Details of each game in the GTA series, from 1997 to GTA VI: year, city, protagonist, plot, behind-the-scenes development and why each one matters.
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The first GTA presents urban crime in three cities with a top-down perspective, chaotic freedom and missions for underworld bosses.
GTA 1 expansion set in 1960s London, with British cars, slang and atmosphere.
Additional PC expansion, earlier than London 1969 within the chronology.
GTA 2 swaps recognizable cities for Anywhere City, a retrofuturistic experiment with reputation among gangs.
Claude is betrayed by Catalina, escapes prison, and cuts through Liberty City's factions in search of survival and revenge.
Tommy loses money and drugs in an ambush, takes down Ricardo Diaz and builds his own empire in Vice City.
CJ returns to Los Santos, uncovers betrayals and reclaims power across Los Santos, San Fierro, the desert and Las Venturas.
Mike tries to leave the criminal life with Vinnie, but an explosion and a betrayal throw him into a revenge story in Liberty City.
Toni returns to Liberty City and helps Salvatore Leone win wars of mafia, politics and territory.
Vic Vance is discharged from the army and pushed into a criminal war that precedes the events of Vice City.
Niko arrives in the US seeking a future and revenge, but finds debt, lies, mafias, and the moral collapse of the American dream.
Johnny's story in The Lost MC shows a motorcycle club collapsing from addiction, pride and internal betrayal.
Huang Lee arrives with the Yu Jian sword, and a family betrayal puts him in a war for honor and power among the Triads.
Luis tries to save Tony Prince and his clubs while diamonds, celebrities, mobs and billionaires pull Liberty toward excess.
Three criminals band together in heists while the FIB, IAA, Merryweather, businessmen and local gangs try to use them or eliminate them.
GTA Online turns Los Santos into a persistent criminal career with heists, businesses, and narrative updates.
Remastered collection of the three pillars of the 3D era.
Lucia and Jason depend on each other after a job goes wrong and throws them into a conspiracy in Leonida.