The Biggest Gaming Stories That Happened Since GTA 5 Came Out 13 Years Ago
As Grand Theft Auto 6 approaches its November 19 release, GameSpot looks back at the remarkable evolution of the gaming industry over the 13 years since GTA 5 launched in September 2013. The article uses GTA 5’s longevity as a reference point to examine how fundamentally the video game landscape has shifted.
In 2013, the gaming world looked vastly different. Fortnite did not exist, the live-service gaming boom—and its subsequent crash—had not yet occurred, and E3 remained a thriving, unmissable annual summer event. Nintendo was in the early stages of the Wii U’s lifecycle, representing the period’s experimental approach to hardware innovation.
The retrospective promises to chronicle the most notable gaming stories and events that have transpired over this transformative 13-year span, illustrating how much has changed while GTA 5 maintained its position as one of gaming’s most culturally significant and commercially successful titles. Though the full list of stories is not detailed in this excerpt, the article sets up a comprehensive look at major industry shifts, technological advances, and gaming phenomena that emerged during this period.