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August 2024

‘Don’t kill the actors’: three friends’ quest to stage Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto

When Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen decided to stage Shakespeare’s tragedy in the anarchic online game, unexpected humanity emerged from the mayhem

December 2023

British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order

Arion Kurtaj, who has severe autism, hacked Rockstar Games using just an Amazon Firestick, mobile phone and hotel TV

‘Florida’s Joker’ alleges Grand Theft Auto 6 used his likeness

Lawrence Sullivan says ‘y’all took my life’ after character in game’s trailer has tattoos resembling those seen in his viral mugshot

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November 2023

Grand Theft Auto Six to be revealed in early December

A Bloomberg report gets out in front of the biggest video game announcement of the year, as Rockstar founder Sam Houser confirms that the first trailer for Rockstar’s forthcoming game is imminent

September 2022

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Pushing Buttons: The grand theft of Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto VI will have female playable character, leak confirms

Grand Theft Auto 6 leak: who hacked Rockstar and what was stolen?

July 2022

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Pushing Buttons: do games have to be a neverending story?
Destiny, Call of Duty and other epics expect you to play not for hours but for years. This endless games monoculture isn’t just bad for players – it’s bad for innovation

March 2022

GTA V is back for a new generation – how will it fare in the 2020s?

Rockstar’s anarchic masterpiece has been freshened up for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X nine years after it was originally released

February 2022

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Pushing Buttons: why games don’t have to be hard to be good
In this week’s newsletter: the deliberately tough Sifu is about to revive the never-ending discourse about how difficult games should be

January 2022

Take-Two acquires FarmVille creator Zynga in £9.4bn deal

The maker of Grand Theft Auto adds popular farming game and Harry Potter to roster to create gaming giant

November 2021

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition review – an infuriating disappointment

These remasters feel less stable than the glitchy originals, with a lack of attention to detail that undermines the games’ character

October 2021

Will the remastered Grand Theft Autos’ American satire hold up?

Simon Parkin

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September 2021

The 15 greatest games of the 2010s – ranked!

The 2010s birthed games that changed the world, from Grand Theft Auto V to Pokémon Go. In a decade with so many exceptional games to pick from, which will win out?

March 2020

PlayStation 2 at 20: the console that revealed the future of gaming

The successor to Sony’s original PlayStation is still the bestselling games machine of all time – and it has a legacy of true innovation

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