Grand Theft Auto 6: 5 Time Periods Rockstar MUST Consider

5. Post-War 1940s

The 1940s, covering the end of World War II and the dawn of modern consumerism, are perhaps some of the most oft-explored years of history in entertainment.

The aftermath of World War II was when organised crime and the automotive industry truly came into their own. With the rise of the Italian, Irish and Russian mobs came also the rise of Ford, Plymouth and Chevrolet. Rationing had ended, cars were nicer than ever, and a lot of hard-done-by young men were taking up with street gangs to wring this new world dry.

This period has of course been previously explored already by Rockstar on the opposite side of the thin blue line in LA Noire. You may think then that Rockstar might be retreading old ground with a late '40s-set GTA, but this period is still full of story potential.

Maybe you'd like a classic Mafioso story, pushed through Rockstar's standard tongue-in-cheek filter?

Perhaps you fancy a tale of a street urchin making his way through the burgeoning street gangs and greasers of the era?

Ahh... now you're excited.