Rockstar is launching the next major update for Grand Theft Auto Online on June 13th (June 14th in ANZ) for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. They have released a brand new trailer teasing the contents of the update.
“Gunrunning” introduced a brand new way to reap illegal profits through a variety of cutting edge military technology that can be researched and sold. To get the ball rolling, players will be able to buy their very own underground bunker to store their goods and run their research division. From there, a semi can be retrofitted with high end equipment to serve as a mobile operations centre to command your squad in battle. If you need to bring a little more power in a fight, a variety of vehicles can be weaponized with mini-guns and anti-aircraft guns.
Continuing with the theme of the season so far From the Gallows starts with a flashback that touches upon Javi and David’s past as they play a game of dominoes with their father. This short look back at the past gives us another look at the family dynamic between the brothers and another chance for players to establish Javi’s feelings for his family, something that has been another running theme through this season.
Despite these awkward shifts, these confrontations are easily the most engaging you’ll have with these survivors at this point thanks to the fact that the stakes are so high and everyone is inches away from losing it. After figuring out a plan, the episode takes a slower pace as the group continues to move towards surviving and finalize their little arcs until everything once again comes to a head before the episode comes to a close and players are forced to make a heavy decision that may play a large role in future events depending on how things are handled going forward.
It is also worth noting that this episode suffered from quite a large number of glitches. Not only does a character that died in the previous episode, or should be dead at this point anyway, briefly appear during a scene but there are numerous graphical glitches that pop up. This includes a navigational scene that has zombies appear abruptly leading to a death scene after a non-intractable cutscene.
The voice work for the characters, including a familiar face that makes an appearance again, is once again handled incredibly well. This does wonders for the emotional scenes that take place by playing up the fact that these are still decently written characters despite the random emotion swings.