Will a Grand Theft Auto game ever be set outside of America? Rockstar offers a small glimmer of hope
The Grand Theft Auto games have always been synonymous with America; Americana is baked into the crime series' very being.
Why am I seeing this Ranked on source trust — Eurogamer
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corroboration | 0.35 | 0.39 | +0.135 28% | 1 independent org on the story. Tier-3 aggregators never corroborate — they can show something is circulating, never that it is true. |
| Source trustleads | 0.25 | 0.80 | +0.200 41% | Eurogamer is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.00 | +0.000 0% | One counted organisation, so there is no spread to measure — nothing has picked this up to set a rate. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.78 | +0.155 32% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
Corroboration counts distinct organisations, once each, and only from tiers 1 and 2. Freshness halves every 10 hours, so this ranking is a snapshot and will differ at the next build.
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What happened
The Grand Theft Auto games have always been synonymous with America; Americana is baked into the crime series' very being. Across its history, there's only ever been one GTA game set outside America: the London-based expansion of the original game.
How this story arrived
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