A former developer at Rockstar North has revealed that the Grand Theft Auto series nearly left the United States of America in the PS2/PS3 era, but the project fizzled out before it could begin.
The majority of Grand Theft Auto games have taken place in a fictional version of the USA, with locations that are thinly veiled parodies of real places, such as Liberty City, a take on New York City. There was an expansion for the first game on the PS1, called Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, but that’s the only time the series explored other countries.
The Grand Theft Auto series almost visited a different continent, as revealed by former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij told GamesHub that there was almost an entry set in Tokyo.
Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo Almost Happened
According to Vermeij, Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo was in the works, to the point that another studio in Japan was set to make it, but the project never came to fruition.
This game would have come after the PS2 trilogy, when the franchise was already massive. Vermeij explained that Grand Theft Auto hasn’t left the USA since the PS1 because American...
