Games Inbox: GTA 5 triple dipping, XCOM 3 hopes, and Stranger Of Paradise sales advice

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One more time I have to admit, I was holding out for GTA 5 on PS5 having at least some new content. A couple of missions seemed reasonable or at least something more substantial than just new cars. Perhaps it’s silly to expect these things – I think a lot of entitlement from gamers comes from these sort of unfounded assumptions – but given how long it’s been, and how rich Rockstar is, it does seem like a pretty blatant cash grab.

So now I don’t know what to do. I am a big GTA fan and was looking forward to this release as an excuse to get back into GTA Online, which I haven’t played for a few years now. But do I really want to triple dip? There’s no free upgrades here and I’m thinking the sensible choice would be to put the money towards getting Elden Ring instead.

I have to admit, the terrible state of GTA: The Trilogy remasters has also soured me slightly on the whole idea. I’m weak though and will probably end up getting it. But I really did think there’d be more of a reason to pick it up than 60fps gameplay and almost literally nothing else.Goff

Familiar feeling Just before the release of Gran Turismo 7, a game which I’ve been excited about since Gran Turismo 6, I managed to get a PlayStation 5. Whilst Gran Turismo 7 is amazing, it perhaps doesn’t add that much to GT Sport or indeed the games that came before it. The menus and interface update nicely and the not waiting forever for each challenge to load up makes a practical difference, but is there really anything that new?

I’m a compete petrolhead, so I’ll be putting in the