GTA 5 can now be played for three months for $ 1

GTA 5 is the latest addition to the Xbox Game Pass service on the Xbox One console, which means you can play it for just a dollar if this is your first time buying a subscription to the service.

Microsoft has just upgraded its ever-popular Xbox Game Pass service to one of the most popular games today - GTA 5.

Subscribers to this service can now run cheerful Los Santos, and those with Ultimate subscription or Xbox Live Gold can also play GTA Online. And with the latest updates like the Diamond Casino Heist DLC. This is true only for Xbox One consoles, so although the Xbox Game Pass service is also available for PC - GTA 5 you won't find it there.

If you have not yet miraculously played GTA 5 and have an Xbox One console, this is a great opportunity for you to play it for as little as $ 1, since it costs so much for a trial period for new Game Pass users that lasts as much as three months. If you have already used your test period, your subscription will now cost you $ 12 a month for the Xbox One console, or $ 6 for the PC (the price is otherwise the same, but a special promotion for the PC is ongoing).

Ninja's sneakers sold out in less than an hour

Tyler Blevins' branded Adidas sneakers turned out to be a good bet - they were all sold out in just 40 minutes.

Popular streamer and esports competitor Tyler “Ninja” Blevins successfully entered the year 2020, proving the strength of his brand. Namely, Ninja has long been not only a streamer but also an entrepreneur, and one of his first projects is his collaboration with Adidas, as part of which he introduced the “TIME IN” line of night jogging sneakers. He launched the sneakers for $ 150 (about $ 1,000), which seems to be the right deal for his fans.

Namely, all the adult sneakers were sold out within 40 minutes, which Ninja himself boasted on his Twitter profile. Admittedly, it is not stated in what quantities the sneakers were manufactured, so we cannot say exactly how successful Ninja's venture was, but we must admit that it is really bold to sell regular sneakers for $ 150.

In any case, users have humorously reviewed Ninja's product on the Adidas official website. One of them says that he immediately felt like a pro at Fortnite as soon as he put on his running shoes. Another says that wearing these sneakers has redefined him as a person.

Here are some of the games that made the most money last year, some of you probably haven't even heard of

Fortnite and FIFA 19 are on the list of the most lucrative games, but the rest of the list is quite interesting. You probably have never heard of some of these games.

Superdata has released its annual report which gives us an insight into which games made their creators the most money in 2019.

Without too many surprises, the most wasted in free-to-play titles - as much as 80% of its digital revenue in 2019 was transactions in "free" games.

Most of the money last year went towards a global gaming phenomenon called Fortnite (just like in 2018) with a total of $ 1.8 billion in revenue. But already in second place is a game that we're sure many of you have never heard of - Dungeon Fighter Online. Take a look at the rest of the list of the most lucrative free-to-play games and tell us in the comments - do you play any of them?

Otherwise, Fortnite secured this top spot again even though revenue in 2019 was actually 25% lower than in 2018 (2.4 billion).

Free-to-play

1. Fortnite
2. Dungeon Fighter Online
3. Honor of Kings
4. League of Legends
5. Candy Crush Saga
6. Pokemon Go
7. Crossfire
8. Fate / Grand Order
9. Game for Peace
10. Last Shelter: Survival

As far as the premium segment is concerned, namely those games that need to be purchased first for the honor of (and in some of them) still paying for microtransactions, FIFA 19 made the most, providing $ 786 million in revenue. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare proudly ranks second with a total of $ 645 million in revenue, and the new FIFA 20 was not on the market enough to surpass the time-consuming GTA 5, which is still on the list for years after its release. And he usually stands proudly in the TOP 5.

Here's the full list - we believe that at least in this list you recognize all the games.

Premium

1. FIFA 19
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. GTA 5
4. FIFA 20
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
6. NBA 2K19
7. The Division 2
8. Rainbow Six Siege
9. Borderlands 3
10. The Sims 4

Compared to 2018, last year saw a 5% decline in the premium segment, mainly due to the smaller number of big headlines in 2019. Despite this, spending in the gaming industry continued to grow an additional 4%. The mobile platform gaming segment once again brought in the largest revenue with $ 64.4 billion, followed by the PC platform with $ 29.6 billion and the console with $ 15.4 billion.

What game did you spend the most money on last year?

It seems that Stalker 2 could be exclusive to the Epic Games Store

We haven't heard anything about Stalker 2 for a long time, but today we learned what engine it was developing. And that immediately brought up a popular question…

We have been waiting for Stalker 2 since 2010 when it was originally announced, only to be canceled a few years later. But two years ago, we received a new announcement and confirmation that the eagerly awaited sequel is definitely coming. It was announced then, and we can expect it in 2021, which comfortably places it in the (he-he) zone of the next generation of consoles, so expectations are high on the game's graphics.

