List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V
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Publisher of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto V is an open world, action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. Players freely roam the fictional state of San Andreas (based on Southern California), composed of open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles). The game was first announced on 25 October 2011, and was widely anticipated. At the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards (now the VGX), it was awarded Most Anticipated Game. It was released on 17 September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, on 18 November 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on 14 April 2015 for Microsoft Windows. Review aggregator, Metacritic, assigned the game a normalised score of 97 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 50 reviews for the PlayStation 3 version, 58 reviews for the Xbox 360 version, 66 reviews for the PlayStation 4 version and 14 reviews for the Xbox One version. Within twenty-four hours of its release, Grand Theft Auto V generated more than $815.7 million in worldwide revenue, equating to approximately 11.21 million copies sold for Take Two. Three days after release, the game had surpassed one billion dollars in sales, making it the fastest selling entertainment product in history.
The game appeared on several year-end lists of the best games of 2013, receiving Game of the Year wins from CNET,Edge, the Golden Joystick Awards,Machinima's Inside Gaming, the Spike VGX,Slant Magazine and Time. It was also named the Best Xbox Game by Canada.com,GameSpot, and IGN, and the Best Multiplatform Game by Destructoid. It was awarded the title of Most Immersive Game at the Inside Gaming Awards, and the Best British Game from BAFTA. Rockstar Games and Rockstar North won Best Studio and Best Developer from Edge, and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award at the 10th British Academy Video Games Awards.
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