

It’s a scary time to travel and to do this, but it’s something we’re all passionate about and we know this is the way to represent them as best as possible." "They were gracious enough to come from Detroit," Pavlovich remembers, "and it was definitely different than what we did for After Hours, turning our studio into a nightclub. It was a unique experience, and I'm just grateful to all the artists that came through for this. With GTA Online helping us deal with one of the worst years in recent memory, it's amazing to think that the motion capture for DJs like Moodymann-who brings with him a stack of vinyl and a group of dancers-was able to happen during quarantine. "We learned a lot with After Hours in terms of how to motion capture artists and DJs, and how we can improve on what we did before, but this is the next level for us. Now, you're going from The Music Locker"- the underground social club that's literally underneath The Diamond Casino & Resort-"to Cayo Perico, this whole new island with a private beach party. Then we caught wind of the massive music overhaul-the biggest to hit the Grand Theft Auto world since the Grand Theft Auto V was released in 2013.īuilding on 2018's GTA Online: After Hours DLC update that added DJs like The Black Madonna and Tale of Us to the games new nightclub management aspects, and in speaking to Ivan Pavlovich, Director of Music for Rockstar Games, the new private beach party that is central to The Cayo Perico Heist update takes things up a notch.

When we first received word about this new heist, we thought the idea of being able to setup heists solo would be the big selling point-aside from this glorious new island location that was being added to the game.

That's right, Grand Theft Auto V's open-world online sister, GTA Online, just received a huge, free update: The Cayo Perico Heist. Christmas has come early for the legions of gamers who've spent quarantine pulling off heists and engaging in armed combat in the streets of Los Santos.
