The upcoming Grand Theft Auto 5: Enhanced will bring multiple changes to GTA 5’s single-player and GTA Online, including visual and gameplay upgrades.
Along with Rockstar Games
Along with Rockstar Games officially announcing that Grand Theft Auto 6 is in active development, the studio also dropped new information about the next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto 5, set to release on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X March this year.
This latest iteration of GTA 5 will bring new graphical and gameplay updates to Rockstar’s Los Santos-set title, which initially released in 2013 and already saw a previous “next-gen” upgrade for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014.
A relative lack of information regarding GTA 6 and Red Dead Online’s lack of updates has led some fans to bemoan the latest edition of GTA 5, but there are some significant changes Rockstar is bringing to the game with it.
First announced in June 2020, Grand Theft Auto: Enhanced
First announced in June 2020, Grand Theft Auto: Enhanced will release on PS5 and Xbox Series X and Series S consoles March 15, 2022.
The title was originally set to launch on November 11, 2021, but was delayed to its current release date in September of that year.
The latest iteration of GTA 5 features new and improved graphics and gameplay elements, and illustrates the longevity of both the game’s single-player and its profitable multiplayer component, GTA Online, which makes millions of money each day.
As revealed by Rockstar, GTA 5: Enhanced
As revealed by Rockstar, GTA 5: Enhanced brings multiple graphical upgrades to the game, including gameplay up to 60 frames per second, texture and draw distance upgrades, HDR options and ray-tracing, and much more.
The original version of GTA 5 was technically impressive to begin with, and its 2014 update for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ensured it remained a staple of those consoles too.
But it has begun to show its age slightly in more recent years – if nothing else than because players have mostly seen everything it has to offer.
This latest update may go some way in reinvigorating GTA 5 and GTA Online, however, especially now that Rockstar has confirmed more updates for the latter to come throughout 2022.