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grand theft auto iii
in 1997, dma released "grand theft auto", which was a huge success; the game sparked a successful series. the company was soon acquired by gremlin interactive. following the release of "grand theft auto 2", gremlin was acquired by infogrames. dma design was sold to take-two interactive, the owner of "grand theft auto" publisher rockstar games. in 2001, after the release of "grand theft auto iii", dma design was ultimately renamed rockstar north and became part of the rockstar games label. after the shift, the company worked on new titles, including "manhunt", provided support to other rockstar games such as "red dead redemption" and "max payne 3", and continued the "grand theft auto" franchise with "grand theft auto iv" (2008) and "grand theft auto v" (2013). both games are considered one of the best video games made and "grand theft auto v" became one of the best-selling games of all time. leslie benzies headed the studio since the take-two acquisition until his departure in 2016.
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"grand theft auto iii" was released on 21 may 2002 for microsoft windows, supporting higher screen resolutions and draw distance, and featuring more detailed textures. a gamecube release was planned, but later cancelled. for its release on the xbox in december 2003, "grand theft auto iii" was bundled with its sequel "vice city" in a compilation titled "grand theft auto: double pack". the xbox port features custom soundtrack support as well as improved audio, polygon models, and reflections over the previous ports. "double pack" was later bundled with "san andreas" in a compilation titled "", released in october 2005. "the trilogy" was also released for os x on 12 november 2010. for the game's tenth anniversary in december 2011, war drum studios ported "grand theft auto iii" to several ios and android devices. the port is almost identical to the windows version of the game, in addition to enhanced textures and models and touchscreen controls. a playstation 3 version of "grand theft auto iii" was released on 25 september 2012 via the playstation network. the original playstation 2 version of the game was released for the playstation 4, as a ps2 classics title, on 5 december 2015. in 2012, a modding community under the name rage classic team released the map of "grand theft auto iii" ported over to "grand theft auto iv", named "grand theft auto iii: rage classic".
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