When Was Grand Theft Auto V Released

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"You know, I've been in this game for a lot of years... and I got out alive. If you want my advice, give this shit up."

— Michael De Santa

Grand Theft Car 5 is a game released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 17 September 2013, with an Updated Re-release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One released on 18 November 2014 and (later on a handful of delays) Windows PCs on 14 Apr 2015, and and so years after on March 15, 2022 an "Expanded and Enhanced" edition was released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The latest entry in Rockstar North's One thousand Theft Car series, it is set up in the Los Angeles pastiche of Los Santos and its surrounding countryside of Southern San Andreas based on the greater Southern California, primarily the Mojave Desert. In a starting time for the serial (unless you count Grand Theft Motorcar Iv's Episodes from Liberty City adding in new characters), the game features three playable protagonists as opposed to just ane, all from different backgrounds. They are (in social club of unlock ^note In regular gameplay. This doesn't include the initial "prologue" mission):

Franklin Clinton, an ex-gang banger in his twenties who works a expressionless-end chore equally a repo man for a shady car dealership, and lives with his sexist, ungrateful aunt in Strawberry ^note The game's version of Crenshaw. He feels trapped in the ghetto past both his chore and his friends, who in turn encounter him equally having grown "soft" and disrespectful of his roots. After a botched job repossessing the car of 20-yr-old deadbeat Jimmy De Santa, Franklin meets the guy's begetter...
Michael De Santa, ^notation Existent name: Michael Townley an ex-bank robber in his late forties who, after a task gone bad, decided to retire, challenge to exist part of the FIB's Witness Protection for those that know he's live. He is now living in a mansion in Rockford Hills ^note The game's version of Beverly Hills with his unfaithful married woman Amanda and their disrespectful children Tracey and Jimmy. Try as he might, he's soon forced dorsum into crime later the stress of his home life causes him to lash out, inadvertently angering a local crime lord. Michael has a long history with...
Trevor Philips, an ex-military machine pilot in his mid forties. The Canadian Air Force permanently grounded due to his severe mental instability. Left without a cause equally an on-and-off cargo pilot in the Midwest, he soon befriended Michael, which led them to be partners in crime. Unlike Michael, Trevor never retired, instead remaining a drug-abusing career criminal, living out of a trailer in the small-scale desert town of Sandy Shores ^notation Based on the real-life towns of Desert Shores and Salton Metropolis north of Los Santos, where he deals in drug-trafficking and gun-running. Afterward he learns that Michael is live and residing in the urban center nearby, he decides to track his erstwhile buddy down and partner up again.

Together, They Crusade Crime. Players tin can switch between the three at any fourth dimension once they see the characters (with a few mission-related exceptions), and a major part of gameplay is heist missions in which all three characters take part. On the fly, the histrion tin switch betwixt, say, the guy taking hostages within the store, the guy sniping cops outside, and the guy rappelling down the side of the building, while the game seamlessly takes over control of the character just vacated.

The kickoff teaser trailer, released in Nov 2011, can be found hither and a second trailer was released a year afterward in 2012, with 3 new trailers released on thirty April 2013. More info hither.

Several weeks subsequently the release of the base game, the multiplayer component, Grand Theft Auto Online, launched. GTA Online is structured similarly to an MMORPG, with grapheme customization, player housing, and a story to get with information technology. Rockstar has gone on record stating that its goal for GTA Online was to revolutionize multiplayer shooters in the aforementioned mode that 1000 Theft Machine III revolutionized the Wide-Open Sandbox genre. A gameplay trailer was released 15 Baronial 2013 and can exist seen here.

To date, at that place have been several DLC packs for the game, consisting of item packs that grant new vehicles, weapons, and clothes for Online players. Heists for Online Mode were likewise announced prior to release, but fans were left waiting for... quite a while. Thankfully, they were finally added on x March 2015. Different GTA IV, which had two major DLC-based missions released (subsequently compiled for a concrete release), there take (as of 2021) been no such releases for GTA V.

A upgraded version with improved Hd graphics and some other tweaks (such as a revised music selection on the radio stations) was released for PS4 and Xbox One in 2014. The PC port of the game was released in Apr 2015 to critical acclaim. A 9th generation port was appear in June 2020, set to be available digitally on March fifteen, 2022 and physical erstwhile in April for both Xbox Series Ten|S and PlayStation five. Like the eighth gen port, the announcement promises enhancements to the experience. This announcement as well reveals that Online is planned to be released as a split game onetime after the 9th gen release.

