Grand Theft Auto Introduction Grand Theft Auto: open-world action-adventure video game Created by Rockstar North and Presented by Rockstar Games. It was for PlayStation 2, and released on October 27, 2002, on May 12, 2003, for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the fictional Vice City, which is based on Miami in the 1980s. Plot and Gameplay The player takes on the role of Tommy Vercetti, a former hitman for the Forelli crime family who is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence. He travels to Vice City to oversee a drug deal for his old boss, Sonny Forelli, but the deal goes wrong, and Tommy loses both the drugs and the money. Tommy must then navigate the criminal underworld of Vice City to recover the money and drugs while building his own criminal empire. Vice City is an open-world game, which means that the player can freely explore the city and undertake various missions that progress the storyline. The game also features a wide variety of vehicles, including