronx historian" @6sh6un6noticed that a furniture store in #GTAIV bore a striking resemblance to one around the way in his Bronx neighborhood. Of course there are many reference points to NYC buildings and landmarks in GTAIV's Liberty City, including some signature spots in the Boogie Down that helped inspire Bohan's streets.
Parisian fan @alex_salzardsketched his own take on the GTAV box art here on a doodle board, calling it "Mélange de génération." C'est chouette.
Tommy's lament. Thanks @mattmelody for letting us peer into the deepest insecurities of Mr. Tommy Vercetti. He held fast to that "gangsters don't swim" credo until CJ dispelled it a couple years later...
One of the most popular recurring San Andreas quote memes we've seen. @sweetjohnsonofficialretorts on Instagram, "Sorry Smoke, it's not my fault yo fat ass can't drive a Sanchez motorbike." Truth.
Sweden's@watchmegoogle whose tricep art is as much a general life lesson as it is a direct nod to #GTA2.
Whilst Bavarian fan @schinishellyproject brought the pain to his ankle with this permanent recreation of a rare Rockstar spray paint style logo design.
There's a Max Payne: The Dog, apparently. Cheers to @nicoryls for naming her canine after the top dog of brooding videogame anti-heroes.
Some people just pause and imagine what their life would be like living in Vice City. This guy @damolazz took it one step further. "#YOLO" indeed eh.
"#ViceCity is a family favorite." Big shout out to @anthonybourdain and @ottaviabourdain who never cease to surprise and amuse us with their random and awesome #GTA and #ViceCity references on Twitter and Instagram. Here, Ottavia shows off some prized Vice City gear. Added bonus for GTA trivia heads: check the comments on the Instagram pic to see which GTA voiceactor jumped in for a cameo appearance.
John Marston's had to suffer through many unexpected indignities in his lifetime - from picking flowers for strangers to seeing his whole family zombified. Now, Florida custom bake shop @butterwinks has immortalized him on a (impressively handmade) cookie. The Walton's Gang will never let him live this one down.
NYC-based model and videogame enthusiast @AshleDanger joined us last summer at one of our #MaxPayne3 Multiplayer Sessions hosted by @Hot97. Looks like she's still getting plenty of good medicinal-purposes use out of that Max Payne 3 pill box.
Australia's@shadowfox88 took 'bagged and boarded' to another level with this amazing pair of custom Chucks that incorporate a collage of artwork cut out of the #MaxPayne3 Marvel comic book. "Only one pair of these exists in the world and they are mine!!! #maxpayne #awesome #willneverwear."
Posted on July 10 2013, 2:48pm | Author: R* L | Filed Under: Rockstar, Music
With summer kicking into gear, it seems like there's more music festivals on offer than ever all around the world - with a wide array of eclectic outdoor summer concert extravaganzas providing the chance to see many favorite bands you may have heard on Rockstar game soundtracks over the years.
From the Kings of the Mic Tour with a line-up of legendary rap acts ranging from 'West Coast warlord' Ice Cube to recent R&R Hall of Famers Public Enemy...
To the 'shock therapy' delights of the Masters of Madness Tour which brings the spectacle of seeing Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson on stage performing together...
To perennial summer season festival favorites like Reading and Leeds in the UK (this year featuring Rockstar alums like Nine Inch Nails, Major Lazer, Foals, Sick of It All, and David Rodigan), Summer Sonic in Japan (featuring The Stone Roses, Living Colour, John Legend, M.I.A., and Busy P), and of course Lollapalooza (this year with The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Major Lazer and more).
Outside of the big grand stage festivals, there's also plenty of legends touring their own headlining shows all summer long like Heart's Wilson sisters and KISS taking their circus show around the globe - and plenty others.
Hit the jump below for a handy list of many of the currently active touring artists, and as always feel free to post any others or your personal concertgoing experiences this summer in the comments section...
