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Events concerning the [[Grand Theft Auto | Events concerning the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series in '''2007'''. | ||
==Real | ==Real world== | ||
*[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] released on the [[PlayStation 2]] on | ;Game related | ||
* Preview [[Grand Theft Auto IV/Trailers|trailer]] for [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] released on | *[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] is released on the [[PlayStation 2]] on March 6 in North America and on March 9 elsewhere. | ||
*Preview [[Grand Theft Auto IV/Trailers|trailer]] for [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] released on March 29. | |||
*On November 8, [[Take-Two Interactive]] announced a proposed settlement to allow people to swap AO-rated copies of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] for M-rated versions in the [[United States of America|United States]], which eventually saw at least 2,676 claims for the compensation package. | |||
==Game | ;Legal and criminal activities | ||
*Lawyer and GTA critic [[Jack Thompson]] stated that he would take measures to stop the sale of [[Rockstar Games]] titles to minors resulting in Take-Two Interactive filing a lawsuit in Florida to block him from trying to declare their games as a public nuisance. Thompson later filed a countersuit but both parties reached a settlement on April 20. Thompson would file another lawsuit on September 18 claiming that lawyer [[Tom Goldberg]], who is assassinated in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] (released in a GTA IV trailer) was based upon himself. | |||
*On December 19, a judge in the US state of New Mexico threw out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jack Thompson on behalf of [[Cody Posey]], who had been convicted of killing his father, stepmother and stepsister, as [[Sony]] and Take-Two did not have offices in the state. Grand Theft Auto games were believed to have influenced Cody. | |||
*[[United Kingdom|British]] teenager [[Ryan Chinnery]] began his criminal activities, which included attempted rape and grievous bodily harm. Grand Theft Auto games were believed by some to have influenced his actions. | |||
==Game world== | |||
===HD Universe=== | ===HD Universe=== | ||
*A | ;Deaths | ||
*A fifteen year old [[Mexico|Mexican]] girl was found dead in a pizza oven in the house of [[Mark Fostenburg]]. He later settled out of court, despite claiming to be out of [[Los Santos in GTA V|Los Santos]] at the time, with the girls parents moving into a nearby house. | |||
;Arrests | |||
*[[Gracie Ancelotti]] is arrested for driving while intoxicated. | *[[Gracie Ancelotti]] is arrested for driving while intoxicated. | ||
*[[Marnie Allen]] is arrested for possession of [[Drugs|heroin]]. | *[[Marnie Allen]] is arrested for possession of [[Drugs|heroin]]. | ||
*[[Cherise McCormic]] is arrested for an obscene performance. | *[[Cherise McCormic]] is arrested for an obscene performance. | ||
*The 2007 recession begins | *[[Joseph Johnson]] is arrested for possessing methamphetamine. | ||
*[[Margot]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] hook up. | *[[Tony McTony]] is arrested for assault. | ||
*[[Brian Meech]] is arrested for resisting arrest and possessing crack cocaine. | |||
*[[Dardan Petrela]] is arrested for extortion. | |||
*[[Jill Von Crastenburg]] is arrested for public lewdness. | |||
;Other | |||
*A whale is washed up onto [[Happiness Island]] during the summer. | |||
*The 2007 recession begins, supposedly after [[Devin Weston]] failed to close out his positions on the stock market before taking a 'volcano-kite surfing trip' to [[Nicaragua]]. | |||
*[[Margot|Margot Summers]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] hook up. | |||
*[[President Lawton]] admits to snorting [[drugs|cocaine]] but states he "never swallowed the back-wash." | *[[President Lawton]] admits to snorting [[drugs|cocaine]] but states he "never swallowed the back-wash." | ||
*The "Le Knobeliske" is unveiled in [[Mirror Park]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] having been presented by [[C. Shutchomouf]]. | |||
*[[Jack Howitzer]] is released from [[Bolingbroke Penitentiary]] after serving fifteen years for murdering [[Billy Dexter]]. | |||
*[[Crystal]] wins the [[America's Next Top Hooker]] reality television show. | |||
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