Updates

Social Club Gear: Adds in a new SMG and sports car. Requires a connection to the Rockstar Social Club, which is optional for the panel versions but mandatory for the PC version.
Collector'due south Edition Vehicles: Anyone with a Collector'due south Edition version of the game gets some special vehicles, weapons and a friggin' blimp. The special edition got the aforementioned stuff minus the vehicles and nigh pre-orders for regular versions got the blimp.
Stimulus Parcel: Released as an apology past Rockstar for the buggy launch of Online—anyone with an account before October 2013 got $500,000.
The Embankment Bum Update: Released 19 November 2013. The first post-release update added in a new pistol and a broken bottle melee weapon, embankment-themed clothing and vehicles.
The Christmas Update/Holiday Gifts: Released 24 Dec 2013. On Christmas Day, Los Santos was covered in snow—hope you've got an all-wheel-drive car. Also had Christmas themed masks and suits which, if not bought, disappeared after Christmas.
Capture Mode Creator: Added in in Jump 2014. Adds the Capture multiplayer mode in, and allows players to brand their own.
The Valentine's Day Massacre Special: Released 13 Feb 2014. Added in some spiffy new 1920'southward mob-styled suits, a classic 1920'south limousine and a Tommy Gun, the Gusenberg Sweeper. As with the earlier Vacation Gifts update, the power to buy the clothes introduced in this update was removed on March 2nd. If y'all bought apparel from the pack earlier and so, you go along them.
The Business Update: Released 4 March 2014. Added in the showtime new plane, iii high-performance cars, a new high quotient pistol and an assail burglarize. Also, put the Interaction Menu into Single Actor.
The High Life Update: Released 13 May 2014. Adds a new assault rifle called the Bullpup Rifle, a new motorcycle, ii loftier-performance cars and a sports SUV. For Online players can now buy 2 new backdrop, something people had been waiting a while for, as well as new apartments. Players also now take a "Mental Land" which increases when killing civilians and cops — this is to assistance go along carve up players who impale others for the sake of pissing them off, and players who want to simply explore.
The "I'm Not A Hipster" Update: Released 17 June 2014. Adds in new Hipster-themed cars (seven of them) and clothes, aslope a new dagger and pistol. Several of the sectional single player vehicles (Including the ones the playable characters drove) were made purchasable through in-game websites.
The Independence Twenty-four hour period Special: Released 1 July 2014. Made to celebrate the Quaternary of July. Contains new America-themed wearing apparel, a monster truck, a motorcycle, fireworks (and a launcher to go with them) and a musket. Like the Christmas Update and Valentine'due south Day Massacre Special, whatsoever clothes not bought in Online were removed in August.
The San Andreas Flying Schoolhouse: Released 19 Baronial 2014. Adds in the Flight School for Online, assuasive players to level upward their Flying levels faster (Ordinarily it takes a long fourth dimension to do this—every bit in, some reports say you become ane pct to your skill for ten minutes of flying). As well adds in a new Corvette Stingray fashion muscle auto and new helicopters and planes.
Last Team Standing Update: Released 2 Oct 2014. Adds new jobs for the Last Team Standing game blazon, new 'soldier' themed clothing, reserve parachutes, a new Sniper Rifle and Shotgun, two new motorcycles and a new supercar.
The Festive Surprise: Released 18 December 2014. The beginning full content pack for the eighth-generation consoles, added new Christmas-themed clothes in Online, ii new cars and new weapons—the Proximity Mine and the Homing Launcher.
Heists Update: Released 10 March 2015. Adds single player-esque Heists into Online mode likewise equally new Heist-related content such as more vehicles and apparel. Originally intended to be included at launch, but design bug and shifting priorities delayed information technology for over a year. This is the outset update where its weapons and vehicles are not available in Story Mode; this was the only update for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions where this is the case. Content being exclusive to Online would later on become the rule for all of the post-seventh gen updates.
Ill-Gotten Gains Part one: Released x June 2015. Designed for players who have fabricated a big amount of money from the Heists, this pack adds incredibly expensive new wearing apparel, weapon designs, cars and gold tinted planes and helicopters.
Ill-Gotten Gains Role two: Released viii July 2015. The follow-up to Role 1, this update adds in newer, slightly less expensive vehicles, clothing, & tattoos; a new single-shot break-action pistol and a pair of knuckledusters; and the ability to create jobs inside Fort Zancudo and Los Santos International Airport. Information technology besides added in The Lab FM to consoles, and, to point its release, the Independence Twenty-four hours Special content. This was the final content update released for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game ^note Technical limitations of the Xbox 360 and PS3 were reached; however, the servers for the 7th gen versions remained online until December xvi, 2021 with microtransaction support ending three months prior to the sunset date. as well equally the final update to add together content to the single player game ^note Nonetheless, Lowriders added the Machete and Machine Pistol, while the Doomsday Heist, After Hours, and The Diamond Casino Heist added new radio stations, Blonded 97.8, LSUR, and iFruit Radio respectively, to the single player game.
