Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 act ion-advent ure game developed by Rockst ar Nort h and
published by Rockst ar Games. It is t he sevent h main ent ry in t he Grand Theft Auto series,
following 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV, and t he fift eent h inst alment overall. Set wit hin t he
fict ional st at e of San Andreas, based on Sout hern California, t he single-player st ory follows
t hree prot agonist s—ret ired bank robber Michael De Sant a, st reet gangst er Franklin Clint on,
and drug dealer and gunrunner Trevor Philips—and t heir at t empt s t o commit heist s while
under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. The open world
design let s players freely roam San Andreas' open count ryside and t he fict ional cit y of Los
Sant os, based on Los Angeles.
 Grand Theft Auto V

Developer(s) Rockstar North[a ]

Publisher(s) Rockstar Games

Producer(s) Leslie Benzies

Imran Sarwar

Designer(s) Leslie Benzies

Imran Sarwar

Programmer(s) Adam Fowler

Artist(s) Aaron Garbut

Writer(s) Dan Houser

Rupert Humphries

Michael Unsworth

Composer(s) Tangerine Dream

Woody Jackson

The Alchemist

Oh No

Series Grand Theft Auto

Engine RAGE

Platform(s) PlayStation 3

Xbox 360
 PlayStation 4

Xbox One

Windows

PlayStation 5

Xbox Series X/S

Release 17 September 2013

PS3, Xbox 360
17 September 2013
PS4, Xbox One
18 November 2014
Windows
14 April 2015
PS5, Xbox Series X/S
15 March 2022

Genre(s) Action-adventure

Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

The game is played from eit her a t hird-person or first -person perspect ive, and it s world is
navigat ed on foot and by vehicle. Players cont rol t he t hree lead prot agonist s t hroughout
single-player and swit ch among t hem, bot h during and out side missions. The st ory is cent red
on t he heist sequences, and many missions involve shoot ing and driving gameplay. A "want ed"
syst em governs t he aggression of law enforcement response t o players who commit crimes.
Grand Theft Auto Online, t he game's online mult iplayer mode, let s up t o 30 players engage in a
variet y of different cooperat ive and compet it ive game modes.

The game's development began around t he t ime of Grand Theft Auto IV's release and was
shared bet ween many of Rockst ar's st udios worldwide. The development t eam drew
influence from many of t heir previous project s such as Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne
3 and designed t he game around t hree lead prot agonist s t o innovat e on t he core st ruct ure of
it s predecessors. Much of t he development work const it ut ed t he open world's creat ion, and
several t eam members conduct ed field research around California t o capt ure foot age for t he
design t eam. The game's soundt rack feat ures an original score composed by a t eam of
producers who collaborat ed over several years. It was released in Sept ember 2013 for t he
PlaySt at ion 3 and Xbox 360, in November 2014 for t he PlaySt at ion 4 and Xbox One, in April
2015 for Windows, and in March 2022 for t he PlaySt at ion 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Ext ensively market ed and widely ant icipat ed, t he game broke indust ry sales records and
became t he fast est -selling ent ert ainment product in hist ory, earning $800 million in it s first
day and $1 billion in it s first t hree days. It received crit ical acclaim, wit h praise direct ed at it s
mult iple prot agonist design, open world, present at ion and gameplay. However, it caused
cont roversies relat ed t o it s depict ion of violence and women. Considered one of sevent h and
eight h generat ion console gaming's most significant t it les and among t he best video games
ever made, it won year-end accolades including Game of t he Year awards from several gaming
publicat ions. It is t he second best -selling video game of all t ime wit h over 169 million copies
shipped, and as of April 2018, one of t he most financially successful ent ert ainment product s
of all t ime, wit h about $6 billion in worldwide revenue.

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