Rob banks, jet planes, and more in GTA Online’s Heists, due in early 2015

By Adam Rosenberg December 16, 2014

Heists are coming very, very soon to GTA Online, as Rockstar Games confirms in a new trailer. The four-player cooperative addition to Grand Theft Auto V‘s online mode has been cooking for some time, and after multiple delays it’ll finally be coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in early 2015.

There aren’t too many specifics to share just yet. Here’s what Rockstar had to say:

Today we are happy to present a new trailer for the four-player co-op mode for Grand Theft Auto Online that allows players to plan, prepare and execute multi-tiered Heists across Los Santos and Blaine County. These will require tight communication and coordination, with players taking on specified roles at each point to accomplish multiple objectives on the way to each Heist’s epic finale. Featuring new gameplay, new vehicles, new weapons, new clothing and much more.

The trailer offers some hints as to the scope of things. It looks like heists take a variety of forms, much like they did in the GTA V story mode. Expect to hear more as the launch gets closer.

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