GTA V: The Rockstar Editor Is Coming To PS4, Xbox One This Summer
When Grand Theft Auto V launched on PC last month, the newest version of the game included a built in video editing suite that gave fans the tools needed to create their own films set within Los Santos. While answering a series of community questions on the Rockstar Newswire, the developer confirmed that console gamers will also soon be able to become GTA V filmmakers themselves, as the Rockstar Editor is currently scheduled to launch on the Xbox One and PlayStation later this summer.
In addition to the upcoming launch of video editing tools within the current-gen console versions of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games is also working to add The Lab radio station to Xbox and PlayStation systems. While the new music will be available across all platforms, the Rockstar Editor won’t be heading to older console hardware, which means that the original Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of GTA V unfortunately won’t be getting the in-game movie-making tools. Rockstar Games stated that the last-gen consoles simply don’t have the technical specifications required to run the editor.
“The Rockstar Editor is an advanced tool requiring additional processing power so it would not be compatible with GTA V on the older systems, but we are currently working on a version tailored for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles – and we hope to release that sometime this summer, or as soon as it is ready. We are also planning to bring The Lab radio station to all four consoles in a forthcoming title update. Please stay tuned for more information.”
Speaking further about the future of GTA V on Xbox 360 and PS3, the developer also admitted that they will eventually hit a point where the hardware limitations of the older platforms will prevent the team from being able to continue to bring new content to last-gen consoles. When that happens, only the Xbox One, PS4, and PC editions of Grand Theft Auto V will be able to receive the newest GTA Online updates.
“We always knew there might be a point where we would reach the technical capacity of what the older generation of consoles can handle as each downloadable update requires additional memory both for assets and for additional scripting. We have continued to optimize the entire game over time in order to squeeze as much memory as we possibly could out of the last-generation hardware and at some point, continuing to add content for those systems could cause the risk of instability to the game overall.”
Thankfully, Rockstar Games hasn’t quite hit that point yet so owners of last-gen platforms can still look forward to new content for the time being. The developer confirmed that the next major content update for GTA V will still be released on all systems, including the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
“As of now, we are planning on releasing the next big content update for all five systems and we will continue to squeeze as much as we possibly can onto them.”
As the Inquisitr already reported, Rockstar Games also told players that they will never ban PC users for using mods while playing the single player campaign of Grand Theft Auto V. The developer only plans to punish those who attempt to use mods while accessing the title’s online servers.
To give gamers a few examples of what can be created using GTA V‘s new Rockstar Editor, the developer also released a series of their favorite fan creations from their official blog earlier today. Move user-made GTA V movies will appear after the tools are released on current-gen consoles later this year.
Do you plan to use the Rockstar Editor to build your own GTA V films on the Xbox One or PlayStation 4?
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