The unofficial Hot Coffee mod and subsequent uproar gave Rockstar Games a huge amount of press attention. There has been much controversy involving the series. The games have been released for various platforms, including, A, PSP, DS and iPhone, Andoid with all but two of the games released on multiple platforms. There are currently sixteen games in the series, plus two expansion packs for the original and two expansions for GTA IV and including a multiplayer title. Therst game of the series was released in 1997. The first games were developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and BMG Interactive (a subsidiary of BMG Records).

Grand Theft Auto (commonly abbreviated as GTA) is an action-adventure and action-crime-sanbox and a long-running series of video games series, published by Rockstar Games and developed by subsidiary companies.