Switch between the interconnected lives of Michael, Trevor and Franklin as they embark on a series of heists across Los Santos and Blaine County in the biggest, deepest and richest open world experience yet, with game world enhancements that include new wildlife, upgraded weather and damage effects, and an array of new details to discover.

The new generation upgrades also extend to Grand Theft Auto Online, an ever-evolving Grand Theft Auto universe. Rise through the criminal ranks by banding together to complete Jobs for cash, purchase properties, vehicles and character upgrades, compete in traditional competitive modes, or create your own content to play and share with the Grand Theft Auto community.

All new content and gameplay created since the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online, including an extensive array of new Jobs, an arsenal of new weapons, scores of new vehicles, new properties and player customization will also be available for the PS4, Xbox One and PC with much more to come. In addition, the current community of players will have the ability to transfer their Grand Theft Auto Online characters and progression to their choice of PS4, Xbox One or PC.

GTA Online’s biggest, most audacious, most complex criminal operation is now available to take on: The Diamond Casino Heist.

Players can now wrestle back control of the Diamond Casino & Resort from the Duggan family with help from a cast of characters including Georgina Cheng, the VP of Cheng Holdings, Lester Crest and his associates and more. Los Santos’ biggest score requires meticulous planning as players select the right approach location, crew and gear, with changing scenarios based on their decisions in an all-new approach to Heist design.

The Diamond Casino Heist also features a fully functioning retro Arcade Business property to serve as a front, complete with 12 new playable Arcade games, and a basement planning area for prepping, rehearsing, and launching The Diamond Casino Heist’s missions;  new vehicles and weapons;  a brand new radio station hosted by Danny Brown and Skepta, as well as Twitch Prime Benefits that include a rebate for the Pixel Pete’s Arcade Property, quality of life improvements, and more.

The Diamond Casino Heist

Pull off the most sophisticated and daring robbery the city of Los Santos has ever seen in The Diamond Casino Heist – now available in GTA Online.

The Diamond Casino & Resort might be under the questionable management of the Duggans, the ruthless Texan petrochemical magnates who stole control from Tao Cheng and the Triads, but business is still booming.

Now it’s time to act on that cryptic text you received from Cheng Family Holdings. Georgina Cheng – VP of Cheng Holdings and the more poised and polished younger sister to party boy, Tao – is on a mission to hit the Duggans where it hurts most: by breaking into the Diamond’s highly secure vault and stealing everything in it.

With Georgina now calling the shots, and socially awkward criminal mastermind Lester Crest and his vast network of nefarious resources ready to assist, it’s time to take on an ambitious job where the security is state-of-the-art, the preparation options are near-limitless, and the take is off the charts.

Cracking the Diamond

Are you ready to carry out the ultimate heist? To plan a score this big you’ll need the right location, crew and gear. Fortunately for you, Lester has already sourced the perfect front. Meet up with Lester in Mirror Park, then tap into Maze Bank Foreclosures to acquire the new Arcade property.

Get the operation off the ground with a facelift by stocking it with some playable retro arcade cabinets and a little help from one of Lester’s family friends that’s looking to break into the ‘gaming’ industry.

There are 12 new playable games, including:

• Badlands Revenge II: The peaceful frontier has been invaded by marauders, road agents, thieves, and revenue men. Use your weapons wisely to rid the prairie of the desperados and outlaws that threaten your very way of life.
• The Wizard’s Ruin: An evil wizard has kidnapped Grog and stolen him away to a terrifying fortress. Now Thog must fight through enchanted forests, ghastly swamps, labyrinths of decay and battle terrifying enemies to rescue his brother with only his mighty sword and magical engorging potions found along the way.
• Race and Chase - Street Legal: It’s a race across the heartland and through America’s densest metropolises in a flashy sports car. Crank up the tunes and blast past obstacles as you do your best to avoid pedestrians and hairy beasts on the highway.
• Race and Chase - Crotch Rockets: Soup up your superbike and rage havoc on the highway in this race against time through city and suburb while you steer clear of obstructions and avoid eating asphalt.
• Race and Chase - Get Truckin’: Rev up your truck and race at breakneck speeds across America as you and your canine companion avoid obstacles like slow drivers and the occasional wandering sasquatch to beat the clock and take home glory.
• Space Monkey 3: Bananas Gone Bad: The villainous Dr. Dank has hijacked all cargo spaceships from Ecuadorian 5 Quadrant and used his transmogrification ray to turn the bananas evil. What do you do when the only thing you ever loved turns against you? Now Space Monkey must fight the evil bananas and defeat Dr. Dank. The future of evolution hangs in the balance.
• Shiny Wasabi Kitty Claw: Princess Robot Bubblegum’s new bestie Shiny Wasabi Kitty brings her anime whimsy to the classic arcade claw machine where luck could grab you a fantastic prize.
• Nazar Speaks Fortune Teller: The timeless clairvoyant Madame Nazar masters the spiritual medium to read your future and fortune. Do great riches await? Is love just around the corner? Will the hands of fate send you to an early grave in a freak, easily avoidable accident? Find out now.
• The Love Professor: BFF or basically platonic, the Love Professor will diagnose you and a partner to determine if the diagnosis is divorce, getting flirty, friends with benefits or the kind of love you only hear about in hairband power ballads.
• Defender of the Faith (Degenatron classic): The classic arcade game that spawned many imitators of its novel and complex gameplay. Secure your immortality and place in the afterlife by saving the green dot with your fantastic flying red square.
• Monkey’s Paradise (Degenatron classic): This simian simulator took arcades by storm in the 80s. Swing from green dot to green dot with your red square monkey and show the world who is at the top of the food chain.
• Penetrator (Degenatron classic): In the deep dark reaches of space, an evil menace threatens earth. Smash the green dots inside the mysterious red square and save humanity.

