It seems Rockstar is taking us on a trip down memory lane with their new string of week-long GTA Online events, looking at the big updates of the game's past. Recently we've been treated to an event focusing on the content of the recently released Cunning Stunts, after which the next event stepped back in time taking inspiration from Further Adventures in Finance and Felony as well as Executives and Other Criminals.
Now Rockstar is cranking the dial on their pseudo time-machine even further back to the days of Freemode Events, when random wacky missions, werewolves and lots of back-end tweaking were the name of the game. Freemode Events was a pretty notable GTA Online DLC, though not necessarily for its content. Sure, all of the new randomly triggered pastimes are pretty fun, but sometimes they don't quite go as planned and won't exactly make you rich.
The importance of Freemode Events stemmed from two factors. Firstly, this was the update that finally brought the Rockstar Editor to the Xbox One and Playstation 4, making the built-in gameplay recording and video editing suite a PC exclusive affair no longer. The other main contribution was a massive overhaul of GTA Online on a technical level. Much of the code related to the structuring, instancing and other juicy techy things was updated or replaced.
Now, this technical overhaul didn't show its benefits immediately. Players had to wait until Executives and Other Criminals was launched to fully understand what went down. Executives added he VIP and bodyguard system which was a dynamic the likes of which GTA Online has never before seen.
Either way, from yesterday through the 1st of September, Rockstar will be celebrating the goofy old update with a GTA Online event. This is the third consecutive such event to be hosted since the release of the latest content update. You can bet that Rockstar is busy brewing something in their DLC pot, but chances are it won't be announced before the summer is out, what with 4 days left.









