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Rockstar did include multiplayer support with the free download release of [[Grand Theft Auto 2]] for the PC and also in the most recent release of GTA 4 for the xbox360, PS3 and PC platforms. There have been hints that official support was going to be implemented in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], however nothing materialised from it. Small implementations have been made in other GTA games and are detailed below.

===GTA 2===

===GTA III===

It is now known that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto III was at one point going to have a multiplayer mode. However, for whatever reason, it appears that the developers decided to stop developing the feature. This is evidenced by the fact that one can view textures related to multiplayer mode menu screens in the file ''models/menu.txd'' which can be opened using a [[TXD]] viewer. Additionally, strings found in the game's [[GXT]] files suggest some of the modes and options that would have been available, shown by this excerpt from the ''american.gxt'' file:

===GTA San Andreas co-op mode===

The [[PS2]] and [[Xbox]] versions of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] featured a co-op mode, which allowed 2 players to either 'free roam' or go on a 'rampage'. It was limited by the fact that both players had to stay within a reasonable proximity of each other.

===GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories ===

In 2005, [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] was released on the [[PSP]] and featured a multiplayer mode for up to 6 players through WiFi ad-hoc mode. A total of 7 modes of play were available. In 2006, [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] was released on the PSP with the same functionality as its predecessor, though had an additional 3 mods of play available.

=== GTA IV ===

Ever since Grand Theft Auto III was released to the world, gamers have been scrambling to jump into Rockstar's virtual reality of violence and corruption. While a handful of modifications have done a superb job of bringing online crime to the masses, there's always been a lacking presence of multiplayer in the official games themselves. Until now. With [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], Rockstar has finally delivered a fully fleshed-out '''multiplayer''' experience.^{[http://www.gta4.net/multiplayer/ 1]}