Posted on June 13 2013, 11:16am | Author: R* L | Filed Under: Games, Social Club
These guys came dressed for the occasion with rides done up in honor of Rockstar and MDW for the Midnight Club LA portion of the day's proceedings.
Here's to all the Memorial Day Weekend warriors who came out in full force both to soak up three full days of Triple XP in Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3, but also those who partook in the live-stream Social Club community event we hosted smack dab in the middle of the weekend on Saturday May 25th. It was six epic hours of action playing a cavalcade of Rockstar online modes from across Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City, Max Payne 3, Table Tennis, Red Dead Redemption and Midnight Club Los Angeles with other Social Club members and with some of us here at Rockstar as well. Thanks as well to all who tuned in to the broadcast at the Social Club Multiplayer Events page and over at the official Rockstar Twitch page keeping the color commentary flowing. Here's a breakdown of just some of the action we saw.
Beginning the day's journey in the mean streets of Liberty City on PS3 with a bit of Team Deathmatch, Team One's LarsDK and MagicShadowZ had the inaugural snuffs on the stream, at the expense of Team Two's Walisson-_-Game and StephanRask1970 (PSN ID), respectively. Our PlayRockstar tried to set the bar high and went hunting after two of the early standouts on Team Two: Nissan_GTR2012, who was impressively mowing down everyone in sight and southparkmayor who turned the tables and straight Kenney'ed us. Seconds after our teammate and Newswire regular ferguson99 deaded kalanchoe88 and LarsDK, that pesky Nissan_GTR2012 stepped out and shut us down. On the upside, it was right at the doorstep of the hospital - thanks for the courtesy. Moments later, Nissan_GTR2012 got a bit of a comeuppance when Walisson-_-Game machine gunned 'em down. With a minute left and desperately trying to catch up, Team Two's jay-bolty (PSN ID) appeared from out of the shadows to ventilate MagicShadowZ. But it just wasn't enough and Team One wound up taking the match, with vince_42069 and LarsDK getting 13 kills apiece and southparkmayor contributing 9. Team Two's top player was good ol' ferguson99 with 7 kills.
A few seconds into a Deathmatch in The Lost and Damned on Xbox LIVE, our PlayRockstar took a pretty ugly shotgun blast to the face, courtesy of gamefreak23228. Inspired and thirsty for redemption, we copycatted that kill on Stormkiller1122. CreepyEyeball then went on a sick tear, taking out gamefreak23228 and plasticboy199 once and Stormkiller1122 and our guy two times a piece - all in what felt like a heartbeat. More than three minutes into the match, we were desperately trying to add to the one lonely kill to our credit, but that was to be delayed when Stormkiller1122 took us down from behind their ride over by Big Bad Al's. In a period of crossfire down under the Broker Bridge, CreepyEyeball took out Stormkiller1122 and plasticboy199, but not before the latter put us out of our misery. With a little under two minutes to go, we unloaded into Stormkiller1122's vehicle trying to get him with a barrage, but wound up having to open up the car door and fire one from close range to finish the job. Hard target indeed. CreepyEyeball crushed everyone to win the match with 22 kills and $2,332, gamefreak23228 came in second with 8 kills and $842 and Stormkiller1122 came in third with $629 and six kills, many of them unfortunately and painfully at our expense.
In the next Deathmatch, this time on PC and at Francis International, we came with RPGs a blazin'. GTAplayer2508 blasted sadlybadlyy (GT) and flashgta10 blew up MawericK19 to open things up, but PlayRockstarPC soon atomized GTAplayer2508 to get on the board. There was a quick succession of brutal violence - GTAstorm took out Seco94, IH8GTAmissions executed msever, AceSeven rocked IH8GTAmissions - as MawericK19 pointed out, "THAT escalated quickly." Halfway through the match, it was just one blast after another - QuAd205 was leading with $2,307, our guy was in second with $1,521 and an apparently avowed free-roamer and multiplayer IH8GTAmissions (GT) was right behind with $1,483. Nearly face to face with Seco94, PlayRockstarPC did not stand a chance, getting absolutely decimated at close range. Soon after, Seco94 also knocked off Rafioso, making a slow climb upward in the standings. With two minutes left, Seco94 had moved up to fourth, with QuAd205 still in first with $3,742, GTAstorm in second with $2,742 and flashgta10 now in third with $2,246. Not letting up, QuAd205 continued to hit one player after another - getting msever, Rafioso and GUSSI111 within seconds of one another. The relentlessness paid off - QuAd205 wound up winning the match with 42 kills and $4,479. With 30 kills and $2,959, flashgta10 was able to get second, inching past GTAstorm, who had 31 kills and $2,868.
