The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise has repeatedly set the bar for open-world gaming, not only in terms of gameplay and narrative but also in terms of production outlays. A look at the budgets of ...

If Rockstar’s aiming to build the ultimate GTA experience with GTA 6, they better look back before leaping forward. Because GTA San Andreas may be two decades old, but it was way ahead of its time.

In case you didn’t play San Andreas, the body-changing feature gave players the ability to change what protagonist CJ looked like to a degree we’d never seen before. If you took CJ to the gym, he’d ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...