[2023] A Year in Recap and Season Greetings

[jhxp]

 

Hello everyone!

Winter is just around the corner, and so is the Holiday Season. Would it not be great if you could start them with a fresh "A Year in Recap" post to read, just like the usual?

And surprise, surprise - we have you covered! We have prepared a brief summary of the past year with all the important stuff that happened in 2023 from an MTA fan's perspective. And there is more than just that, so be sure to read the entire post!

 

 

Screenshots were courtesy of Nebla.

 

2023 in Recap

There were a few important highlights for us this year.

• At the very beginning of the year, we had unbanned (almost) everyone who had ever received a global MTA ban. A risky move, you might have thought? As it turned out, we were actually quite pleased in how it fared in the end.
   
• Next, we had celebrated Multi Theft Auto's 20th Anniversary on 9th of February. Aside from the lengthy feature post with some media, many of our community members also shared their memories with MTA in the celebratory forum post. You all are also welcome to chip in and post your experiences there.
   
• Few days after that, I interviewed IJs - Multi Theft Auto's founder - about his experiences with the project. Feel free to check it out if you have not done so already, as it also featured screenshots from our other projects.
   
• One day in April, we had encountered minor disturbances with our perception, but all is fine now. Yllufepoh...
   
• Later on, we had opened a beta testing phase for our next major release. After the testing was over, we had released Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas 1.6 in June. This is still our current stable release, which works best on Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems.
   
• It is not just us who had their anniversaries - SAES, a long-time MTA clan/gang were also celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their community. We are happy to see such long-time communities that have been around for almost as long as MTA itself, and we will be always looking forward to give them the spotlight.
   
• This year had also seen some developments regarding the next game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Rockstar Games was celebrating the 25th anniversary of the creation of their studio, for which they published the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI in December. The game is planned to launch in 2025 on PlayStation and XBox platforms. The PC version was not announced at this time, but it is possible that it will come out some time after console releases as usual.
   
  Spoiler
  
   
• We also had some developments of our own. We had improved the Discord integration with MTA:SA client - this was made available for testing in our nightly builds. And recently, we have started featuring your media on our social media outlets, as a part of our Community Spotlights program. Want to be featured too? See one of the announcements on our Discord.

 

A bunch of interesting MTA:SA-related YouTube videos from this year

Spoiler

MTA SA: The Horror Game - by TEDERIs

 

 MTA | DRIFT MASTERS GRAND PRIX | HANDLING - by Ahmkralq

 

Multi Theft Auto Showcase | Car Shop - by ianny

 

Nebla - Mausoleum of King Deshret - by Nakvie Records, map by Nebla

 

MTA SA: Simple AI & Pathfinding - by TEDERIs

 

Junky ft. Roxx ft. Nebla - Synthetic Life - by Nakvie Records, map by Junky, Roxx & Nebla

 

 

Current player counts and version fragmentation statistics

Type	Amount of players	Date / Time
Recent peak number of concurrent unique players	32,611 players	2023.12.10 (at 18.43 GMT)
Highest recorded number of concurrent unique players	52,098 players	2020.04.02 (at 18.00 GMT)
Recent number of daily unique players	119,707 players	2023.12.03 (Sunday)
Highest recorded number of daily unique players	185,818 players	2018.02.03 (Saturday)
Recent number of monthly unique players	552,402 players	November, 2023
Highest recorded number of monthly unique players	805,903 players	January, 2018

 

The numbers are lower than in the last year, but there are still many MTA players out there.

According to Steam Statistics, the number of players is more or less similar to games like PayDay 2, ARK: Survival Evolved or Garry's Mod.

 

MTA:SA version or series	Percentage of players using that version or series as of 23rd of December, 2023
1.6.0	96.5%
1.5.9	2.8%
1.5.8	0.1%
1.5.7 (and older)	0.5%
1.4.x + 1.3.x	0.1%

 

Also as of 23rd of December, 2023:

• 76,250 members have joined our Discord server,
• we have got 13,826 followers on X/Twitter,
• 58k users follow our Facebook fanpage,
• and our Steam Community group has 43,115 members.

 

Status update

Not much to report at the moment. Projects like ours depend on the volunteer work and community contributions, so things can get slower at times. We are always looking for new staff members for the project, be it developers, moderators, content creators or managers. If you would like to contribute or test your skills, feel free to reach out to us on our Discord or via forum PMs.

We have a bunch of things kept on our backlogs too, so we might consider re-visiting them in the upcoming year.

 

---

 

We hope that you all will enjoy the Holiday Season and wish you all the best in 2024!

-- MTA Team

 

Credits for the content submissions: Dutchman101, Haxardous, Nebla, xLive.

[xLive]

Happy holidays everyone!

[turret001]

Happy new year! Here are some screenshots from my gallery:

TGB Jukebox

Spoiler

 

 

@Zango in the restroom:

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

TO SHO!!!

Spoiler

 

 

 

[-ffs-PLASMA]

Merry meowmas!

[Nebla]

Since the day MTA became the part of my life, I've tried my best to support. It allows me to use my full imagination. I hope MTA will stay alive for eternity

Edited December 24, 2023 by Nebla

[Hydra]

Happy holidays to all the players!   

 

And good luck with this project going forward

[Megadreams]

Another amazing year has gone by! Happy holidays everyone and let's make 2024 another amazing year for the community.

[eoL Shady]

olala happy holidays

[FernandoMTA]

I can't believe it's already been a year! Time flies...

[TheGam3r23]