The developer set most games of the series in the fictional locales designed on Liberty City, Vice City or San Andreas, which are like New York City, Miami and California, respectively. If it is said that GTA opened up a window of opportunities for other open-world action games, it would not be wrong. Grand Theft Auto III was a benchmark entry, to bring the series to a three-dimensional view. Up until 2014, the game had 11 stand-alone games and four expansion packs. It first came out in October 1997, and its latest release was GTA V in September 2013. Most games in the series enable you to assume the criminal role, an individual who wants to rise through the organized crime each game is loaded with multiple missions in the city, which requires you to complete for a further advancement in the storylineĭeveloped by Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto (aka GTA) is an action-adventure video game series for almost all the platforms.