GTA Vice City also appeared on the Japanese magazine Famitsu's readers' list of 100 all-time favorite videogames in 2006. The game's events follow on from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.ĭesigned by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games, it debuted in North America on Octofor PlayStation 2 and quickly became the best-selling video game of the year. Following this success, GTA Vice City saw releases in Europe, Australia and Japan, and became available on PC and Xbox. Later, Rockstar Vienna packaged the game with its predecessor, GTA III, and sold it as the Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack for Xbox, and finally it debuted for iOS and Android Decemas a celebration of its 10-year anniversary. As of April 2015, GTA Vice City is the fourth best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time in the United States. GTA Vice City is set in Vice City, Florida, in 1986, and concerns the exploits of protagonist Tommy Vercetti as he rises to become Vice City's major criminal power.
It is the fifth installment in the Grand Theft Auto series and the second game in the 3D Universe title of the series. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (also referred to as GTA Vice City, Vice City and GTAVC) is a video game developed by Rockstar North.
