Anarchy Online: Legacy of the Xan

The original GTA’s prehistoric brand of open-world freedom is fascinating in the context of everything that’s come since, but it demands patience, precision, and a paper map by your side.

Grand Theft Auto 2 boasts a number of noticeable technical improvements over the original and feels far better to play, but I'm glad its odd and unrecognisable setting was a one-time experiment.

Replaying the pioneering 2001 classic 25 years later and paying tribute to the game that didn’t just change the trajectory of the GTA series forever – it changed the business.

It's been a busy few weeks for Rockstar and Take-Two following a series of leaked GTA 6 gameplay videos and images. Beginning in mid-August 2026, an anonymous individual or group calling itself CyberLeek began publishing unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 material. The first wave included gameplay videos and apparent images of the GTA 6 map. The situation is still unfolding, so we've got a roundup of all of the events of the most recent GTA 6 leak in chronological order, along with what the footage appears to show, and CyberLeek's communications so far. Ahead of the footage being posted more widely

ZeniMax Online Studios lead Jo Burba is among 200 cut from the studio.