Against a bitter backdrop of competing egos and legal wrangles, the question is: Will Grand Theft Auto still rule the world?

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At the eastern extremity of Edinburgh's Old Town two modern buildings stand as next-door neighbours.

Published: 19:43 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 19:44 GMT, 15 November 2026

At the eastern extremity of Edinburgh’s Old Town two modern buildings stand as next-door neighbours.

One of them is a parliament with legislative powers affecting every man, woman and child in Scotland. The other building carries far more clout than that.

At best, a few million people are invested in the goings-on at the Scottish parliament. Some 250 yards away at Barclay House, the numbers shift into a whole new stratosphere of influence.

It is the headquarters of gaming giant Rockstar North, which 11 years ago assigned a small group of staff to preliminary work on a new edition of its best-selling product.

The game wasn’t just the company’s top seller. Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5 was the highest-grossing standalone entertainment product in history.

Since its release in 2013, it has shifted more than three times as many units as the biggest-selling album ever – Michael Jackson’s Thriller – and generated almost three times the box-office take of the biggest movie ever – Avengers: Endgame.

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5 was the highest-grossing standalone entertainment product in history

By late 2018, almost all 1,400-plus Edinburgh-based staff were deployed on the follow-up. They formed the creative hub of the project, leading a team of thousands of international programmers across the company’s global network of studios.

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