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.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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Mike Snider of "USA Today" wrote that "Vice City" "raised the bar for video games", citing its interactivity, violence, and soundtrack. "Kotaku"s Luke Plunkett and "PC Magazine"s Jeffrey L. Wilson both named "Vice City" the best game in the series, with the former naming it the "perfect "Grand Theft Auto" experience". The readers of "Official UK PlayStation Magazine" named "Vice City" the fourth-greatest PlayStation title ever released. "Vice City" also appeared on Japanese magazine "Famitsu"s readers' list of top 100 games in 2006; it was one of the only Western titles on the list. Art director Aaron Garbut felt that, alongside its predecessor "Grand Theft Auto III" and successor "", "Vice City" led the trend of open world games.