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The Grand Theft Auto games are a series of video games created by Rockstar Games. They are known mostly for their free-roaming, sandbox gameplay as well as their envelope-pushing violence and controversy. The series erupted in popularity with the release of Grand Theft Auto III, the series first foray into a true 3D environmnet. Previous games were limited to an top-down, overhead camera, with 2D graphics and few 3D elements.

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[edit] Games

The games are listed in order of release.

[edit] Controversy

The Grand Theft Auto games became household names not only because of their non-linear gameplay, but because of various controversies surrounding the game and it's mature content.

[edit] Violence

Since the games allow the player to do anything, that includes gunning down innocents. Or beating them down with bats. Crime is a main theme of the games, where stealing cars and shooting civilians is the easiest way to play the games. One common example of violence used in many articles revolves around the ability to pick up prostitutes for health, and then kill them to get your money back.

The risque content of the games have brought many people to criticize the video game industry, from Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton to Republican Lawyer Jack Thompson.

[edit] Hot Coffee

Main Article: Hot Coffee

A mod unlocked hidden, unused content in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that included a non-nude, simulated sex minigame. When this became well known, Rockstar and TakeTwo Interactive were criticized for allegedly "hiding" this content when small children can "unlock" them easily on the internet, despite it being against the EULA and the game being M-rated in the United States anyway.

Grand Theft Auto series
Games 2D
Grand Theft Auto | Grand Theft Auto 2 | GTA: London 1969 | GTA: London 1961 | Grand Theft Auto Advance
Games 3D
Grand Theft Auto III | Vice City | San Andreas | Liberty City Stories | GTA: Vice City Stories | Grand Theft Auto IV | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned | Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Protagonists
Claude Speed | Tommy Vercetti | Carl "CJ" Johnson | Toni Cipriani | Victor Vance
Minor Characters
GTA III characters | Vice City characters | San Andreas characters | GTA Advance characters | Liberty City Stories characters | Vice City Stories characters
Locations
Liberty City | Vice City | San Andreas (Los Santos, San Fierro, Las Venturas) | London | Manchester | Carcer City
Misc
Gangs | Hot Coffee | Vehicles
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