New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Grand Theft Auto games have left an indelible mark on popular culture and even influenced a whole generation since their debut in 1997. However, the popular open-world game has mainly been set in the United States with fictionalized city names like Liberty City, Vice City, and Los Santos. The only exception to this trend was when the company explored setting the game in London, back in 1999.

​However, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser explained in a recent podcast with Lex Fridman why the company has not returned to a London-like setting and said it would be really hard to make it work anywhere else in the world.

​"We made a little thing in London 26 years ago, GTA London, for the top-down, for the PS...