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“This is the biggest entertainment release ever”, says the BBC’s technology reporter, Laura Cress. Like the 10 million people who have pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto 6 ahead of its launch on 19 November, Laura is excited to experience the ground-breaking graphics and new features - including the first female protagonist - of gaming’s biggest franchise. Laura tells The Global Story’s Tristan Redman about GTA’s surprising roots - in a small studio in Dundee, Scotland - and explains how its nihilistic eye on the US cities the game is modelled on has courted controversy and raised political debate.
Producer: Mhairi MacKenzie Executive producers: Hannah Moore and Martine Powers Mix: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins “This is the biggest entertainment release ever”, says the BBC’s technology reporter, Laura Cress. Like the 10 million people who have pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto 6 ahead of its launch on 19 November, Laura is excited to experience the ground-breaking graphics and new features - including the first female protagonist - of gaming’s biggest franchise. Laura tells The Global Story’s Tristan Redman about GTA’s surprising roots - in a small studio in Dundee, Scotland - and explains how its nihilistic eye on the US cities the game is modelled on has courted controversy and raised political debate.
Producer: Mhairi MacKenzie Executive producers: Hannah Moore and Martine Powers Mix: Travis Evans Senior news editor: China Collins Photo: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/large-banner-promoting-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-november-7-news-photo/2303488860?phrase=grand%20theft%20auto%20vi A large banner promoting Grand Theft Auto 6 in Hong Kong. Credit: Vernon Yuen/Nexpher Images via Getty Images.
Source: BBC
