Grand Theft Auto (video game)
Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It was first released in Europe and North America in October 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It was later re-released on 12 December 1997 in Europe and 30 June 1998 in North America for the PlayStation. It is the first instalment of the "Grand Theft Auto" series, to be followed by 1999's "Grand Theft Auto 2". The series, which has led to five main entries and several special edition games over 16 years, has sold more than 150 million units as of September 2013. The story follows a group of criminals in three fictionalised versions of US cities as they perform bank robberies, assassinations, and other illegal activities for their respective crime syndicates.
Rockstar Leeds
Rockstar Leeds' first projects under Take-Two Interactive's ownership were announced as early as January 2005, that being a PlayStation Portable port of "" and an original PlayStation Portable game in the "Grand Theft Auto" series set in Liberty City, the location previously seen in 2001's "Grand Theft Auto III". The "Midnight Club 3" port was developed under the oversight of the original game's developer, Rockstar San Diego, and released in June 2005. In May 2005, the original "Grand Theft Auto" game was revealed to be "", developed in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North. Like the studio's "Max Payne" conversion, "Liberty City Stories" sought to include everything that was previously found in "Grand Theft Auto" games, just in a smaller format, so to optimise it for a handheld platform. "Liberty City Stories" was released in October 2005, to very positive critical reception. A successor to the game, "", was again developed by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and announced in May 2006. Released in October 2006, the game attempted to vastly improve on the previous instalment, and "smash expectations of portable gaming".