The Hong Kong protests are being played out on Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V online.
Players in Hong Kong realised they could dress up as protesters after a new update for the game was released earlier this month.
They spread the word on LIHKG – which has been called the Hong Kong version of social news site Reddit – and started organising violent expeditions.
Mainland players responded by showing up dressed as riot police with water cannon trucks.
Hong Kong-based news site Abacus was one of the first to report the development.
The Hong Kong protests started in June over a controversial extradition bill ... Read even more
