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- Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring and directed by Ron Howard, in his feature film directorial debut. Howard also wrote the screenplay with his real-life father Rance Howard, who also co-starred in the film.
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Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. [2] Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut.
Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It is the first title of the Grand Theft Auto series and was released in November 1997 for MS-DOS and Windows, in December 1997 for the PlayStation and in October 1999 for the Game Boy Color. The game's narrative follows a criminal who ...
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(GTA) is a long-running video game series created by British development house Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by their American parent company Rockstar Games.
The series was created by David Scott Jones and Mike Dailly, with subsequent titles under Rockstar North's name being developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Aaron Garbut and former president Leslie Benzies.
Throughout its history, the series has always courted controversy due mainly to the mature content of the games, with all but one game being rated the local equivalent of Mature/Adult/R.
held 10 world gaming records, including the Most Guest Stars in a Video Game Series, Largest Voice Cast in a Video Game (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), Largest In-Game Soundtrack (Grand Theft Auto IV), and Most Successful Entertainment Launch Of All Time (Grand Theft Auto V). The Grand Theft Auto series has also been ranked 5 in the best-selling video game franchises of all time.
The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI on December 4, 2023, broke three previous Guinness World Records for most viewed videogame reveal on YouTube in 24 hours (at 90,421,491 views), most liked videogame trailer on YouTube (with 8.9 million likes in the first 24 hours) and most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours (non-music) (surpassing MrBeast's "Every Country On Earth Fights For $250,000").
There are currently sixteen games in the series, including two expansion packs for the original game, two expansions for GTA IV, and a dedicated multiplayer title. The games have been released for various platforms, including the PC, PSX, PS2, Xbox, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, GBC, DC, GBA, PSP, DS, iPhone and Android with all but two of the game...
2D Universe
In the 2D Universe, the graphics engines provided "top-down" gameplay in two dimensions with missions counting towards a score to unlock the next set of missions. •1. Grand Theft Auto (1997) - Whilst originally just called Grand Theft Auto, the first game become widely known as "GTA 1" for clarity. Available for the PlayStation, PC and Game Boy Color. Features the cities of Liberty City, San Andreas, and Vice City. The story revolves around silent male and female protagonists hired by various gang bosses for various types of criminal jobs. •2. Grand Theft Auto (Mission Pack #1): London 1969 (1999) - An expansion pack, available for the PlayStation and PC, set in London; requires the original game. The story revolves around silent British protagonists working for a London-based crime organization led by the Crisp Twins. •3. Grand Theft Auto (Mission Pack #2): London 1961 (1999) - A further expansion to London 1969, available only as a free download for the PC; requires the original game and the previous DLC. The story revolves around silent British protagonists working for a small-time London gang led by the Harold Cartwright. •4. Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) - Featured an improved graphics engine and a different style of gameplay. Available for the PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color. The game is set in the retrofuturistic city of "Anywhere, USA". The story revolves around Claude Speed, who has just been freed from prison and awakened from cryogenic sleep with a bad case of amnesia. GTA 2 is the only GTA game to have a digit in the title instead of a roman numeral. It is the only game to have a T rating.
3D Universe
The 3D Universe featured the first blockbuster GTA title, Grand Theft Auto III, and introduced a 3D game world and third-person perspective. The entire era contains interlocking storylines, and many characters appear across multiple games. Notably, games in this era were not released in chronological order, with the first game released being the last chronologically, and the last game released being the first chronologically. •5. Grand Theft Auto III (2001) - Set in the fictional Liberty City, a hybrid of real-life New York City and other East Coast and Midwestern cities. Multiplayer mode was removed, but other areas were much improved, namely the graphics, voice acting, and storyline with non-linear gameplay. •6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) - Set in Vice City, a city based on the real-life Miami. This sequel to GTA III is technically a prequel (set in 1986) to the game, and to GTA: San Andreas, which was released after GTA: Vice City. •7. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) - Set in the State of San Andreas, GTA: San Andreas featured three cities: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas, based on Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas respectively. The game is set in 1992, making it a sequel to GTA: Vice City and a prequel to GTA III. The game featured many customisation options for both the player and vehicles and a limited multiplayer mode exclusive to the PS2 version. •8. Grand Theft Auto Advance (2004) - What was originally supposed to be a stripped-down port of GTA III for the Game Boy Advance turned out to be a completely original game, set a year before GTA III, in a slightly altered Liberty City. This game returned players to the "top-down" perspective graphically, although the setting was still the 3D Universe rendition of the city. •9. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) - A prequel to GTA III set in Liberty City in 1998. Originally for the PlayStation Portable, a PS2 port was released in June 2006 without multiplayer. •10. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) - Vice City Stories is set in Vice City in 1984, two years before the original GTA: Vice City. It was released in October 2006 for the PSP. A PS2 port was released later without multiplayer in March 2007. It is the final game of the 3D Universe.
