GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist – Now Available

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GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist - Now Available
GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist - Now Available

GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist – Now Available

Now available to play, The Doomsday Heist offers up exciting new Heist missions, a ton of new vehicles and gear, and a three-act story inside the biggest GTA Online update yet. Check out a sample of the first impressions:

IGN are calling The Doomsday Heist “that significant, story-driven expansion we were waiting for…” “It has an epic and eccentric new storyline, featuring new characters, locations, vehicles – there’s even a whole new radio station.”

“We played the first act of three to completion, which took roughly four hours. So to finish The Doomsday Heist in its entirety we could be looking around 12 hours – a runtime that gives most single-player games a run for their money. The Doomsday Heist may well prove to be the most significant expansion to GTA Online.”

IGN were also quick to pick up how The Doomsday Heist uses the detail of Los Santos and Blaine County to deliver a wide array of epic new missions inside an the over-the-top story:

“…it’s arguably the most realistic representation of the real world you can find in a video game. GTA moves quickly beyond reality; it uses that fidelity as a launch-pad for something always much wilder and more eccentric. One of the very best moments comes when you find yourself in a Deluxo…it’s just one of those amazing, absurd moments that GTA excels at creating.”

GamesRadar called The Doomsday Heist, “the culmination of everything you loved about the original heists in GTA: Online…The Doomsday Heist has a much greater sense of scale compared to previous heists too, as it incorporates several other aspects and systems from GTA: Online’s rich history to make this feel like a celebration of the community’s four year legacy.”

Germany’s Gameswelt labeled The Doomsday Heist “a stroke of Rockstar-typical genius” that ‘”dwarfs all other Heist content in terms of scale”

“The Doomsday Heist is the pinnacle of everything we have seen and experienced in the online mode as well as in the Grand Theft Auto V single player game, and delivers new vehicles, activities, locations and the most crazy situations. All of this at the superb price of 0€, as with all previous GTA Online updates it comes out completely free of charge,” said IGN Spain.

Italy’s Everyeye proclaimed, The Doomsday Heist is the epitome of truly colossal post-launch support, proof that Grand Theft Auto Online still has enormous potential, and at the same time confirms that Rockstar has managed to leave an indelible mark on the open-world multiplayer genre… ‘The Doomsday Heist is full of moments… of pure exaltation, of sincere videogame euphoria, created in a game environment that manages to still be surprising four years after its launch.’

Also, last night Frank Ocean revealed the existence of the surprise new radio station blonded Los Santos 97.8FM, arriving as part of today release of The Doomsday Heist. Check out some features at PitchforkSPINThe Fader, and Noisey that celebrate the debut of this new station – available to listen to in both GTA Online and GTAV Story Mode.

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When the stakes are this high, who else can you trust to save the day but the craziest criminals ever to grace the Los Santos underworld? The risks are colossal, the enemies all but unstoppable… but the rewards are mouth-watering and a massive adrenaline spike is absolutely guaranteed. Assemble your crew for the biggest Online adventure yet, across 3 sprawling acts – The Doomsday Heist is now available to play in GTA Online.

The Doomsday Scenario

Billionaire entrepreneur Avon Hertz and his pet neural network Cliffford have stumbled upon evidence that nefarious outside forces are working on a plan so diabolical it could end life as we know it. Somehow, Lester Crest is tasked with assembling a team deadly enough – and crazy enough – to do what it takes to bring them down. That’s where you come in. It’s going to take some luck, some firepower and some serious teamwork to take this threat head-on, assisted by Avon’s access to the latest in lethal blue-sky tactical hardware.

The Weird Turn Pro

It’s time to assemble your Organization or Motorcycle Club and prepare for a new kind of war. First, one member of your crew needs to own one of the previously undisclosed IAA facilities hidden under Southern San Andreas, giving you access to the new advanced planning room where you will map out the steps to launch and complete each mission. This time, operations will run a little differently: crews of 2-4 players will now be able to work together to complete every mission.

Bigger, Deadlier and More Complex than Ever

Each of the three massive Heist acts that comprises the story of The Doomsday Heist involves negotiating multiple ruthless freemode prep missions, tactical setup operations, and experimental weapons and vehicles – each ending with an over-the-top finale that brings a payoff big enough to comfortably share with your fellow crew members. Some missions may involve competition for resources with other crews in Freemode, and MC Presidents can even enlist additional club members, boosting your squad to up to 8 players to help secure your objective in these missions.

A New Set of Tools

If you’ve been drafted to prevent the end of the world, you better have access to the finest technology available. MKII upgrades are now available via the Mobile Operations Center or Avenger’s Weapon Workshop for the Pump Shotgun, Special Carbine, Marksman Rifle, Heavy Revolver, Bullpup Rifle and SNS Pistol.

The Doomsday Heist also brings access to the ultimate in offensive weaponry: from the futuristic fury of the Khanjali tank, to the long-awaited madness of the Mammoth Thruster personal jetpack, you’ll have everything you need to bring down a small army.

Speaking of small armies, purchase of the Facility includes the optional ability to have your own Strike Team on call, or an Orbital Cannon capable of immolating any patch of ground that incurs your wrath. Slow to arm and reload but devastating when deployed tactically – at the moment a gang of rivals is clustered on the same area of the map, for instance – the Orbital Cannon is less a weapon of last resort and more the ultimate revenge, served ice cold.

The Avenger

So you’re an aspiring criminal and you and your crew have been tasked with staving off an existential threat, but you need just the right vehicle. How about a vertical take-off, turreted, flying fortress/experimental weapons lab in the sky/death-spitting collateral damage producer that practically flies itself? The Avenger is all these things and more. Store it in your Facility, get it fitted out with a Vehicle Mod Shop, a Weapon Workshop, and a suite of ferocious weapon upgrades, and you’ll soon be wreaking a whole new level of havoc without ever having to land.

Return of The Mastermind Challenge and More

The Doomsday Heist offers a new set of brutal challenges, all with some serious financial payback for any teams hardcore enough to complete them. All three finale missions have Elite Challenge objectives for those in search of a seriously high bar, and for the perfectionists, the Criminal Mastermind challenges are back across all three acts of the heist for teams of 2, 3 or 4 players along with a brand new suite of Achievements and Trophies.

New Vehicles, Weapon Customizations and More

And we’ve barely scratched the surface – discover a fleet of new vehicles, from beastly weaponized vehicles to mercurial sports cars and more:

  • Thruster (Warstock)
  • Deluxo (Warstock)
  • Stromberg (Warstock)
  • RCV (Warstock)
  • Chernobog (Warstock)
  • Barrage (Warstock)
  • Akula (Warstock)
  • Khanjali (Warstock)
  • Volatol (Warstock)
  • Comet Safari (Legendary Motorsport)
  • Ocelot Pariah (Legendary Motorsport)
  • Coil Raiden (Legendary Motorsport)
  • Ubermacht SC1 (Legendary Motorsport)
  • Vapid Riata (Southern San Andreas Super Autos)
  • Declasse Yosemite (Southern San Andreas Super Autos)

The Doomsday Heist also features a trove of new clothing and personal customization options, as well as a surprise on the radio just in time for your fight to save the world. It’s all available to play now, free inside the world of GTA Online – with much more still to come.

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