 The development of Grand Theft Auto V began after Grand Theft Auto IV 's release in April 2008 . Rockstar Games published Grand Theft Auto V on 17 September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 , on 18 November 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One , and on 14 April 2015 for Microsoft Windows , as the fifteenth entry in the Grand Theft Auto series . Their flagship Scottish studio Rockstar North oversaw the work , sharing it with other studios around the world . The development team considered the game a spiritual successor to many of their previous projects like Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3 . Grand Theft Auto V was unexpectedly announced in 2011 ; it was heavily promoted and widely anticipated . 
