Grand Theft Auto 5 Online Heists (Finally) Revealed

Ryan McCaffrey at IGN writes - "To say we've waited a long time for multiplayer Heists to get added into Grand Theft Auto Online would be the understatement of the year. The bad news is that we still don't have a concrete date for when it's finally happening. The good news, however, is that we do now have a killer trailer showing them off as well as an interview with GTA Online producer and lead mission designer Imran Sarwa"

[BigBosss]

Thank God! It's about time Rockstar! Can't wait! :D

[Mankey]

Early 2015. . .

So officially

"years in the making"

lol

[Palitera]

Also they were revealed back in 2013, not now. And, again, they are using the "soon" card. This is getting so predictable...

On the other hand, the heists do sound awesome. Screw Rockstar. After this rereveal you're making it hard not to buy this rerelease...

[XboxOneX]

Heists are going to be SOOO amazing on XBOX ONE. I love the trailer and it looks like the Heists are going to be very fun with friends :)

[venom06]

so this trailer show cops and robbers, RPGs, Attack Helicopters, heavy weapons, and everyone is cool with it, but when Hardline had the same things, nerds were whining about "overmilitarization of the police" and asking "why are heavy weapons in a cops and robbers game??" Gamer nerds are so fickle with their selective haterism..

[FriedGoat]

Hardline glorifies the Police, you play as the cops in the single player.

GTA does not.

Not that I care either way, why are you even bringing up this irrelevant drivel?

[paul-p1988]

I remember when they were gonna be released in:

1) Late 2013
2) Early 2014
3) Spring 2014
4) December 23rd 2014
5) Early 2015

I am excited that they should be getting close, but this release date has been pushed back FAR TOO MANY TIMES!!! And all so they 'could put the final touches to it' (read: Sell enough shark cards to justify it, whilst giving people another costume they didn't even want...)

[MajorGecko]

i hope they make us pay for it I have OCD i like to be fked fully not half way.

[ExtoVert]

At the beginning of the trailer rockstar addresses all the fans that wanted heist..."I know you've been complaining"..."but you weren't ready"
I just find it funny i couldn't stop laughing when i saw that, but seriously its about time. Cant wait.

[SP4CE_C4PT4IN]

@ExtoVert- I caught that right away too. Funny as hell.

[Dawknight316]

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!

[nowitzki2004]

Online heists might ruin GTA Online in some ways, if you make $100,000s or millions in a heist then GTA Online just wont be as fun, I like grinding out to have to make a million.

I just think the contact missions will be useless if i can go do a heist and make 20x as much as i would off of one contact mission.

[SuperBlur]

what are you talking about , the heist will take just as much preparation as single player's one. the payout better be good or we'll have to go back to grinding a small job or 2 that gives a relatively greater reward in the long run.

[nowitzki2004]

@superblur

But if you take 5 mil in one take then whats the point of doing anything but heists online.

Im just hoping its not too easy to make money becase i really like the way it is now. you have to work for everything.

[frostypants]

Hmmm...might have to fire GTA V up again. This is what I bought it for in the first place.

[THC CELL]

Good

[DxTrixterz]

I've never thought I'd live up to this moment.

[poor_cus_of_games]

So March then? Looks fun though.

[mxguy93]

I'll wait until after they come out to see if the heists are even that great before I buy gta 5 again

[WeAreLegion]

From the looks of it, they could probably sell this separately as a standalone at $60 and it would do just fine. I can't wait to play these!

[Moe-Gunz]

That will be suicide. R* kind of sold GTO based on heist and they dropped the ball by constant delays. If they charge for it they might as well tie the noose around themselves.

[WeAreLegion]

I wasn't saying I want them to. They easily could though. It would sell millions. We wouldn't buy it because it was already promised in the regular game, but they could get away with it. Most people would be all over it. That's what I was trying to say. These guys put so much content into a $60 game.

Edit: GDI. I hate when people read what they want to read. -_-

[LOL_WUT]

Don't even give them ideas! ;)

[WeAreLegion]

You people are the worst.

[Elwenil]

Hmmmm, an aircraft carrier...

[MonChiChi]

YAY!

[Moe-Gunz]

Still no date? Lol come on man.

[JeffGUNZ]

This. All this shows is a video of something I already knew was suppose to be in the game at launch, in 2013. I'll believe it when I See it.

[Blues Cowboy]

Oh gawd. I said I wouldn't buy the new version since I've already completed GTA V... but this looks fun... and all my friends will own it...

... damn! Still, I'll hold out for the PC version.

[Lucifun]

I'm not going to lie, I never believed this was going to come. I truly thought capcom would make another Megaman before this came out.

[cbrcsg2001]

This better be free....

