Grand Theft Auto IV is a sandbox-style action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles
in Europe, North America and Oceania, on 29 April 2008, and in Japan on
30 October 2008. A Windows version of the game was released in North
America on 2 December 2008 and in Europe on 3 December. It was made
available on Steam on 4 January 2009. It is the sixth 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto series.
The
game is set in a redesigned rendition of Liberty City, a fictional city
based heavily on modern day New York City. It follows Niko Bellic, a
war veteran from Serbia. He comes to the United States in search of the
American Dream, but quickly becomes entangled in a world of gangs,
crime, and corruption. Like other games in the series, GTA IV is
composed of elements from driving games and third-person shooters, and
features "open-world" gameplay that gives players more control over
their playing experience. It is the first console game in the series to
feature an online multiplayer mode.
As the first game of the critically acclaimed series to appear on seventh generation consoles, Grand Theft Auto
IV was widely anticipated. A major commercial and critical success, it
broke industry records with sales of around 3.7 million units on its
first day of release and grossing more than $500 million in revenue in
the first week, selling an estimated 6 million units worldwide. As of 9
June 2010, the game had sold over 17 million copies. It is the all-time
highest-scoring game on three professional critic review-aggregating
websites: TopTenReviews, GameRatio and GameTab. It is also the highest
rated current-generation game on Metacritic and MobyGames.
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