It's simply nuts that it's been ten years since Rockstar unleashed GTA III on an unsuspecting public back in 2001. One decade into the lifespan of the open world version of the franchise and there have been numerous spinoffs across consoles and handheld platforms, lawsuits, write-ups, scholarly discussions, millions of copies sold, awards, merchandise, ubiquitous street team marketing programs, and most importantly, fond memories for millions of gamers worldwide.

The beauty of the GTA games from the first third-person crime spree in the fictional Liberty City onward is that no two play experiences could be exactly alike. These most open of open world games allowed us to completely go wild in the 1001 ways to roam and wreak mayhem in the universes Rockstar created. And after a decade of memories, (and in advance of the premiere of the big trailer for GTA V tomorrow) take a look at five of our big firsts with the franchise.
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Tags GTA III, GTA V, PS2, PS3, PSP, Rockstar Games, Xbox 360

Happy birthday, Claude.

"Claude," as in the  mute hero of GTA III, that Claude.

Rockstar sent out this brief trailer/recap from some of the big moments in Grand Theft Auto III, which made its way onto shelves all of 10 years ago and effectively changed the landscape of gaming. Throughout the rest of the month, Rockstar plans to celebrate the release of that game, and I'm gonna put this out here right now: if we don't hear about a new GTA when all is said and done at the end of the month, I'll be really surprised. That's simply the way of these things, right? Plus, according to Rockstar's site, the GTA III will be making the leap to the iOs devices "later this fall."
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Tags Grand Theft Auto III, iOS, PS2, Rockstar Games

Ten years after its debut, the arty, PS2-era action-adventure game gets a novel through VIZ's Haikasoru imprint in August.

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Tags Haikasoru, Ico, Ico: Castle In the Mist, Miyuki Miyabe, PS2, PS3, Team Ico, VIZ