“That is the most important leisure launch ever”, says the BBC’s know-how reporter, Laura Cress. Like the ten million individuals who have pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto 6 forward of its launch on 19 November, Laura is happy to expertise the ground-breaking graphics and new options – together with the primary feminine protagonist – of gaming’s greatest franchise.
Laura tells The International Story’s Tristan Redman about GTA’s shocking roots – in a small studio in Dundee, Scotland – and explains how its nihilistic eye on the US cities the sport is modelled on has courted controversy and raised political debate.
Producer: Mhairi MacKenzie
Govt producers: Hannah Moore and Martine Powers
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