New York Comic Con 2014 and GTA 5 online update.

Good afternoon everyone, today is Friday, October 18, 2013. The weekend is almost here and got a few things to go over today for entertainment news :

New York Comic Con 2014 - New York Comic Con 2014 dates have been announced on the New York Comic Con website. The dates are from October 9 - October 12, 2014. Stay up to date with #NYCC by following NYCC on Facebook and Twitter.

Jason David Frank and Jason Narvy "It's Morphin Time Panel" can be found on Youtube . I was not able to attend the panel since I was online waiting for the autograph. But glad I was able to find the video online and view it. I'm looking forward to going back next year and hopefully Paul Schrier (aka Bulk) will be there too.

GTA 5 Online update released for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 to fix the ongoing technical issues including missing cars -  Rockstar Games released a title update today for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 that corrected the remaining issues where some vehicles or vehicle modifications were disappearing due to a cloud save failure. A list of fixes can be found on the Rockstar Newswire blog. Next week, the first of the $250,000 for the $500,000 stimulus will be distributed once the technical issues are resolved. The second $250,000 will be distributed towards the end of the month which totals the stimulus in $500,000 in GTA$ money. Looking forward to this.

GTA 5 Online - Rockstar to compensate GTA online players with $500,000 stimulus money in game

After the problems Rockstar Games faced with the launch of Grand Theft Auto 5 Online earlier this month, Rockstar Games will be compensating players with $500,000 stimulus money in game. However, this money will be distributed in installments of 2 payments of $250,000. The update will roll out as early as next week and dates will be announced on Rockstar's Newswire blog.  

Additionally, for PC gamers hoping that GTA 5 would come to the PC platform, according to Eurogamer, GTA 5 may come to the PC platform by Quarter 1 of 2014.  I'm definitely looking forward to seeing go on the PC platform as well because of Mods :D.

GTA 5 Online update rolled out and working

GTA 5 Online update was rolled out Friday, October 4, 2013. Since the launch last Tuesday, October 1, 2013, GTA 5 Online was  met with problems preventing players from being able to play online. However, with the rollout of the update on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, GTA Players can now experience the open world environment  finally and cause some mayhem. I was able to get on there over the weekend with my crew members to do some missions together. The only gripe I had was I wish this game had Party mode like in GTA 4 where it's just you and your own private party going around the area exploring without having someone kill your character. However, luckily GTA online does have a feature called Passive mode which costs $100 in GTA$ currency. This will allow a  player to go around the open world on foot without someone killing you. However, if you are in a car, you are still vulnerable to getting your character killed. I tested that theory out first hand yesterday when buying ammo for my character and someone was standing by my car trying to break into it. They didn't realize I set my car to where only my friends and crew members can use it LOL. But  after I got into the car, the guy unloaded a full clip into my character.

One tip I would advise anyone new to GTA 5 Online is to NEVER carry too much cash on your character because if your character gets killed, you lose the money. Best thing to do is always put your money into the bank. If you need to replenish your character's life by purchasing a soda in game, take out $50 from the ATM and use that towards it.   

Overall the experience is fun and challenging. I like the fact that when you enter job missions, you are out of the open world environment and it's just you and your party doing the mission. After the mission is over, you get a reward and reputation points when you win. Once the job is completed, you have the option of either replaying it again, going onto another mission or returning to freemode. This is done by voting by all members of the current session. So if majority votes to return to freemode for example, you will return to freemode. Majority votes win.  Overall this is an addicting game and hopefully the money packs will be available soon for those players who wish to purchase property and store their vehicles.