{"id":659655,"date":"2026-04-01T04:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-onlines-latest-expansion-hits-way-too-close-to-reality"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:59:05","slug":"grand-theft-auto-onlines-latest-expansion-hits-way-too-close-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/grand-theft-auto-onlines-latest-expansion-hits-way-too-close-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest expansion hits way too close to reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRockstar has announced the next major expansion for Grand Theft Auto Online, and it hits a little too close to reality. <\/p>\n

\nThe Criminal Enterprises expansion, which released on July 26th, sees the Southern San Andreas economy in crisis, with petrol prices at their highest levels in decades, supply chains in turmoil and a heatwave to top it all off. <\/p>\n

Sounds a little too familiar to be a satire if you ask me. <\/p>\n

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Rockstar has announced the next major expansion for Grand Theft Auto Online, and it hits a little too close to reality. The Criminal Enterprises expansion, which released on July 26th, sees the Southern San Andreas economy in crisis, with petrol prices at their highest levels in decades, supply chains in turmoil and a heatwave to top it all off. Sounds a little too familiar to be a satire if you ask me. 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