Big thanks to ShenmueSaga for faithfully capturing the entire event.
We kicked off Max Payne 3 on PS3 with a Deathmatch in Nova Esperança, taking on 7 members of the prolific Murda Squad Gang Crew (MSK1). With a little help from Crew leader MURDA_SQUAD_LOVE, we broke our kill cherry on MURDA_SQUAD_BADZ. Immediately after, MURDA_SQUAD_LOVE dealt with showmestate in an epic faceoff volley of bullets, shooting through doors, walls and ladders - jumping in on the alley-oop we took out showmestate ourselves, by way of a trusty M10. After offing MURDA_SQUAD_ BADZ again with two minutes to go, the Vendetta against us was on. In the meantime, thembones928 emerged to gun us down with an LMG .30 and MURDA_SQUAD_FUNK rocked us with the 608 Bull. Not afraid to shed some blood, Murda Squad lived up to their name, taking the top five slots. MURDA_SQUAD_LOVE, using Weapon Double Dealer and donning a Bomb suit, finished in first with 24 kills. MURDA_SQUAD_FUNK came in second with 23 kills and showmestate was right behind with 22.
Hit the jump for much more including recaps of Social Club community action in Table Tennis, Red Dead Redemption and Midnight Club LA. Plus more video, screens and the roll call of attendees.
Experience a return to the arcade tradition of street brawler beat-em-ups as you fight your way from Coney Island all the way to the North Bronx and back - taking control of various members of the Warriors as they go up against some of NYC heaviest gangs including the Destroyers, the Turnbull AC's and the bat-wielding Baseball Furies.
Update: Triple XP is live for Red Dead and Max Payne 3 until Tuesday morning. And thanks to everyone that joined in Saturday for the six hour playsession, including those chatting, watching and entering the sweepstakes on the event page, and those that were playing in-game.
Get ready for a mighty weekend of multiplayer action coming up including Triple XP activated all weekend (Friday through Monday) for Red Dead and Max Payne 3 as well as an epic Social Club community live-streaming play session happening this Saturday May 25th when you'll be able to face your friends – and us – in your favorite Rockstar titles. Feel like taking speed runs in Midnight Club: Los Angeles' Ordered Race? Check. Want to light up someone in a rival Crew? We'll be in full attack mode with Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Redemption. We're also featuring Table Tennis, Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City, all from 12-6pm EDT / 4-10pm GMT.
If you were feeling the expansive format of our previous multiplayer Saturday, we'll be at it again but to up the ante we're playing in all six games during all six hours. We're also featuring one solid video stream all afternoon so you can follow the action without fumbling between two channels. We'll also have some exclusive limited edition Grand Theft Auto IV Prize Packs to give away.
Hit the jump for more details on prizing and how to play with us during the live-stream session.
We haven't detailed the features of Grand Theft Auto V's online mode as yet (stay tuned for first info soon), but there's already a whole slew of Crews rallying, preparing and raring to go - with some creating some pretty impressive emblems along the way inspired by the artwork and information we've revealed about the game thus far. In today's edition of the Crew Cut, we take a look at early field of GTAV Crews out there preparing for West Coast domination later this year.
