Starting at it's roots in the game's 2D era, Grand Theft Auto 1, GTA London 1969, and GTA 2, while only top-down video games, were very popular for it's time. Developed by Rockstar Games, GTA: San Andreas is the third release of the Grand Theft Auto series within it's 3D era, behind GTA 3 and GTA: Vice City. It is respected by developers and gamers alike for revolutionizing the sandbox genre of video games since their release of Grand Theft Auto 3. Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular sandbox video games series out there today.
