GTA development began in the mid-1990s. Specifically, development on the original Grand Theft Auto started on April 4, 1995, at DMA Design in Dundee, with the project undergoing a multi-year process before its release in 1997. This timeline is based on contemporaneous reporting and later retrospective summaries of the game's origin and early milestones.
If you’re asking about later installments, development timelines have varied:
- Grand Theft Auto V involved a large, multi-year development cycle with roughly a thousand developers, culminating in a 2013 release.
- Grand Theft Auto VI has been referenced as in development for several years, with reports noting initial work beginning after GTA V’s cycle and continued development through the 2010s and early 2020s, and a public confirmation of ongoing development in 2022. Release date information has shifted over time.
If you’d like, I can narrow this to a specific title (e.g., GTA I, GTA V, GTA VI) and provide a concise, source-backed timeline.
