Grand Theft Auto IV is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, a fictionalized version of New York City. Its protagonist, Niko Bellic, is an Eastern European immigrant drawn into crime by his cousin Roman, who has promised him a life of wealth. It was the first main game in the series for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and used the new RAGE engine with realistic physics and animation. Critics praised its story, which satirized the American Dream, and its detailed city, and it broke sales records on its release. It was followed by two expansions, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, and by Grand Theft Auto V in 2013.
Before and after
- 27 February 2008Creation of Windows Server 2008
- March 2008Construction of Beijing National Stadium
- 1 April 2008Discovery of WASP-12b
- 10 April 2008Launch of GitHub
- 29 April 2008Release of Grand Theft Auto IV
- 12 May 20082008 Sichuan earthquake
- 19 May 2008First flight of Yakovlev SJ-100
- 23 May 2008Founding of Union of South American Nations
- 30 May 2008Discovery of MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb
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- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
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