Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack
The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations
December 2025
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Roblox, James Bond and a billion-dollar video game – here are our most-read gaming stories of 2025
The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
He wrote the world’s most successful video games – now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto
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Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games
May 2025
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Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth
If Shakespeare were around today, he’d be making open-world shooters with the same depth and diversion as his plays
GTA6 gets it on: can the notoriously cynical action series finally find time for romance?
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The newest trailer indicates Grand Theft Auto VI may have a soft centre, with its focus on outlaw lovers Lucia and Jason
Grand Theft Auto VI delayed until May 2026
Much anticipated title was due in autumn but fans will now have to wait another year after the announcement by Rockstar Games
April 2025
Shenmue voted the most influential video game of all time in Bafta poll
The idiosyncratic adventure from 1999 beat the likes of Doom and Super Mario Bros in a public vote, proving that, in a world of blockbusters, there’s still room for strange, exotic games
January 2025
2025 culture preview
From Edvard Munch to Central Cee: Observer critics choose their cultural highlights for 2025
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This year’s slate of sequels feels like nostalgic reassurance in a time of chaos
December 2024
Grand Theft Hamlet review – in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting
In a hilarious and surreal documentary, two out-of-work actors decide to stage the tragedy within Los Santos with dreamlike and fascinating results
September 2024
Heaven 17 v Rockstar: are games being fair to music artists?
The band’s Martyn Ware has hit out at the fee offered for Temptation in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. But as music becomes ever more central to gaming, the sums get complicated
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
Grand Theft Auto: every game and controversy explained
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Pushing Buttons: Our first look at Grand Theft Auto VI was light on information, but high on hype
GTA 6 trailer: fast cars, flamingos and a female lead revealed in first look
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
