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The highly anticipated release of GTA 6 is just around the corner and it's safe to say a lot has happened in the world since the game's last edition.
In the 13 years since GTA 5 was released, we've seen seven UK prime ministers, three US presidents, a global pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and plenty of change in global football.
Lionel Messi won the World Cup with Argentina, the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal became global sensations, but most importantly, Mikel Arteta took Arsenal from the depths to the glory of winning the Premier League.
Between 2013 and the current day, so much has changed at the Emirates Stadium as the days of Arsène Wenger came to an end, plunging the Gunners to the dread of mid-table, but Arteta's arrival gradually brought a change of fortunes in the red half of North London.
Everything that happened at Arsenal between GTA 5 and GTA 6
When GTA 5 was released on 17 September 2013, Arsenal were second in the Premier League, but jumped to the top of the table, where they remained until February, when they suffered a humiliating 5-1 defeat away to Liverpool.
Wenger's side continued to crumble throughout the remainder of the campaign and failed to regain top spot, ultimately falling all the way down to fourth in the league, where the Gunners ended the term to qualify for the Champions League once again.
While Arsenal failed to win the league title what would have been 10 years since their iconic 'Invincibles' season, they did end their nine-year trophy drought by winning the FA Cup for the first time since 2005.
Facing Hull City at Wembley Stadium, the Gunners came from two goals down to defeat the Tigers 3-2, with Aaron Ramsey scoring the winning goal after Santi Cazorla and Laurent Koscielny had got them back on terms.
Despite starting the season with a morale-boosting 3-0 victory over Manchester City in the Community Shield, Wenger's side failed to win the league once again as they finished third in the table. However, they did retain the FA Cup with a 4-0 win against Aston Villa.
The 2015/16 campaign saw Arsenal finish second to the Leicester City's title-winning miracle side, as well as ending the year trophyless, having failed to make it far in the FA Cup, League Cup or Champions League.
Wenger guided his team to another FA Cup triumph in the 2016/17 season, but it was the first time in 20 years that the Gunners dropped out of the Champions League spots, finishing fourth in the league.
The following term proved to be the Frenchman's last in charge of Arsenal as the 2017/18 campaign saw him bid farewell to North London, with his final season seeing his side finish sixth in the league and only the Community Shield to their name.
His departure brought turmoil at the Emirates as Unai Emery's arrival led to a number of questionable signings and a failure to qualify for the Champions League once again with a fifth-place finish in his debut year. A 4-1 hammering by Chelsea in the Europa League final also prevented qualification for Europe's premier competition.
Emery saw his time at Arsenal come to an end in the 2019/20 season as a poor run of form ended in him being dismissed with the club eighth in the Premier League table and in the midst of a seven-game winless run.
Arteta was appointed as manager just under a month later and guided the Gunners to an eighth-place finish, but a record-extending 14th FA Cup title, beating Chelsea 2-1 at an empty Wembley.
Miserable results throughout the 2020/21 campaign saw the Spaniard come under plenty of criticism, but the board fully backed him as they finished eighth once again, but missed out on qualification for Europe for the first time since the 1994/95 season.
The 2021/22 season started poorly with three straight defeats, but Arteta steadied the ship with impressive runs of form, only to fall short of reaching the Champions League, with a fifth place finish, the club's highest in three years.
Arteta completely changed his side's luck the following term as he defied the odds to take them on a commanding title challenge. While they were ultimately unsuccessful in pipping treble winners Man City to the prize, he surprised many by taking Arsenal from European hopefuls to title contenders.
Many expected the Spaniard and his side to drop off in the 2023/24 campaign, but they didn't as they took City even further, eventually losing out on the final day, finishing just two points off the serial winners. The next year was poor by the Gunners' standards, ending the term 10 points behind champions Liverpool.
Arsenal finally ended their 22-year title drought in the 2025/26 season, beating City to the title by seven points, as well as reaching the finals of the Champions League and Carabao Cup, and the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
If you told a Gunners fan playing GTA 5 in 2013 that his side would be Premier League champions at the time of its sequel's release, they probably would have laughed at you. Arsenal may have held leads at the top since the Invincibles year, but they never looked close to winning the title in Wenger's final years.
The Gunners have never been close to winning a quadruple, but Arteta didn't have them far off it last season. The different scenarios the club find themselves in are extrodinarily contrasting and Arsenal may fancy their chances of marking GTA 6's release by retaining their title as they are currently five points clear at the top of the table.
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