Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily developed by British development house DMA Design and published by its parent company, Rebel Studios (formerly BMG Interactive). The name of the series references the term "grand theft auto", used in the United States for motor vehicle theft.
Gameplay focuses on an open world where the player can complete missions to progress an overall story, as well as engage in various side activities. Most of the gameplay revolves around driving and shooting, with occasional role-playing and stealth elements. The games in the Grand Theft Auto series are set in fictional locales modelled after real-life cities, at various points in time from the early 1960s to the 2010s. The games maps use to be one of Four main cities —Liberty City (based on New York City), San Andreas (based on San Francisco), and Vice City (based on Miami) Bison (Based on Dallas)— but later titles have more locations that the already mentioned, The series centers on different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each title. The antagonists are commonly characters who have betrayed the protagonist or their organisation, or characters who have the most impact impeding the protagonist's progress. Several film and music veterans have voiced characters in the games.
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a screenshot of grand theft auto, wich has claude smith as the protagonist
Grand Theft Auto (2000)[]
Grand Theft Auto is a 2000 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It is the first main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, Set within the fictional Liberty City (loosely based on New York City), the story follows Claude Smith, (who unlike OTL claude is not silent he is voiced by Ned Luke) a amateur criminal from north yankton who moved onto liberty city, after being betrayed and left for dead by his girlfriend during a bank robbery, embarks on a quest for revenge that leads him to become entangled in a world of crime, drugs, gang warfare, and corruption. The game is played from a third-person perspective wich can optionally be also experienced on first-person and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Its open world design lets players freely roam Liberty City, consisting of three main areas and a fourth one on the expansion -Portland, Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale- due to the effects of the 12/21 attacks there are no explosives or drivable planes ingame
Grand Theft Auto: liberty city stories (2000)[]
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is an expansion for the game "Grand Theft Auto" developed in a collaboration between Möbius Entertainment and DMA Design Limited, and published by BMG Interactive. It was released the same day and year Grand Theft Auto was released The expansion acts as a prequel to Grand Theft Auto, using the same setting of Liberty City and a new area named "Upstate Liberty" (Loosely based on buffalo). The single-player story, set in 1998, follows mobster Toni Cipriani, a character first introduced in Grand Theft Auto and his efforts to rise through the ranks of the Leone crime family, while slowly becoming involved in a power struggle among the city's various Mafia organisations. The expnasion also adds multiplayer mode
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Grand Theft Auto drive by (2002)[]
Grand Theft Auto drive by is an action-adventure video game developed fully by Möbius Entertainment and published by BMG Interactive. It is the first title of the Grand Theft Auto series to be released to portable consoles released in September 2001 for Game Boy Color And Game Boy Advance, and a port was made in December 2001 for the N-Gage and in March 2002 for PC under the name Grand Theft Auto 2D. The game's narrative follows Lance Wilson (Ryder) Gang member of the Grove Street Families in the 1984 he searches for respect in his gang, Meanwhile Members of the Ballas gang will attempt to kill the main characther the theme of the game is inspired on the Bloods vs Crips rivalry, the game happends across three fictional cities, inspired by real-life locations. (Los santos, San fierro and Las venturas) The gameplay is presented from a top-down perspective and takes place within an open-world environment in which the player is not required to perform missions, although they are necessary to progress through the levels. the game acts as a prequel to Grand theft auto: san andreas and this is the first entries of the series to add explosives
The map of vice city in Grand Theft Auto vice city
Grand Theft Auto: vice city (2003)[]
cover art for grand theft auto: vice city
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rebel studios. It is the second entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2000 Grand Theft Auto. Set in 1986 within the fictional Vice City (based on Miami and Miami Beach), the single-player story follows mobster Tommy Vercetti's rise to power after being released from prison and becoming caught up in an ambushed drug deal. While seeking out those responsible, he slowly builds a criminal empire by seizing power from other criminal organisations in the city. this is the first entry on the series to add planes boats and swimming
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. The open world design lets the player freely roam Vice City, consisting of two main islands. The game's plot is based on multiple real-world people and events in Miami such as Cubans, Haitians, and biker gangs, the 1980s crack epidemic, the Mafioso drug lords of Miami, The political violence and skirmishes bettwen the Red guards and Neo-dixiecrats due to the second civil war and the dominance of glam metal. The game was also influenced by the films and television of the era, most notably Scarface and Miami Vice. Much of the development work constituted creating the game world to fit the inspiration and time period; the development team conducted extensive field research in Miami while creating the world.