HD Universe
The HD Universe featured Rockstar's RAGE engine, also used in Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis. The gameplay did not change dramatically from the successful 3D Universe formula. This era features: •11. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) - Set in 2008 in a redesigned Liberty City and the neighboring State of Alderney, with new game mechanics, a multiplayer mode, and with protagonist Niko Bellic trying to start a new life. GTA IV was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on April 28th, 2008, with a PC release on December 2nd, 2008. •12. The Lost and Damned (2009) - A standalone downloadable episode released in February 2009 for the Xbox 360. TLAD is set in the same Liberty City as GTA IV, with events and characters overlapping with GTA IV. The protagonist is Johnny Klebitz, vice-president of The Lost MC. It was also available as part of the Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City disc released on PC (Games for Windows - LIVE) and PlayStation 3 in April 2010, which includes The Ballad of Gay Tony. •14. The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009) - A second standalone episode for GTA IV released in October 2009, the last DLC for GTA IV. The protagonist is Luis Lopez, a part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario "Gay" Tony Prince. It was released on PC (Games for Windows - LIVE) and PlayStation 3 in April 2010 along with the Episodes From Liberty City combination disc with The Lost and Damned. Note: All three GTA IV games were later combined into Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition and from April 2020, following the demise of Games For Windows Live, this is the only version available to purchase now for PC. Owners of physical or digital copies of any of the three standalone games can upgrade to The Complete Edition for free with patch 1.0.8, however this removes the multiplayer component and several radio stations are significantly changed due to the expiry of music licenses. •13. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009) - Set in 2009 and focusing on the Liberty City Triads. The protagonist, Huang Lee is the son of a murdered Triad boss who comes to Liberty City. It is set in the same Liberty City as GTA IV (excluding Alderney, but scaled down for the Nintendo DS). PSP, iPhone, Android and Kindle Fire ports were released later, the PSP version including new missions and characters, and all new versions including new radio stations and improved graphics. •15. Grand Theft Auto V (2013) - Set in 2013 in a redesigned Los Santos. According to Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto V was previously their biggest open-world game to date. The game concentrates on "the pursuit of the almighty dollar". For the first time since the 2D Universe, the game features more than one protagonist, with three playable protagonists: Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton, and Trevor Philips. •16. Grand Theft Auto Online (2013) - It is considered by Rockstar to be the series' first dedicated multiplayer title. Set in Southern San Andreas in the United States and the island of Cayo Perico in the Caribbean region of Colombia, the player assumes the role of a silent male or female protagonist, with the focus of the game being heavily centered on money and criminal businesses. The game's original content was originally set shortly before the events of Grand Theft Auto V in 2013. However, as the game released updates, the game's setting advanced in real-life timing, with characters later mentioning past events that took place in GTA V. Grand Theft Auto Online was released on October 1, 2013, two weeks after Grand Theft Auto V. •17. Grand Theft Auto VI (2025) - Set in the State of Leonida, the game features two protagonists, including a female lead, Lucia, and an unnamed male accomplice.
has one of the largest fan bases of any game franchise. There are many unofficial fansites about GTA games, providing the latest news, download databases, and often an online forum for the GTA community. Thousands of GTA fansites exist, ranging from small one-person news blogs to community-edited wikis (like this one) to massive download databases to forums with hundreds of thousands of members.
This is a list of some of the most popular fan sites, some of which were even acknowledged by Rockstar:
•GTA Forums
•GTA Legende.com
•The GTA Place
•GTA Net
•Grand Theft Auto series
••Free download of Grand Theft Auto, Wild Metal and Grand Theft Auto 2 (no longer an active offer)
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Grand Theft Auto V (also known as Grand Theft Auto Five, GTA 5, GTA V, and Grand Theft Auto V: Story Mode) is a video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the fifteenth instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series and the fifth game title in the HD Universe of the series.
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Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game 2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV, and the fifteenth instalment overall.
Apr 25, 2008 · As the Amiga grew old and technologically infirm, GTA’s creator, DMA Design, switched the development of the original game to the PC.
