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 ==Real World==
-* The [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] is released in the U.S. on March 24.
+*'''January 10''': [[Rockstar Games]] announce a new [[Grand Theft Auto]] video game for the [[PlayStation Portable]].
-* U.S. release of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] for the [[Xbox]] and [[Personal Computer|PC]] on June 7.
+*'''January 20''': It is announced that [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] was the best selling game of [[2004]].
-* U.K. release of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] for the [[Xbox]] and [[Personal Computer|PC]] on June 10.
+*'''February 11''': [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] is announced as the setting of the next Grand Theft Auto game.
-* The '''''Grand Theft Auto Wiki''''' was created on July 1.
+*'''March 2''': Advertisements for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] are banned before the watershed (9pm) in the [[United Kingdom]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4310465.stm]
-* Production of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] was suspended and the game received a revised ESRB Rating of Adults Only.
+*'''March 6''': The television programme ''60 Minutes'' airs an episode about the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series.
-* The (OFLC) Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) revoked [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] "MA15+" classification (the highest currently available for computer games in Australia), and changed the game's status to "RC" (Refused Classification) on July 29,meaning that the original version could no longer be sold in Australia.
+*'''March 16''': The ''Washington Post'' runs a news article about two men protesting the sale of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] outside a ''Best Buy'' store.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38402-2005Mar15.html]
-* Rockstar Games officially released a patch for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] on August 10. Nicknamed the "Cold Coffee Patch" by some, the patch fixed many performance issues and bugs. However, the most major addition was that the patch disabled the controversial "Hot Coffee" scenes, even if the "Hot Coffee" mod was reinstalled.
+*'''March 23''': [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] wins the ''Best Use of Licensed Music'' and ''Best Dialog'' awards from the ''Game Audio Network Guild''.
-* Rockstar announced a mandatory recall for all [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] games still owned by the general public on August 24. Consumers who had already purchased the game were allowed to keep it in certain areas, but with the patch installed.
+*'''March 24''': The [[PlayStation Portable]] is released in the [[United States of America]].
-* The [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] is released in Australia and Europe on September 1.
+*'''April 19''': IGN publish the first preview of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] on the [[Personal Computer|PC]] with screenshots.[http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/605/605982p1.html]
-* New patched version of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] was released on September 12 and given an "MA15+" classification in Australia.
+*'''May 14''': The name of the new [[Grand Theft Auto]] video game is revealed to be [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].
-* U.S. release of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] on October 25.
+*'''May 31''': A news article states that the Kanagawa Prefectural Government in [[Japan]] plans on banning the sale of [[Grand Theft Auto III]] to people under the age of eighteen. The Kanagawa Prefecture, along with the Saitama Prefecture, later ban the sale to minors.
-* U.K. release of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] on November 4.
+*'''June 3''': A new advertisement for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], featuring footage from the [[Xbox]], appears for the first time.
+*'''June 7''': [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] is released on the [[Xbox]] and [[Personal Computer|PC]] in the [[United States of America]].
+*'''June 10''': [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] is released on the [[Xbox]] and [[Personal Computer|PC]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
+::The first information about [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], including the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Toni Cipriani]], becomes known to the world.
+*'''July 11''': ABC News run a two minute report and MTV News publish an article about the [[Hot Coffee]] modification for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
+*'''July 14''': Lawyer [[Jack Thompson]] writes a [http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/previews/9062/An-Open-Letter-from-Jack-Thompson letter] to various companies about Hot Coffee modification for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
+*'''July 20''': The rating for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] on the [[Personal Computer|PC]] in the [[United States of America]] is changed to AO (Adults Only, 18+).
+*'''July 21''': Tara Teich, a female software programmer, complains about the roles and appearance of women in video games. The article her comments were published in makes reference to the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series and the [[Hot Coffee]] modification.
+::ABC News covers the rating change of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] on the [[Personal Computer|PC]] in the [[United States of America]].
+*'''July 25''': Michigan Congressman Fred Upton calls for the [[United States of America|US]] House of Representatives to have a congressional investigation into [[Rockstar Games]] due to the [[Hot Coffee]] modification. The US House of Representatives later votes in favour of a congressional investigation.
+*'''July 26''': [[Take-Two Interactive]] publish a press release stating that the company is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Advertising Practices in the [[United States of America|United States]] due to the [[Hot Coffee]] modification.
+*'''July 27''': Florence Cohen, a grandmother who purchased [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] in [[2004]] whislt rated M for Mature, sues [[Rockstar Games]] as 'sexually explicit scenes believed to be inaccessible by players were left in the game by developers'.
+*'''July 29''': [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] is banned in [[Australia]].
+*'''August 2''': The British Broadcasting Corporation publish an online news article by Illspirit of The GTA Network about the [[Hot Coffee]] modification.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4735603.stm]
+*'''August 7''': A judge in the case of [[Devin Moore]] states that his attorneys can not use a violent video game as part of his defence.
+*'''August 9''': The ''No More Hot Coffee'' patch is released by [[Rockstar Games]] for the [[Personal Computer|PC]] version of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
+*'''August 11''': [[Devin Moore]] is convicted of murdering three police department employees, with many news websites and television channels referencing his defence of child abuse and playing [[Grand Theft Auto]] games.
+*'''August 23''': The official boxart of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] is published for the first time on the Walmart website.
+*'''September 1''': The [[PlayStation Portable]] is released across Europe and in [[Australia]].
+*'''September 8''': Take-Two Interactive publish a press release stating that AO (Adults Only 18+) version of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] for the [[Xbox]] and [[Personal Computer|PC]] would ship within a week and that [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] would be released in October. GTA San Andreas on the Xbox and PC was also revealed to have provided 37% of the companies total revenue in the third quarter (May to July), despite being pulled from shelves.
+*'''September 9''': The official website of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] is opened.
+::A Kubrick figure set of [[Claude]], [[8-Ball]], [[Misty]], [[Salvatore Leone]] and [[Donald Love]] from [[Grand Theft Auto III]] is released.
+*'''September 12''': Rockstar Games opens a special website for [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] to be viewed on a [[PlayStation Portable]].
+*'''September 13''': [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] returns to shelves across the [[United States of America|United States]].
+*'''September 21''': Brenda Stanhouse files a lawsuit against [[Rockstar Games]] after purchasing [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] and was 'not informed that GTA contained embedded sexually explicit content, which could easily be accessed by children'.
+::The Inquirer publishes an article stating that new screenshots from the [[PlayStation 3]] version of the 'next' [[Grand Theft Auto]] game have been leaked by [[Rockstar Games]] showing sexual content, which was not correct.
+*'''September 23''': [[Take-Two Interactive]] announce they intend to release [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] as a [[Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy|trilogy pack]].
+::The Philadelphia Enquirer publishes an article stating that [[Stephen Dottoli]] had been convicted of copyright infringement after publishing images of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] before its release in October [[2004]]. Dolloti was sentenced to six months home confinement and fined $2,500.
+*'''October 25''': [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] is released on the [[PlayStation Portable]] in the [[United States of America|United States]].
+*'''November 4''': [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] is released on the [[PlayStation Portable]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
+*'''November 17''': [[Jack Thompson]] states that he wants the state of [[Alabama]] to declare [[Grand Theft Auto]] a nuisance.
 ==Game World==