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Events on Monday 22 October 2001 1
2001Grand Theft Auto III releasedOpen-world crime game in three dimensionsRockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto III for the PlayStation 2 in October 2001, moving the series into a fully three-dimensional open world. Players could roam a fictional city freely between missions. It was a commercial phenomenon and drew political criticism over its violence.