GTA 5 Online news: GTA Festive Surprise is back with new DLC

 Rockstar Newswire

Rockstar has a Christmas treat for all GTA 5 Online players, as the company has brought back the GTA Festive Surprise. This year, GTA will be getting up to 15 new masks and skins with Christmas themes.

The announcement came from Rockstar Games' blog, Rockstar Newswire, where the company announced a new set of Christmas-themed downloadable content released for GTA 5 Online. The downloadable content includes:

  • New Santa costumes and Christmas-themed pajamas.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Bad Elf, Crazy Gingerbread, Festive Luchador masks.
  • 3 Car horns with Christmas songs and carols.
  • Christmas trees at Legion Square and in all owned Apartments, Stilt houses and Yachts.

On top of the new 2015 releases, Rockstar is also bringing back the content from GTA Festive Surprise 2014 and the original 2013 holiday gifts as well. The DLC will be available until Jan. 5, 2016 for users playing GTA via Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC.

The blog post also announced an online contest that Rockstar is naming the #FestiveSurprise2015 Snapmatic Photo Challenge. To join the game, participants have to post their best holiday-themed Snapmatic to Social Club, and place the hashtag #FestiveSurprise2015.

The best five winners, to be selected by Rockstar, will receive GTA$1 million and will also be featured on the Newswire.

GTA 5 has been received well by players. The game for the PlayStation 4 has garnered a Metacritic score of 97 out of 100, making it the fifth highest rated game on Metacritic. IGN also gave the game high praises, with a score of 10 out of 10.

"Grand Theft Auto 5" is an action-adventure game that brings players to the fictional city of Los Santos and to the outskirts of Blaine County. The latest installment by Rockstar Games was released back in Sept. 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and then later revised in November 2014 to fit PS4 and Xbox One.

In April 14, 2015, the game was adopted for PC.

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