The unlikely story of how a young group of Scots created 'GTA' 30 years ago
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Western Europe
The sixth installment of 'Grand Theft Auto,' set for release on November 19, is off to a flying start, with $600 million in pre-orders. The globally successful franchise, built around car theft and a world where anything goes, was dreamed up in the mid-1990s by a group of young enthusiasts in Dundee, a Scottish city north of Edinburgh.
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