Once your Arcade is up and running, the basement planning area below is where the real work begins. The Hideout houses three planning boards and provides a place to store sourced getaway vehicles and heist prep equipment, as well as areas to stage rehearsals to practice cracking vaults and hacking doors with your crew. Gathering intel and preparing comprehensive reconnaissance with your crew will be crucial. As you take on preparatory missions you’ll have the option to go the extra mile by documenting various entry points, destroying supply shipments and gathering intel on security systems from an old associate and former Casino employee, all of which will reward you with more routes, approaches and options like getaway decoys when it comes to the big show.

You also need to make sure you have the right people at your disposal. Through Lester’s nefarious network of contacts you can hire support team members: bringing on the right driver, gunman and hacker are key – for the right price you’ll be able to hire some serious experts depending on how well connected you already are.

The Diamond Casino Heist gives you three distinct approaches to initially choose from, with multiple ways to execute your chosen approach. Choose Silent & Sneaky to enter undetected and try to make off with the haul before they even know what hit them. Engage in deception by going The Big Con route and masquerading as maintenance staff, pest control or other contractors. Or opt to go in guns blazing with the Aggressive approach – just be prepared to be met with increased resistance.

For each approach, you’ll have a series of choices for how you want to complete every step of the Heist. And if at any time your attempts at stealth or subterfuge somehow fail, you will still be able to complete the mission by dealing with any changing scenarios and pushing through to the end with your last remaining lives.

New Wheels

Today’s update brings five new heist vehicles. Whether you prefer rolling high in luxury sports cars or going as low as you can go in a maxed-out hatchback, hit the streets in a diverse range of new vehicles, including five new Heist vehicles:  the Karin Everon, Lampadati Komoda, Maxwell Asbo, Maxwell Vagrant and Vapid Retinue MKII. Plus, the latest luxury SUV from Übermacht, the Rebla GTS.

In addition, Warstock Cache & Carry’s commercial inventory gets a fleet of six vehicles, so if you enjoy living out your extravagant role-playing fantasies in a personal Fire Truck, Bugstars van or Gruppe Sechs Stockade - no judgement here.

New Tunes

The hottest new music from around the world comes to Los Santos this week with the launch of iFruit Radio. Cherry-picked by Danny Brown and special guests including UK rapper Skepta, iFruit Radio features 27 tracks from artists including DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, Denzel Curry & YBN Cordae, City Girls, Rico Nasty, Skepta & AJ Tracey, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib and many more including exclusive tracks and debuts from Baauer x Channel Tres ft Danny Brown and slowthai.
 
iFruit Radio will be available on the radio dial in both GTA Online and Grand Theft Auto V Story Mode for PS4, Xbox One and PC on December 12 as part of The Diamond Casino Heist update.

Tracklist:

• Megan Thee Stallion ft DaBaby – Cash Shit
• Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Crime Pays
• Skepta ft Nafe Smalls – Greaze Mode
• Pop Smoke – 100K on the Coupe
• slowthai – I Need
• Danny Brown – Dance In The Water
• The Egyptian Lover – Everything She Wants
• Burna Boy ft Zlatan – Killin Dem
• Skepta & AJ Tracey – Kiss and Tell
• D-Block Europe – Kitchen Kings
• JME ft Giggs – Knock Your Block Off
• Travis Scott – HIGHEST IN THE ROOM
• Yung Thug ft Gunna and Travis Scott – Hot (Remix)
• DaBaby ft Kevin Gates – POP STAR
• Kranium feat AJ Tracey – Money In The Bank
• J Hus – Must Be
• Baauer and Channel Tres feat. Danny Brown – Ready to Go
• D Double E & Watch the Ride ft DJ Die, Dismantle and DJ Randall – Original Format
• Shoreline Mafia – Wings
• Alkaline – With the Thing
• Headie One ft Skepta – Back to Basics (Floating Points Remix)
• City Girls – Act Up
• Denzel Curry & YBN Cordae – Alienz
• Koffee ft Gunna – W
• DaBaby – BOP
• Naira Marley – Opotoyi (Marlians)
• ScHoolboy Q – Numb Numb Juice
• ESSIE GANG ft SQ Diesel – Pattern Chanel

Destroying Signal Jammers

There’s an old saying that it’s not really paranoia if they are out to get you. Look out for government signal jammers and destroy each one to earn yourself a reward. Doing so will get an expert hacker on your side, which might just come in handy...

Killer Clues

Meanwhile, the Daily Globe is urging residents to stay indoors as the mystery of the Los Santos Slasher remains unsolved. Reports claim the killer is carrying out their bloody murders with an antique Navy Revolver, but while some clues leading to the location of the murderer have come to light, both killer and weapon are yet to be found.

New Twitch Prime Benefits

Rockstar Games Social Club members who have linked their accounts with Twitch Prime by Sunday, December 8th will be able to buy the Pixel Pete’s Arcade Property in Paleto Bay for free. Any Twitch Prime members in good standing who buy this specific property at full price will be given a 100% rebate within 72 hours after purchasing it. For more details, or to claim your Social Club x Twitch Prime benefits, visit the official Twitch Prime page.

Today’s update also includes a significant number of improvements and tweaks to Freemode in GTA Online – including fixes in response to your direct feedback – like reducing the frequency of phone calls and text messages received on your iFruit phone, limits on how often and quickly players can call out the Oppressor MKII or trigger Easy Way Out and much, much more.