Freemode Events Update: Released 15 September 2015. Allows players to experience "a completely new fashion of playing GTA Online" past introducing new game modes, activities, and other features, ranging from mundane things such equally attempting to accept over a heavily guarded location to weirder things such every bit hunting a superpowered player across the map with assault choppers. Information technology besides adds the Rockstar Editor to eighth-gen consoles while adding in new features to the PC version.
GTA Online: Lowriders: Released 20 October 2015. Another Online-only update, this centers around lowriders; As such, information technology includes new vehicles and vehicle options, a new customs store in Strawberry, some new missions from Lamar Davis, new wear and tattoos and other cosmetics, and two new weapons - the Car Pistol and the Machete. The update also allows players to open car doors, trunks and hoods, switch on the engine, neon lights and radio via the Interaction Card; the choice to purchase a fourth belongings; and new luxury designs to another weapons.
Halloween Surprise: Released 29 Oct 2015. Made to celebrate the Halloween flavor. This update adds in two new vehicles, new vehicle customization options, a flashlight, a new Adversary Manner where one role player hunts other players in dark areas, new masks and confront paints, and two new grapheme actions. Like the Valentine'southward Day Massacre and Independence Twenty-four hours specials, the content will be removed on 16 Nov, only players who bought any of the content will proceed them.
Executives and Other Criminals: Released December 2015 added more opportunities for Crews to piece of work together to take on each other's in freemode, along with ii new helicopters and five completely new cars, i of which is a limousine with a mini gun turret, plus versions of cars already in the game with heavier armour, a choice of new luxury stilt apartments in Rockford Hills or new customisable apartments in Eclipse Tower for the added fifth belongings slot and a selection of three customisable luxury yachts which act as a floating and somewhat mobile apartments, and come up with their own choice of Jetskis, boats and helicopters.
GTA Online Lowriders: Custom Classics: Released 15 March 2016. Adds the Vapid Slamvan to the listing of vehicles customizable at Benny's, as well as adding the brand new Dundreary Virgo Classic, and gives the Willard Faction the new upgrade manner "Custom Donk", which features huge wheels. Two new weapons were added; the Compact Rifle (an AK with a short receiver and no stock, and therefore has higher recoil) and the Double Barrel Shotgun (a break-activeness Sawed-Off Shotgun that fires both barrels at once), both of which can be fired from bikes.
Farther Adventures in Finance and Felony: Released 7 June 2016. Standing the eternal quest to become the kingpin of Los Santos, this update expanded the systems from Executives by adding offices to plan your exploits, warehouses to store "cargo", new vehicles, a weird van/RV hybrid, a plane , a helicopter, new article of clothing, and a boat. Drum magazines that concur more ammo than the Extended were also added to select guns.
Cunning Stunts: Released 12 July 2016. Adds stunt race tracks and specialist racing vehicles. Besides adds a stunt race creator which was unlocked on four August 2016.
Bikers: Released four October 2016. Adds the ability for players to course their ain motorcycle clubs (MC's), complete with clubhouses, and besides adds diverse business organisation ventures to become forth with information technology, such as drug running, contract killings and more. Also brings xiii motorcycles (including the return of the Zombie and various others from The Lost and the Damned) as well every bit half dozen brand-new weapons such as a compact grenade launcher, a battle-axe, and the Street Sweeper Shotgun. The ability to use melee weapons as well every bit kicking from a motorbike was also introduced.
Import/Consign: Released 13 Dec 2016. As a sort of continuation to Further Adventures in Finance and Felony, players are now able to sell cars for profit. Many new cars and motorcycles were as well added, as well as a bunch of new vehicles with new and awesome abilities, such every bit the Knight Rider-inspired Ruiner 2000.
Cunning Stunts: Special Vehicle Circuit: Released 14 March 2017. Expanded upon the Cunning Stunts and Import/Consign content, adding stunt races for specialty vehicles.
Gunrunning: Released xiii June 2017. Allows the player to start an illegal arms business inside an underground bunker. Too included are diverse military-themed armed vehicles and the ability to inquiry and purchase new modifications for your favorite weapons.
Smuggler's Run: Released 29 August 2017. In this update, players tin buy their own aircraft hangar and customize certain aircraft inside it, including some older Pegasus-only aircraft. Some of the new shipping have the ability to drop bombs, while others tin deploy flares to get homing missiles off their tail (the humble Flare Gun was buffed to as well accept this upshot). Additionally, the hangar is too the place to assistance Ron Jakowski smuggle contraband around the state of San Andreas, in a manner like to special cargo in the Further Adventures in Finance and Felony update.
