'Critical: Organ failure imminent!': GTA 5's newest survival mod turns an irradiated world against you with shadows of Fallout, Stalker and 28 Days Later

‘Critical: Organ failure imminent!’: GTA 5’s newest survival mod turns an irradiated world against you with shadows of Fallout, Stalker and 28 Days Later | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Grand Theft Auto Rockstar celebrates official GTA mod support by nuking non-official mod platform Grand Theft Auto GTA San Andreas cheats – every vehicle, weapon and stat boost code Grand Theft Auto Rockstar prepares for the Roblox-ification of GTA 6 by launching an official mods marketplace, with one bundle costing just under $500 Horror Total Chaos, the survival horror based on one of Doom’s best mods, is getting a New Game+ mode featuring an Alien: Isolation-style persistent enemy: ‘It does not patrol. 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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Rockstar/VelyXCore) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday GamesRadar+ Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you’re going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter As if Los Santos and Blaine County weren’t already hostile enough, the latest survival mod to grace the murderous bounds of GTA 5 turns the actual map against us by way of an irradiated hellscape.Aptly named The Exclusion Zone, modder VelyXCore has rolled out a series of high-risk radioactive hotspots across the San Andreas playground with what the creator describes as a “slow-burn mechanic where the environment itself becomes your deadliest enemy”.They ain’t lying, I can confirm, as The Exclusion Zone delivers exactly on what it promises—all the while letting you know this in no uncertain terms. Spending too long in the mod’s most irradiated locations inflicts accumulative radiation poisoning—in the same style as the Fallout series—with an organ failure mechanic that, expectedly, stops you pretty dead in your tracks. Related articles Forget the GTA 6 delay, one modder is quietly building an entire Grand Theft Auto multiverse inside GTA 5 Rockstar celebrates official GTA mod support by nuking non-official mod platform A mega-mod is kicking GTA 5 into 2026 thanks to one hobbyist creator and roughly 20,000 aggressively placed trees and street props Through this, The Exclusion Zone doesn’t force instant health drain tactics on you, but instead lets you grow progressively unwell the closer you get to the source. A tweaked “clean and modern” UI details your current exposure levels, meaning that when the words “Critical: Organ failure imminent!” flash across the top of your screen, exclamation mark and all, you know you’re up shit creek without a paddle.In order to survive the mod’s handful of affected areas—at the time of writing, these include: Humane Labs (epicenter, critical threat)