Grand Theft Auto launched in 1997 and quickly became broadly influential and immensely successful, spawning five mainline games plus additional non-numbered titles and expansions. Within under two decades, the series became one of the most lucrative in gaming history, and Grand Theft Auto 5 became the second-highest selling video game of all time. Thirteen years later, Rockstar Games is following up with Grand Theft Auto 6, officially announced in 2022 and first shown in 2023. Rumors estimate a budget of around $1 to $2 billion, making it potentially the most expensive game ever. The franchise has long emulated Hollywood-style blockbuster storytelling, including cinematic voice acting that began with GTA 3 and featured notable performers.
"There are very few video games that are both as broadly influential and immensely successful as the Grand Theft Auto series. From pretty much the moment the games arrived on the scene with the original back in 1997, their brand of highly controversial, debauched criminal thrills became a fixation for gamers around the world, and in the process spawned a franchise that now includes five mainline games, as well as multiple non-numbered titles and expansions."
"In under two decades, the series became one of the most lucrative in gaming history, with the most recent installment, Grand Theft Auto 5, becoming the second-highest selling video game of all-time. Thirteen years after the release of that last installment, Rockstar Games is finally following up the previous game and the acclaim that surrounded it with Grand Theft Auto 6, a sequel that has easily become one of the most anticipated gaming releases of the 2020s."
"Officially announced back in 2022 with a first trailer released in 2023 (a full decade after GTA 5's release), not only is the game a long-awaited one, but it could also be the most expensive game ever made, with rumors estimating a budget of around $1 to $2 billion dollars. At that price point, GTA 6 feels like the gaming equivalent of a major studio blockbuster - but that's an ethos that has been with the franchise since its inception, as the beloved series has always sought to emulate Hollywood and some iconic films in a loving way."
"One of the biggest ways that the Grand Theft Auto games have evoked familiar cinematic storytelling is also the easiest to recognize: voice acting. While the first two games relied on text dialogue and only featured voices as ambient cityscape white noise, GTA 3 brought the franchise into three dimensions and also brought some significant Hollywood talent along with it: Frank Vincent voiced Mafia Don Salvatore Leone, Joe Pantoliano voiced Liberty City pimp Luigi Goterelli, and Kyle McLachlan lent his talents to corrupt constru"
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