[xPhearR3dx]

"For those of you asking, Heists will be coming as a free update to Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC in early 2015"

I know, it's hard to believe in this day and age that this much content is being released by a AAA developer for free.

http://www.rockstargames.co...

[DoomeDx]

There are still SOME great AAA developers out there :)

Guerilla Games also made some sweet updates to Killzone Shadow Fall. And free map packs!

[JeffGUNZ]

Uh, lets no praise them, they advertised this feature in the game prior to the release in fall of 2013. Was delayed for a short time and now we are almost in 2015 and nothing yet. They better be free or people will lose it.

[xPhearR3dx]

@JeffGunz

While you are correct, I'm willing to bet if they did release it then, it wouldn't have nearly been as feature rich as this trailer shows. And to be fair, this trailer alone shows enough content worth being a multiplayer expansion pack. All for free. Not to mention they have given us some major updates (usually once a month) for free since launch.

I can't name one other game off the top of my head that provides premium items such as cars, weapons, missions, modes, etc for free. Everything Rockstar said about GTA/GTAO aside from Heist has been true. They made ONE mistake, and a years+ worth of free content plus the promised Heist that's much larger than it could have ever been, redeems them of that.

That's just my opinion though.

[andibandit]

I think they've shouldve have been honest about the true state of Heists years ago.
It's been delayed so many times im sure in 2013 they already knew it was nowhere near to be released..and imagine that I believed Heists was only weeks away in 2013 lol

[DxTrixterz]

Lol even Lester is trolling us
"I know you've been... complaining but you weren't ready"

[Audiggity]

Loved it, and a well deserved comment aimed at all of the whining/entitlement.

I'm glad they delayed it until they got it right. GTA Online is going to live far beyond GTA V, all signs point to a huge evolving environment/platform.

[JeffGUNZ]

So, entitlement consists of a game being advertised with this feature, delaying it for a "short period of time" and then over a year later, we get a reveal trailer and a "2015 release". Give me a break. This was advertised and one of the main reasons I got this game to play the heists online with friends. They blatantly stated in this article it was much more difficult then they anticipated. That's fine, but don't advertise it prior to game being released in 2013 and something that is going to be there at launch.

[Blues Cowboy]

@Audiggity: Oh come on. My mates and I actually bought GTA V because we loved the idea of the heists - that's what tipped us over the edge. There's entitlement and then there's false advertising - I'd say this was the latter.

[Audiggity]

Haha... ok gents, my point is, they are doing it right. Whether or not you feel like they "owe" it to you to release it earlier - they are going to work on it until it is proper.

It's that simple. No amount of huffing and puffing and claims of false advertisement (a hilariously strong assertion considering this is even more FREE content on top of a game that has more stuff in it than just about anything else out there) will expedite the process.

Yeah, it obviously was harder to produce than they anticipated, but I'd rather have a well balanced heist system than something broken that no one plays. They simply mentioned it was coming btw, they never said it was going to be available at launch. GTA Online wasn't even available at launch. They committed to a Spring 14' release and totally missed that window; so sue them. They want to make sure it's well done. Companies miss launch dates all the time - but when R* misses a date to give out free content? (that could probably be sold by itself as a $60 game if another developer was involved *cough EA cough*) - it's like the end of the world.

At this point, with the amount of DLC/add-ons, any other developer would've gotten another $60 out of us and then turned around and charged $29.99 for the Heists a year later.

A handful of mistakes, tiny mishaps compared to the massive achievements/progress GTA V has delivered, and the entire internet flips upside down and has a whine fest.

It'll be here soon folks...

[Findingcrybabies]

if they were going to do it "right" and "proper" the GTAO would have never been released in the broken and garbage state it was. They literally charged us full retail price to be freaking beta testers.....

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Glad rumors about them not bringing it to last gen are false.

[Grave]

Right on time for that PC release! Good thing too! We'll get all the addons in one shot lol.

[--bienio--]

Just in ti for Pc release:)

[lemoncake]

Early 2015, with rockstar that could literally mean anything. The continued lack of a solid release date is extremely disappointing. If it doesn't release in the next 3 months then they might as well not bother tbh and should have just released some single player dlc that was actually possible for them to make.

[RowSand 84]

and new helicopter!! hell yeah

[TheOnlyMastrx]

I laughed so hard when Lester said, "I know you've been complaining, but you weren't ready". Thanks Rockstar, quite possibly the greatest line in a trailer ever.

[Dogswithguns]

All I can say is.... YES!!!!

[bOObies]

Damn you Rockstar, with that one Lester line you made yourselves cool again...How do you guys do it :) I almost don't care that we had to wait so long..Almost lol

[kingPoS]

I wonder if that's not the only dlc they have planned for next year.

Gateway MT6706 2008

[tee_bag242]

Man this looks awesome!