Established nearly a year ago when we first rolled out the Crews system, The GTA V FIVE Crew (GTAV) are one of the longest-running and also the highest-achieving with the most wins we've seen out the V Crews carrying 327 total and a win percentage of 60% throughout all their bouts playing Max Payne 3. needyday31468 is the star of this PS3 Crew with 3,955,250 XP, livelyweek95346 is in second with 3,893,778 and lumpy80011 has 2,475,585 XP. Over the last month, they've had a tight Feud with The YRA Crew (featured in our last edition), winning three Feuds a-piece while just edging them out with 38 kills to 37. Just a one digit differential, but enough to tip the scales in GTA V FIVE Crew's favor.
Though they've been quiet since February perhaps waiting in ambush for what's to come, the Sons of GTA Crew (GTAV) have a winning legacy, earning a record of 98-90. Under the leadership of stumpy4770, these guys were busy across all three consoles but with just over 16.3 million XP had the most luck on PS3. In fact, last month they created the PS3-only Crew Sons of GTA crew2 (GTAV), with an emblem that takes its inspiration from Trevor’s all-terrain rampages (seen below far right).
Beyond these O.G. GTA Crews, we've seen a flurry of new jacks appearing on the scene of late, staking their claim amongst the V themed Crews and marking their territory with Emblems of varying awesomeness. We've noticed not one but two Crews so far dedicated to the teachings of KIFFLOM - the Epsilon Program Crew (EPSI) whose members are proud to say that they "all come from the same tree" (FACT) and The Epsilon Cult Crew rocking FACT on their tag - we think Cris Formage would be proud. The Los Santos Free Roam Crew (LSFR) founded by iLewisGTA are ready to bounce, rocking greennawesome's custom designed emblem that riffs on not only the classic LS but also on the Rockstar logo. In recent weeks, they've grown to over 160 members - getting strong, now.
A few examples of V-inspired emblems: greennawesome's art for LSFR, Ivanwebstudio's work for OCPC and stumpy4770's Trevor emblem
for the Sons of GTA crew2.
IVAN THE OPPOSITE OF TERRIBLE
Speaking of the handiwork of ivanwebstudio - as we took a closer look at this gentleman's body of work, we felt it meritous of a proper Crew Cut shout. This guy's really taking it to the next level as you can see here. Ivan’s excellent recreation of the Cash and Carry: By Sea artwork seen above middle for the legendary Consumer Products Crew has led them to abandon their usual Robocop motif (save for the OCP logo itself of course) in favor of some straight up GTAV action. The humor, unique style and attention to detail seen in each of his pieces places him firmly in the pantheon of true Social Club Emblem artistes, alongside the likes of ErnestoRock2, Bizerker21, SovietAgent, Noru112, YourTaxesAtWork, and odd_one, to name a few. Ivanwebstudio has created his own Made In The City Crew (MITC) Crew which also serves to showcase his best emblems, much like YourTaxesAtWork’s Emblem Addicts Crew (MBLM). We don't expect MITC to be all style no substance though given their fair warning status: “Crew starts to exist in the first weeks of Grand Theft Auto V release!” and early indications from their brief battle history (2-0; 20:6 KDR). We’ve exhibited a few of Ivan & MITC's best emblems below (decorative framing our own), but feel free to have a visit their gallery to browse and critique more pieces.
Hit the jump to see Ivan's gallery of emblems as well as Manhunt fan crews and much more...
As James Earl Cash, you're a death row inmate who awakens from the lethal injection chamber to discover he's met a fate perhaps worse than death. As the star in a sick kill-or-be-killed reality TV show, your fate is left in the hands of serial creepo Lionel Starkweather. Evade, fend off, and turn the tables on the hordes of killers out for your head.
You can grab Manhunt for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99 on PSN, alongside a number of other Rockstar classics listed below.
We'll have more details on the upcoming PSN release of The Warriors soon - in the meantime, best of luck in your dealings with the Smileys, Cerberus and a certain swine-adorned, chainsaw wielding maniac...
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