GTA V Online: Biker DLC - 10 Things You Need To Know

by Ewan Paterson

1. This Could Be GTA Online's Last Update

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Yeah, just let that sink in for a minute.

Now it may not be the case come next year, but it's obvious to everyone that GTA V is nearing the end of its lifecycle. Sure, it has a loyal fanbase that will no doubt populate the game's servers long after Rockstar stop supporting it with post release content, but that's the thing, they can't support it forever.

Online makes money - a lot of money - and it's very clearly not something Take-Two would wish to retire prematurely. Bikers, motorcycle clubs and crew against crew interaction have all by far been the most requested features of GTA Online since it first dropped, and it's all finally being realised. But this poses a challenge, in that no one knows where on earth the game could possibly go next.

Rockstar have quite simply exhausted everything this world has to offer. And apart from a single player DLC, there really isn't much that could possibly justify artificially extending Online's lifecycle. I mean, I think we're all just about ready for another Red Dead now, or even something completely new, because at the moment GTA just seems to bore. It simply can't invoke the same sense of excitement it could when Heists rolled around for the first time, and while yes, its impact on the industry is undeniable, I'm still completely perplexed by its continued existence.

It's been a heck of a ride, but maybe, just maybe, it's time for this title to ride off into the sunset, before it disappears in a haze of buckshot and gasoline.

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Are you looking forward to GTA's latest update? Or has the online component begun to wear out its welcome? Be sure to sound off in the comments below!

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.