Grand Theft Auto
action-adventure video game series
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Grand Theft Auto is a video game series.
Key Facts
- Creator: David Jones[3], Dan Houser[4], Sam Houser[5]
- Publisher: Rockstar Games[6], Capcom[7]
- Genre: action-adventure game[8]
- Named after: motor vehicle theft[9]
- Developer: Rockstar North[10], Rockstar Leeds[11], Rockstar Toronto[12], Rockstar Lincoln[13], Digital Eclipse[14], Grove Street Games[15]
- Designed by: David Jones[16], Dan Houser[17], Sam Houser[18]
- Commons category: Grand Theft Auto (series)[19]
- Platform: PlayStation (console)[20], PlayStation 2[21], PlayStation 3[22], Xbox[23], Xbox 360[24], Microsoft Windows[25], MS-DOS[26], macOS[27], Android[28], Dreamcast[29], Game Boy Color[30], Game Boy Advance[31], iOS[32], PlayStation Portable[33]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[34]
- Start time: 1997[35]
- Official website: https://www.rockstargames.com/games?franchise=grand-theft-auto[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Grand Theft Auto[37]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming[38]
- Topic has template: Template:Grand Theft Auto[39]
- Title: Grand Theft Auto[40]
- Short name: GTA[41]
- Different from: Grand Theft Auto[42]
- Units sold: 70,000,000[43], 345,000,000[44], 350,000,000[45], 355,000,000[46], 370,000,000[47], 375,000,000[48], 380,000,000[49], 385,000,000[50], 395,000,000[51], 400,000,000[52], 405,000,000[53], 410,000,000[54], 420,000,000[55], 425,000,000[56]
Why It Matters
Grand Theft Auto has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]