cover art for Grand Theft Auto: san andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005)[]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rebel studios It is the Third main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2003 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, It was released in October 2005 for the PlayStation 2, in June 2006 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox, and in November 2010 for Mac OS X. The game is set within an open world environment that players can explore and interact with at their leisure. The story follows former gangster Carl "CJ" Johnson, who returns home following his mother's murder and is drawn back into his former gang and a life of crime while clashing with corrupt authorities and powerful criminals. Carl's journey takes him across the fictional U.S. state of San Andreas, which is heavily based on California and encompasses three major cities: Los Santos (inspired by Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and San Dario (San Diego).
The game features references to many real-life elements of the world, such as its cities, regions, and landmarks, with its plot heavily based on several real-life events in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, including the rivalry between real-life street gangs, the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, And the Battle of los angeles, Unlike its predecessor, San Andreas introduced gameplay elements that were incorporated in later games, including RPG-style mechanics, customisation options with both clothing and vehicle appearances, a vast array of activities and mini-games, and the inclusion of gambling games and sexual interactions. (unlike OTL the hot coffe mod was fully functional and added on some versions sold to the public, these versions are known as "san andreas uncut")
Grand Theft Auto: Manhunt (2006)[]
Grand Theft Auto: Manhunt is an expansion for the game "Grand Theft Auto: san andreas" developed in a collaboration between DMA leeds and DMA Design Limited, and published by Rebel studios. It was released one year after Grand Theft Auto: san andreas was released The expansion acts as a standalone sequel to Grand Theft Auto: san andreas, using the same setting of the state of san andreas and a new area named "New Austin" (Loosely based on texas). The single-player story, set in 1995, follows CJ and ex police officer hernandez, characters first introduced in Grand Theft Auto: san andreas CJ stays on san andreas for some years until 1995 in wich he decides to go back to liberty city until he is stopped by jimmy hernandez who escaped his death at the gosth town of "las brujas" after stealing a nerby car, he reveals to Carl that tempeny has escaped to new austin and the police is searching him, and CJ joins the manhunt so tenpenny wont cause more trouble, also the game ads a mechanic wich allows us to switch bettwen CJ and hernandez (like seen on OTL GTA V) wich we use on missions along the game, the capital city of New austin is Bison wich will be featured as a main city on future games
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Grand Theft Auto 2 (2008)[]
Grand Theft Auto 2 is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Rebel studios. The instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series, it was released for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance (being the last game for the console) on 26 October 2008 (the same day Grand Theft Auto: Stars and stripes was released for the PlayStation 2). The game takes place in Liberty City (a fictional parody of New York City), the same setting used for Grand Theft Auto, to which it serves as a Sequel. The story, set on 2008, claude speed is SWAT-raided and its charged for his crimes on Grand theft auto, he is sentenced to life sentence, one year later claude escapes prision due to a massive escape of prisioners wich are members of the zaibatsu corporation, now claude is on debt with the zaibatsu corporation wich is also hiding his existance in exchange for money, claude starts to be again in the world of crime to try and repay his debt with the zaibatsu corporation, the game features also a top-down perspective and minigames wich are displayed on a second screen of the DS wich on the other versions are replaced with quick time events and on the game boy advance version it straigth up does not exist
the map of Grand Theft Auto: Stars and Stripes incluides many cities seen on past games among new ones some of wich we will see on future titles
cover art for Grand Theft Auto: Stars and Stripes
Grand Theft Auto: Stars and Stripes (2008)[]
flag of the fictional nation ingame named "the united federations"
Grand Theft Auto: stars and stripes is an online multiplayer action-adventure game developed by DMA Alternative Reality Division and published by Rebel Studios. It was released on 26 October 2008 and it is exclusive for PC. The game is Set within the fictional Country of The United Federations (loosely based on the united states), Grand Theft Auto Stars and stripes allows up to 160 players to explore its open world environment The open-world design lets players freely roam The united Federation, which includes varied cities based arround States Such as: Bison (Dallas, Texas) Bullworth (city Based on the ones of New England) Capital City (Washington, District of columbia) Carcer City (original) Cottonmouth (New Orleans, Louisiana) Frostwater (Salt Lake City, Utah) Jackalope (Pheonix, Arizona) Las Venturas (Las Vegas, Nevada) Liberty City (New York City, New York) Los Santos (Los Angeles, California) Peachtree (Atlanta, Georgia) Rainer (Seattle, Washington) Rose City (Portland, Oregon) San Dario (San Diego, California) San Fierro (San Francisco, California) Upstate Liberty (Buffalo, New York) Vice City (Florida, Miami) and Windy Bay (Chicago, Illinois) Players control a customisable protagonist in their journey to become whatever they want to be from Criminals, Law enforcement, bussiness owners and dozens of different jobs and roleplay in a world Set on no specific era or lore within the Grand theft Auto Timeline, Grand Theft Auto Stars and Stripes has many features wich are not present on past titles among them a thirst and hunger bar, cars needing gasoline (these not seen on future titles) players buying businesses to gain income from, being able to legally buy cars among others, the game uses the same graphics and engine as GTA san andreas and it is still functional but it is not given support by rebel games anymore
Cover art for Grand Theft Auto: New London
Grand Theft Auto: New London (2010)[]
A screenshot of Grand Theft Auto: New london wich is based arround london and other UK cities
Grand Theft Auto: New London is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rebel studios. It is the fourth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2005 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Set within the fictional New london, a ficitonal city similar to london, founded during the indrustrial revolution to house more factories and residential biuldings, moslty comprised of poor suburbs, the single-player story follows Pakistani war veteran Kaleem Bangash who illegally arrives at the united kingdome to live a better life thanks to British Mobster Rodney Morash, who he is in debt with due to his cartel being the owner of the cargo ship he arrived with, while kaleem is also trying to rise trougth crime with the main objetive to live the "british dream" having a stable life and a better situaion than the one he currently lives in, being a tale about materialism and reality, The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players control Kaleem Bangash. An online multiplayer mode is also included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting, the game was the first to incluide animals withing the franchise such as dogs and among them, kaleem own one, a british bulldog named
Grand Theft Auto: New London stories (2011)[]
Grand Theft Auto: New london stories is a DLC for the game "Grand Theft Auto: new london" developed in a collaboration between DMA leeds and DMA Design Limited, and published by Rebel studios. It was released one year after Grand Theft Auto: New london was released The expansion acts as a prequel to Grand Theft Auto: New London, using the same setting of the New london. The single-player story, set in 1969, follows mobster Rodney Morash, a character first introduced in Grand Theft Auto: new london and his efforts to rise through the ranks of the birtish crime business, while slowly becoming involved in a power struggle among the city's various Criminal organisations and the corrupt goverment of new london.
cover art of Grand Theft Auto: New Austin
Grand Theft Auto: New austin (2012)[]
the map of Grand Theft Auto: New austin featuring the city of Bison
Grand Theft Auto: New austin is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rebel Studios. It is the fifth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2010 Grand Theft Auto New London. Set within the fictional state of New Austin, based on Texas, the single-player story follows three protagonist gunrunner David Heemeyer, member of the patriots gang (a parody of the Oath Keepers) when in 1999 the town of Bison is attacked during a riot by a group called "The Black revolution" (a parody of antifa) and finds his home destroyed and now wants revenge by trying to kill every single member of the group, The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players control David Heemeyer. Same as new london An online multiplayer mode is also included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay
Grand Theft Auto III (2015)[]
Cover art for Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto III is a 2015 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rebel studios. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2012 Grand Theft Auto new austin, and for now the last title of the series. until the release of the next game, Set within the fictional Area of Wind county, based on the state of illinois, the single-player story follows three protagonists—retired bank robber Claude smith, street gangster Sean Johnson (aka sweet), and Terrorist and gunrunner David heemeyer—and their attempts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. The open world design lets players freely roam The outskirts of Wind county open countryside and the fictional city of Windy bay, based on Chicago.
The game is played from either a third-person or first-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot and by vehicle. Players control the three lead protagonists throughout single-player and switch among them, both during and outside missions. The story is centred on the heist sequences, and many missions involve shooting and driving gameplay. But also on the characthers crimes they commited on past games, for example for sweet migth get involved on gang wars, Claude on problems with the mafia and heemeyer causing civil unrest, A "wanted" system governs the aggression of law enforcement response to players who commit crimes. as seen on past games and the game's online multiplayer mode, lets up to 100 players engage in a variety of different cooperative and competitive game modes.