{"id":342495,"date":"2025-07-17T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=390040"},"modified":"2025-07-17T00:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:21:28","slug":"rockstar-removes-one-of-the-oldest-features-of-gta-before-the-release-of-gta-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/rockstar-removes-one-of-the-oldest-features-of-gta-before-the-release-of-gta-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar removes one of the oldest features of GTA before the release of GTA VI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rockstar Games Social Club, launched in 2008 in conjunction with Grand Theft Auto IV, has suddenly ceased to function, redirecting its main URL to the official Rockstar Games portal. <strong>For over 15 years, this platform became an iconic tool for players, offering advantages such as the synchronization of statistics and the acquisition of exclusive items in GTA Online for those who registered<\/strong>. However, recent information suggests that the platform had become outdated and vulnerable to security issues.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Says goodbye to the Social Club forever<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The insider known as @videotechuk_ has pointed out that the decision to close the Social Club is due to multiple issues, including the hijacking of &#8220;crews&#8221; and the ease with which accounts were compromised.<strong> This situation raised doubts about the platform&#8217;s ability to provide a safe and satisfactory experience for its users<\/strong>. Therefore, the closure does not surprise many, as complaints about its outdatedness were becoming increasingly frequent among the gaming community.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer 1 &quot;Things Will Be Different&quot;\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M80K51DosFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, an update made on November 20, 2023, had begun to remove almost all mentions of the Social Club in Rockstar titles, indicating a gradual decline in its relevance. <strong>All of this has led to speculation about whether the company might be working on a new platform that would be launched alongside the highly anticipated GTA 6<\/strong>. According to the insider, \u201cit is very likely that juicy changes are coming for the sixth installment of the saga,\u201d which has excited fans of the series.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the closure of the Social Club, players can no longer access their profiles, photos, and videos, marking the end of an era in the history of Rockstar Games. <strong>The focus now shifts to what innovations and features they will be able to present in the future, especially with the imminent release of GTA 6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rockstar Games Social Club, launched in 2008 in conjunction with Grand Theft Auto IV, has suddenly ceased to function, redirecting its main URL to the official Rockstar Games portal. For over 15 years, this platform became an iconic tool for players, offering advantages such as the synchronization of statistics and the acquisition of exclusive items in GTA Online for those who registered. However, recent information suggests that the platform had become obsolete and vulnerable to security issues. It bids farewell to the Social Club forever The insider known as @videotechuk_ has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":342496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[13921,11385,4243,9307,5476,13922],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-342495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-videotechuk_","tag-gta-4","tag-gta-6","tag-insider","tag-rockstar-games","tag-rockstar-games-social-club","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342510,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342495\/revisions\/342510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342495"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=342495"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=342495"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=342495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}