Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - News

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Top Critic Avg: 54 /100 Critics Rec: 12%
Released
October 29, 2002
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Violence
Developer(s)
Rockstar Games
Publisher(s)
Rockstar Games

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess, and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile as Grand Theft Auto returns.

Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied, complete, and alive digital city ever created. Combining non-linear gameplay with a character-driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and are given the opportunity to take it over as you choose.

Genre(s)
Action, Adventure

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