The Doomsday Heist: Released 12 Dec 2017. An lightheaded genius and eccentric billionaire named Avon Hertz has determined, with the assistance of his AI companion Cliffford, that all-out war is brewing in the United States, and Los Santos is sitting right in the epicenter. Hertz enlists the help of Lester, the online protagonists, and somewhen Amanuensis xiv to find out who'southward the mastermind backside all of this. The eponymous heist is a three-function storyline, each encompassing its own heist, similar in length to the older ones. Players can buy an underground facility to start the heist, and it comes optionally equipped with an orbital cannon that tin can vaporize whatsoever player on the map for a measly $500,000 per shot.
Southern San Andreas Super Sport Series: Released 20 March 2018. Adds additional racing-oriented vehicles and new race modes, including "Target Assail", where the commuter races through checkpoints while the gunner on a turret shoots at targets. The driver and gunner switch places later each lap.
Afterwards Hours: Released 24 July 2018. This update introduces nightclubs, which operate equally a front for the online protagonist'south diverse criminal enterprises, centralizing them into ane location. Of form, a nightclub isn't without its DJs, and players are able to recruit them from newly-introduced missions. Later Hours also saw the return of (in)famous Liberty City nightclub impresario "Gay Tony" Prince. Music featured in the nightclubs features musical talent from Solomun, Tale of Usa, Dixon, and The Black Madonna; said artists music tin can too exist heard on a new radio station, Los Santos Cloak-and-dagger Radio (LSUR).
Arena War: Released 11 December 2018. This update adds the eponymous mode, inspired by Twisted Metal, a new property, and several new vehicles in the vein of the aforementioned series, the 2008 remake of Death Race, and Mad Max. Seven sub-modes be, ranging from the standard Flag War, to the unusual, such as Hot Bomb, where yous play a lethal version of Hot Tater.
The Diamond Casino and Resort: Released 23 July 2019. This update opens up a new version of the casino at the Vinewood Racetrack, allowing players to partake in various casino games such equally blackjack, three bill of fare poker, roulette and slots also equally equus caballus race betting. The update also adds in additional luxury properties and high-end vehicles, also as a new string of missions. The eponymous casino is currently owned past the Triads, more specifically Tao Cheng. However, the contempo renovation forced them to go to the Duggans, a cutthroat Texan petrochemical conglomerate, and at present they want the whole thing. With the thespian's penthouse and the staff'due south lives at stake, y'all'll have to preclude the hostile takeover by any means necessary.
The Diamond Casino Heist: Released 12 Dec 2019. It's been a few months after the mess involving the Duggans, and with the family patriarch out of the style as part of a deal, his nephew has been running the evidence at the Diamond. The Chengs are not happy with the organization, and they want revenge. At present, those who helped the casino stay afloat must now rob it blind on the behalf of the vengeful Triad family, using an arcade as a central operating base for rehearsing and planning. With multiple avenues to approach, and a highly secure facility to interruption open up, this task will be your toughest one yet. Fortunately, you'll be robbing it with some familiar faces, Lester in particular. Make a crew, and interruption the banking company.
Los Santos Summer Special: Released 11 August 2020. Players who own the Galaxy Super Yacht get access to a new co-op mission serial, made at the bidding of the yacht's captain, who's suddenly plant themselves in a heap of trouble. Meanwhile, on land, Los Santos's biggest movie manager Solomon Richards finds that his part has been robbed of many of his old films, and asks the Role player Grapheme to help recollect them. Smaller updates include new locations for Concern Battles, two new games for arcade owners, and the usual plethora of new Antagonist Modes and super cars.
The Cayo Perico Heist: Released 15 December 2020. The heist stakes are college than ever before, with the online protagonist setting their sights on an entire private isle to fleece. The heist is the get-go that allows players to endeavour completely solo, and much of the planning is done through a heavily armored submarine equally a mobile base of operations.
Los Santos Tuners: Released twenty July 2021. Adds several tuner-oriented cars, customization options, and races via the LS Automobile See. Also adds a media role player to the radio wheel whose playlist is expanded by finding collectable media sticks. This update will be the showtime to take features merely available on the Xbox Serial X|S, PS5, and PC versions.
The Contract: Released 15 Dec 2021. Sees the return of Story Mode protagonist Franklin Clinton. Since knocking over the Union Depository, Franklin has made a proper noun for himself in Vinewood, starting a new "glory solutions agency" catering to the Vinewood aristocracy in need of solutions to high-gild problems. Subsequently Lamar lands Franklin his first contract - Dr. Dre - information technology's revealed that Dre's cell phone with his unreleased tracks wasn't merely lost shortly before the Cayo Perico Heist - it was stolen. The DLC's new missions follow the misadventures of Franklin, Lamar and the protagonist every bit they try to go Dre'south works dorsum to him.