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Watch Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 on YouTube now: https://t.co/T0QOBDI4qM pic.twitter.com/Gc9bazNQID— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) December 5, 2023
It is probably the best action and adventure video game that has ever existed. The sales record, which exceeds 180 million copies, confirms the popularity of Grand Theft Auto, an idea that was born in the nineties without imagining that it would become the most popular game of all generations.
In fact, it was in 1994 when brothers Sam and Dan Houser decided to work on a different video game, one that combined real life with a lot of adrenaline. Both had experience since they were in charge of their own company, DMA Design. This is how one of the most famous directors of cinema entered this project.
GTA is inspired by the movie Mafia
Maybe not everyone knows it, but the Rock Star video game, the Hauser brothers’ revamped company that currently makes Grand Theft, was inspired by Thanks to one of the most famous tapes Seventh Art History: Goodfellas (one of us) Hollywood director Martin Scorsese.
In one of his many visits to the cinema, Sam was amazed at how the American producer presented the life of the world’s most seasoned gangsters on the big screen, so he decided to bring it to the small screen. In fact, there were already several mafia video games in the 1990s, but the Houser brothers felt they needed to give the genre another twist.
Thus was born the wonderful sequel that exploded in popularity after the premiere of its third installment, Grand Theft Auto 3, followed by VC City and San Andres, which ended up catapulting Video game millionaire success.
With GTA 6 officially arriving in 2025, here’s where Grand Theft Auto V ranks among the best-selling video games of all time: https://t.co/Hl0siWGmBz pic.twitter.com/xpggNayuWA
— IGN (@IGN) December 6, 2023
Artificial Intelligence comes to GTA
But apart from the characters, the environment in which the game takes place and the surprise of its plot, technology also contributed to its success. In fact, for 2024, the premiere of Grand Theft Auto 6 has been announced using artificial intelligence, which has also been widely used by other sectors such as social networks, streaming or gambling portals, which offer a more realistic and intimate experience to thousands of players thanks to AI, A significant influence on casino platforms.
In fact, the game has already gone through various tests related to the AI process, which convinced the developers to implement it. For example, thanks to the Bing/Dall-e image generation tool, different world situations such as Argentina, Mexico or some cities in Europe have been recreated for the game plot and which have gone viral due to the clear and accurate graphics.
In short, Grand Theft Auto wants to jump into the video game universe with its next versions, which will now feature more realistic and better-placed gaming environments due to technology. What’s more, the story heralds the introduction of the first female character who will have all the augmented reality factors that will make a difference compared to other popular video games.