The History of Grand Theft Auto

DMA Design was created.

Jan 27, 1987

David Jones Founded DMA design. (Now Rockstar North)

Menace

Oct 25, 1987

Menace was the first game created by DMA design.

Blood Money

Jun 16, 1989

DMA Design expanded to include a new video game

Blood Money

Oct 24, 1989

Blood Money was a side shooter game part of a carry on of Menace.

Grand Theft Auto

Oct 28, 1997

Grand Theft Auto was a continuing of Menace and Blood Money by David Jones, DMA design also added to this making it a driving game in a city.

Grand Theft Auto 2

Oct 22, 1999

GTA 2 is the sequel to GTA 1 and was released for the PlayStation and Windows,

Grand Theft Auto III

Oct 22, 2001

GTA 3 was the first of the Grand Theft Auto series to have a 3rd person camera. GTA 3 also made the faithful return to Liberty City.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Oct 29, 2002

The 4th game of the GTA franchise was the 2nd GTA game to be released.

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

Oct 26, 2004

GTA San Andreas was set in the state of California using a massive open world map with the city's Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas (which are based on Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas respectively).

Grand Theft Auto IV

Apr 11, 2008

GTA 3 Introduces the Rockstar Advanced game engine (Rage) to the series. The RAGE platform elevated gameplay to new heights of realism and rendered the urban setting in more detail than GTA III.

Grand Theft Auto V

Sep 17, 2013

GTA V is the most graphically advanced game of its era. It uses the Rockstar's RAGE graphics engine, and offers an enormous game environment simulating southern California with improved AI, dense traffic, a wide variety of air, land, and sea vehicles, weather effects, and more.