PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GAME WILL BE SHIPPED WITH A FLASH DRIVE OR HARD DRIVE.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an developed by and published by. It was released on 26 October 2004 for the console, and on 7 June 2005 for and. It is the seventh title in the , and the first main entry since 2002's . It was released on the same day as the handheld game .
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is played from a in an open world environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at their leisure. The game is set within the fictional of , which is heavily based on and . The state of San Andreas consists of three metropolitan cities: , based on ; San Fierro, based on ; and Las Venturas, based on . The story follows , who returns home to Los Santos after learning of his mother's murder. CJ finds his old friends and family in disarray, and over the course of the game he attempts to re-establish his old gang, clashes with corrupt cops, and gradually unravels the truth behind his mother's murder. The plot is based on multiple real-life events in Los Angeles, including the rivalry between the and street gangs, the , the , and the .
Upon its release, the game was acclaimed by many reviewers who praised the music, story and gameplay. It became the best-selling video game of 2004, and has sold over 27 million copies; it remains the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time. The game, like its predecessors, is cited as a landmark in video games for its far-reaching influence within the industry. The violence and sexual content of San Andreas has been the source of public concern and controversy. In particular, a player-made software patch, dubbed the "", unlocked a previously hidden sexual mini-game.
The next main entry in the series, , was released on 29 April 2008 to critical acclaim. San Andreas has been ported to various other platforms and services, such as , , and mobile devices (, , and ). In October 2014, the game was taken off the Xbox Live Marketplace & PlayStation Store. It was later announced that the game would be re-released and enhanced for Xbox 360 to celebrate the 10th anniversary.
