Grand Theft Auto IV
Also known as GTA: IV, GTA4, GTA: 4, GTA IV, Grand Theft Auto Four, GTAIV, Grand Theft Auto 4, GTA 4
2008 open world action-adventure video game
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Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 video game that lets players freely explore a detailed urban environment and engage in various criminal activities and missions. The game became widely influential in the industry and popular with audiences, helping establish the open-world action-adventure format as a dominant genre in gaming.
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Game data
Metacritic 95- Released
- 2008-04-29
- User rating
- 4.26 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
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Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the eleventh entry overall. Set in the fictional Liberty City, based on New York City, the single-player story follows Eastern European war veteran Niko Bellic and his attempts to escape his past while under pressure from high-profile criminals. The open world design lets players freely roam Liberty City, consisting of four boroughs across three islands, and the neighbouring state of Alderney, which is based on New Jersey.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot and by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players control Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is also included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting. Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.