BBC’s GTA movie The Gamechangers was ‘random, made up bollocks’, says Rockstar

“The Gamechangers” is a 90-minute drama featuring Daniel Radcliffe that purports to show the lives of those involved in the creation of “Grand Theft Auto“, the highest grossing games franchise ever.

Rockstar, the company responsible for the Grand Theft Auto series, has declared the BBC’s recent docudrama The Gamechangers to be ‘random, made up bollocks’ following its premier on BBC 2 last night.

Described by the BBC as a “factual drama”, The Gamechangers follows GTA mastermind Sam Houser during 2002 as he and the Rockstar crew battle against Christian lawyer Jack Thompson (played by Bill Paxton). The idea was to tell the story of the Houser Brothers, the creators of the game, and the things that happened following the release of the first Grand Theft Auto. Mike Dailly, a game designer who worked on GTA at DMA Design (the company that would eventually become Rockstar) seemed deeply unimpressed. Basil Brush always was a dick, too. Current mentions there IS a development team: zero. Thompson’s crusade against the company-in which he helped file a suit accusing that GTA “trained and motivated” an 18-year-old to murder three people in Fayette, Alabama-famously came to an end in 2008 when he was found guilty on 27 charges of misconduct and permanently disbarred. We know all that already, but what’s new in all this is the reaction that nearly every original GTA developer gave to the show. The BBC has yet to confirm whether the show will be screened in the US.