GTA Online will have an underground nightclub with resident DJs from the real world

Grand Theft Auto Online It will soon have its own concert hall with the planned opening of The Music Locker, an underground nightclub that will feature real-world DJs in residence. Monday’s announcement means that developer Rockstar Games is taking cues from other smart multiplayer games like Fortnite Y Roblox.

Those games and many others on the online social scene have begun to transform their virtual spaces into entertainment destinations that, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, have become vital ways to fill the void left by the lack of music. live and other real world events. .

Epic’s approach with Fortnite has been hiring big name acts in electronic music and hip-hop, like Diplo and Travis Scott, to perform surreal sets on their virtual island, all as part of their new Party Royale mode. But Rockstar is aiming for a more realistic approach based on the real-world underground electronic music scene. The developer is designing The Music Locker as a place you could attend in real life, located below the casino and resort in The Diamond game in its fictional version of Los Angeles.

The Music Locker has also secured iconic DJ names like Detroit-based producer Moodymann and Berlin-based collective Keinemusik to be its first artists-in-residence, each seemingly with their own custom. GTA Online avatars. Rockstar will even allow you to enjoy high roller status with VIP benefits that you can only get if you have purchased a penthouse suite at The Diamond.

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This is not a big change for him Grand Theft Auto franchise. The open world crime series has always secured high profile artists for their in-game radio stations. One of its most outstanding additions to 2013 Grand theft auto v it was producer Flying Lotus, who was given his own radio station (FlyLo FM) and the freedom to select his own song list.

But given the current environment around events and entertainment, it makes sense that Rockstar wants to find ways to provide fans of GTA Online a way to experience at least some of the sensations of live music. And it’s also doing it in a way that gives artists a chance to perform again, specifically DJs and producers (and not just mainstream greats) who have been hit hard by the complete evaporation of the music. real world nightlife during the coronavirus pandemic.