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Over 20 years later, GTA Vice City is still a role model for the open-world genre

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Genres · adventure, arcade, fps, racing
Release · May 13, 2003
Developer · Rockstar North
PCPS3
32 articles 27 writers 3 reviews
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