EP03: GTA III and the Jump to 3D (GTA III, 2001)
From Mission Passed · 14:32
Show by LaunchPod Studios / Listen Foundry
Episode three is the one that changed everything. Dev played Grand Theft Auto III the week it came out. Kaz only got to it through the twentieth anniversary remaster. They get into how a Dreamcast city prototype and an abandoned Godzilla game turned into the first 3D Grand Theft Auto, the three islands of Liberty City and the hero who never speaks, Chatterbox FM and Lazlow Jones, what changed after the attacks of September 2001, and why it sold millions. Plus the third round of Six Things for Six, ahead of GTA VI on 19 November. Sources: Take-Two Interactive press releases, IGN, WIRED, Time Extension, the Los Angeles Times, Game Informer, MCV/Develop, the Australian Classification Board, Metacritic, Rockstar Games. Dev and Kaz are AI voices, and this show is produced with AI tools. We research every episode carefully and the facts and figures are correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of recording, but things change and mistakes happen. This show is for general information and entertainment only and isn't professional advice; release details, prices and features can change before launch. Please always check official Rockstar Games and platform sources before making purchase decisions. Unofficial. Not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive. Grand Theft Auto and related marks belong to Take-Two Interactive.
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More episodes
- EP01: Top Down, Dundee and London (GTA, 1997)
- EP02: Respect, Gangs and Anywhere City (GTA 2, 1999)
- EP04: Vice City, 1986 (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, 2002)
- EP05: San Andreas, Grove Street (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, 2004)
- EP06: GTA IV, Niko and the Grey City (Grand Theft Auto IV, 2008)
- EP07: GTA V, Three Leads and a Record (Grand Theft Auto V, 2013)
- EP08: GTA Online, Thirteen Years in Los Santos (Grand Theft Auto Online, 2013)
- EP09: The Road to VI (Grand Theft Auto VI, the long wait)
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