Game makers are loading you up for the Fourth of July

It’s time to get out your shotgun and scare the neighbors in your trailer park.

At least, that’s the impression I get from the new images for Fourth of July content in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto Online multiplayer world. Game makers are dusting off the patriotism to deliver Fourth of July-themed content in the hopes of grabbing some of your time during a slow holiday week in the U.S.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.