Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 Action-Adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. This is the first major entry in the Grand Theft Auto series since the 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV. Set in the fictional San Andreas state, based in Southern California, the story of a single player follows. three criminals and their efforts to carry out heists under pressure from an authority and powerful crime figures. The open world design allows players to roam freely around the open landscape of San Andreas and the fictional Los Santos, based in Los Angeles.
The game is played in third person or first person, and its world is traveled on foot or by vehicle. Players control the three main characters throughout the player and switch between them, both during and outside of missions. The story focuses on the heist sequences, and many of the missions are about photography and racing games. A “desired” system controls the aggression of law enforcement responses on players who commit crimes. Grand Theft Auto Online, the game’s online multiplayer game, allows up to 30 players to participate in a variety of collaborative and competitive modes.
Development for the game began shortly after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV and shared between many Rockstar studios around the world. The development team has been influenced by many of its previous projects such as Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3 and has designed the game around three main characters to renew itself in the basic structure of its predecessor. Much of the development work involved creating the open world, and several team members conducted field surveys in California to capture images for the design team. The soundtrack of the game has an original score made up of a team of producers who have collaborated for several years. It was released in September 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in November 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and in April 2015 for Microsoft Windows.
The game was widely marketed and widely anticipated, breaking the industry sales record and becoming the best-selling entertainment product in history, earning $ 800 million on the first day and $ 1 billion in the first three days. . It has received critical acclaim, with praise directed at the design, open world, presentation, and games of multiple protagonists. But it has sparked controversy over its portrayal of violence and women. Regarded as one of the most important titles in seventh and eighth generation console games, and among the best video games ever made, it has won end-of-year awards, including the Game of the Year award. by several game publications. It is the second best-selling video game of all time with more than 120 million copies delivered and one of the highest-grossing entertainment products of all time, with around $ 6 billion in global sales.