The GSC GameWorld development studio didn't give us too much credit for fresh game information, we guess we'll get more of this this year, but we've just received confirmation from the game's Unreal Engine.

Of course, this is an engine owned by Epic Games, a team that has been aggressively buying exclusivity lately and building an online store that rivals existing platforms like Steam. High-budget and eagerly awaited editions like the new Stalker might be particularly appealing to them as more people are on the line, so the question is - will Stalker 2 be exclusive to the Epic Games Store?

We still have no answer to this question, but GSC Game World is aware that this question will be on everyone's mind when the engine is discovered. They said, therefore, that discovering the engine on which Stalker was developing had nothing to do with the platforms or digital stores where the game would be available. "We'll talk about it later," they say.

The villains might say that "we'll talk about it later" sounds a bit like "give us more time for the PR department to figure out how to tell you that Epic Games Store is exclusive without going crazy."

CJ from San Andreas won't be in GTA 6?

We expect more and more rumors about GTA 6 this year, and the latest piece of information about the new GTA game comes from a voice actor who gave a voice to CJ of San Andreas.

Although GTA 6 has not yet been officially announced, various rumors have been circulating around the internet for years, such as the CJ from San Andreas returning in the sixth. That rumor is still alive and well, but we recently received a new piece of information suggesting that CJ will not still be part of Grand Theft Auto 6. More precisely, if CJ is still in GTA 6, it will sound a little different.

Specifically, Chris Bellard, known in music circles as MayLay, gave the voice to CJ: San Andreas, and the same character recently tweeted through his Instagram about collaborating with Rockstar on GTA 6. Quite vulgar, almost gangsta -the rapper way.

According to this, it even seems as if Mr. Bellard is a little angry with Rockstar, almost as if some negotiations with them did not go over well. But here we are already entering the territory of inventing scenarios and conspiracy theories, so we won't. After all, maybe Bellard has not had a good experience with Rockstar since he worked at San Andreas. Which would also come as no surprise to one voice actor in the gaming industry.

All that's for sure is that Bellard won't be part of Grand Theft Aut 6, but CJ may still be seen (and heard) in the new game.

Honk honk, the Untitled Goose Game has been sold in over a million copies

Is the Untitled Goose Game sequel coming? Now that we know the game has exceeded a million copies sold, anything is possible.

The Untitled Goose Game is one of those warm, indie gaming stories we simply love to write about. That cute and witty game about an irritating goose is just the second title of a small development studio called House House in Australia (with just four employees), which obviously has a slightly different, relaxed and slightly tricky approach to game development.

The story goes that the guys at the House House studio didn't know what to call the game when they were given the opportunity to present a gameplay video for the first time at a conference in the early stages of development, so they simply wrote "Untiteld Goose Game" with a .mp4 video file. In the end, they decided to launch it with that title. Because why not?

Three months later, they sold over one million copies.

This impressive figure was revealed to us these days by Cabel Sasser of Panic, the publishing company that marketed the Untitled Goose Game.

The game was released in the 9th month of 2019 for the Nintendo Switch and PC, and it only came to PS4 and Xbox One consoles in the middle of the 12th month. It's also available through Xbox Game Pass, but the number of millions of copies sold has nothing to do with it.

Microsoft Flight Simulator looks photorealistic again in the new trailer

The team behind Microsoft Flight Simulator wished everyone a happy new year with a new trailer full of snow and probably the best graphics in the world.

Xbox Games Studios and Asobo Studio have honored all fans of good graphics and hardcore flight simulations with the new trailer for the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator. This time we have a chance to see what the ground under our aircraft will look like when it snows.

This flight simulation is due out for PC and Xbox One this year, and somehow it looks like it won't even skip a new generation of Microsoft consoles coming later this year. After all, this kind of graphics already work "next-gen", and how could it not when based on real-world imagery, that is, textures and topographic data of practically the whole world from Bing Maps.

Epic continues to share free games, complete the library with two Darksiders and Steep

Epic continues to attract customers to its online store by sharing free games. Will this latest offer entice you to install Epic Games Launcher if you haven't already?

The blithe merry-go-round of free games at the Epic Games Store lasted a total of 13 days and brought us a bunch of free games, and although that feast has now come to fruition, Epic does not stop attracting customers to its launcher the same way. From this week until next Thursday, they share three more games for free - Darksiders Warmastered Edition, Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition and Steep.

The Darksiders games they share come in a remastered release, which of course means improved graphics, but in the case of Darksiders 2 you get all the DLC. As far as Steep is concerned, this is not the first time it has been distributed for free somewhere, and although the game has never been celebrated with very high ratings, it does have some very interesting mechanics, and the topics covered are rarely seen in today's gaming world. At zero cost, it's definitely worth a try, and since our review with a relatively low rating it has received a few updates that have made it a better game in the meantime.

Plus, it's winter, and it's kinda dense to play snow games in the heat of your home while it's cold outside.