Grand Theft Auto V is a crime.
Grand Theft Auto V is an open world , action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games . Grand Theft Auto ( officially abbreviated GTA ) is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly ; the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser , Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut . Grand Theft Auto V . The open world design lets players freely roam San Andreas ' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos , based on Los Angeles . Open world , free roam , or ( more loosely ) sandbox are terms for video games where a player can move freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in regard to how and when to approach particular objectives , as opposed to other video games that have a more linear structure to their gameplay .