Three game universes, overlapping Liberty City stories and Los Santos’s continuing criminal history.
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Vice City Stories → Vice City → The Introduction / San Andreas → Liberty City Stories → Advance → III. Different editions retell the same events.
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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.
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Placement Story-year anchor cross-checked against chronology references. Original / mobile / remastered formats occupy the same position; complete mission and date-prop audit remains open.
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1992; immediately before San Andreas Relative / stated chronology
The events that bring Carl back to Los Santos.
Placement Official narrative prequel. Exact dates within the multiple character strands need a complete frame audit; not placed in its 2004 DVD release year.
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Placement Story-year anchor cross-checked against chronology references. Original / mobile / remastered formats occupy the same position; complete mission and date-prop audit remains open.
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Edition / access: Containing official remastered edition of this exact game. Not the original PS2 release; additional downloads / platform requirements may apply.
View on Amazon ↗GTA: The Trilogy — Definitive Edition, Nintendo Switch
Placement Story-year anchor cross-checked against chronology references. Original / mobile / remastered formats occupy the same position; complete mission and date-prop audit remains open.
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2000; roughly one year before III Relative / stated chronology
Mike investigates a betrayal in Liberty City.
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Placement Story-year anchor cross-checked against chronology references. Original / mobile / remastered formats occupy the same position; complete mission and date-prop audit remains open.
Research & access notes
Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing official remastered edition of this exact game. Not the original PS2 release; additional downloads / platform requirements may apply.
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Placement still unresolved
Listed here without a chronological claim. Missing interiors need inspection before dates can be determined.
SELECTED CONTINUITY
HD universe
2004
Game scene · Embedded segmentConfirmed canonReleased 2013
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Modern Leonida / Vice City; fictional year unconfirmed Placement unresolved
Jason and Lucia’s Leonida story.
Placement Upcoming at the October 7 cut-off. Promotional premise is indexed; unreleased full story cannot be audited. No 2026 fictional date inferred from launch.
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After V; Michael’s later life, exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Mansions and a struggle against a surveillance network.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Modern Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Captain Brendan’s yacht-adventure run.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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After V; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Tony Prince’s nightclub business.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Later Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Jodi Marshall and Pavel’s covert robberies.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Modern Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Bryony introduces the televised arena business.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Online business era; year unverified Placement unresolved
Motorcycle-club contracts and their narrative setup.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Later Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Jenette and Maude Eccles’s bail-enforcement business.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Online business era; year unverified Placement unresolved
Bodyguard and criminal-organization assignments.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Online business era; year unverified Placement unresolved
Office and cargo-operation story introductions.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
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Modern Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Gerald’s later Los Santos assignments.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
After V; est. 2017 from Agent 14’s stated year Placement unresolved
Agent 14’s arms-trafficking missions.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Original Online-era heists; precise relationship to V unresolved Placement unresolved
Lester’s heists and Trevor’s Series A job.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Online business era; year unverified Placement unresolved
SecuroServ’s special-vehicle assignments.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Before Last Dose; modern Online era Placement unresolved
Dax and the Fooliganz arrive.
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After First Dose; modern Online era Placement unresolved
The Fooliganz face Dr. Friedlander.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Modern Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
KDJ and Sessanta’s robbery contracts.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Original / transitional Online era; year unverified Placement unresolved
Lamar’s attempt to control the local gang scene.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Later Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Mr. Faber, Raf De Angelis and money-laundering fronts.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Later Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Oscar Guzman’s arms-trafficking mission run.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Modern Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Charlie Reed’s struggle against Merryweather.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Online seasonal scenarios; calendar fit unresolved Placement unresolved
Official ghost, UFO and slasher encounters.
Placement Repeated annual availability is not a newly dated event every year. Canon and mission-level supernatural chronology need script inspection. October 2026 Ghosts Exposed changes checked.
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Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Franklin / Lamar’s later agency-era story Placement unresolved
Three linked character missions around LD Organics.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
After V; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Ron’s air-freight operation.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
After V; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Pavel and Miguel Madrazo’s island heist.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Later Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Yusuf and Jamal Amir’s vehicle-theft enterprise.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
After the Casino Story; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Vincent investigates a cartel operation.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Years after V; exact calendar year unverified Placement unresolved
Franklin and Lamar’s agency takes on a stolen-music case.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Modern Online era; exact year unverified Placement unresolved
ULP’s six-mission intelligence operation.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
Research & access notes
Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
After the Casino Story mission run Placement unresolved
Lester and Georgina Cheng’s retaliation.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
After V; modern Online era, exact year unverified Placement unresolved
Avon Hertz and the threat posed by Cliffford.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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After the mansion / Art Studio introduction; year unverified Placement unresolved
Raf De Angelis’s art theft.
Placement Mission run grouped at its known story relationship. Listed under unresolved placement until calendar / cross-arc order is verified; sorting by release is available separately. Later Online content does not automatically occur in its release year.
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Inspection: Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected
Edition / access: Containing base game and access to the corresponding GTA Online platform. Story updates have no separate physical edition. Online requires a supported platform / network access; purchases and subscriptions may apply.
Claude Speed screen variant; year / game placement unverified Placement unresolved
An eight-minute live-action crime vignette made for GTA2.
Placement Official narrative promotion, not a feature-film adaptation or evidence settling GTA2’s conflicting years. Full authorized viewing URL remains unverified.
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