Grand Theft Auto 3
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PlayStation 2's GTA exclusivity came because Sony was "worried when we saw Xbox coming" and "it wasn't clear that Grand Theft Auto 3 was going to be as huge as it was"
By Kaan Serin published
News Sony got a little lucky with the GTA 3 deal

One GTA 3 veteran hid cheats in the code to stop hackers from finding them at launch, but his clever little trick accidentally tripped up speedrunners
By Kaan Serin published
News A lot can go wrong when you're tapping away at lightspeed

24 years after GTA 3 ditched Dreamcast for PS2, fans are building the "impossible" port, and the original devs have noticed: "These guys are actually doing it"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Grand Theft Auto 3 is finally running on the platform it was originally imagined for

Rockstar was reportedly considering a GTA 3 sequel called Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo, but it "was just cooler to stick with" established places like Vice City and San Andreas
By Jordan Gerblick published
News We were robbed, folks

Rockstar veteran added litter to GTA 3 because the streets looked "too clean," but removed it from San Andreas "because I eventually lost the argument" with the rest of the dev team
By Hirun Cryer published
News The story of trash

GTA 3 multiplayer was in the works, but creating the open-world blueprint for the next 20 years meant there "was too much to be done"
By Kaan Serin published
News Not to worry, the PS2 GTAs now have unofficial ways to play online

GTA 3 dev says that the open-world game's "hardest technical challenge" was partially solved with careful city planning and some extra windy weather
By Ali Jones published
News "There was no way we could fit the whole map of GTA 3 in PS2 memory"

The mystery of GTA 3's three moons has finally been solved by an ex-Rockstar dev
By Hirun Cryer published
News The moon changes size when you shoot it, but at least it's not haunted

The strange story of Darkel, one of GTA 3's most mysterious cut characters with speculated (but unsubstantiated) ties to terrorism
By Joe Donnelly published
Grand Theft Advent Grand Theft Advent | Speculation is part of the Grand Theft Auto experience, and Darkel is part of the series' folklore
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