Given the colossal news that Grand Theft Auto V is going to make, the changes to this year’s MediaGuardian 100 2012 do seem somewhat strange. Rockstar founders Sam and Dan Houser made No.27 in the 2011 list. Since then the studio has released the critically popular Max Payne 3 and …
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