2008

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 2008.

Real World Events

 * Grand Theft Auto IV was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on April 29.
 * Grand Theft Auto IV was released for PC on December 2.

2D Universe

 * Trey Walsh marries Petula Shoe in Anywhere City, as long as Grand Theft Auto 2 takes place in 2013.

HD Universe

 * Frenchie Fox is arrested for prostitution, aged 30.
 * Larry Kerr is arrested for assault with a knife, aged 25.
 * Niko Bellic is arrested for grand theft auto, aged 30.
 * Corey Conner is taken hostage by terrorists.
 * Glory Hole Theme Park celebrates its 23rd year in business.
 * A terrorist scare in Liberty City prompts the LCPD to close all bridges and tunnels connecting to Algonquin and Alderney, temporarily isolating them from the rest of the city.
 * The events of Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony all take place simultaneously.
 * Niko Bellic arrives in America.
 * Vladimir Glebov is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Billy Grey gets out of rehab.
 * The war between The Lost MC and The Angels of Death reignites.
 * Jason Michaels is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Lyle Rivas is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Mikhail Faustin is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Tom Rivas is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * An Angels of Death clubhouse is attacked by The Lost and the cocaine is stolen from then.
 * A drug deal ends in a shootout after the buyers reveal that they are cops.
 * Arthur Stubbs is killed by Johnny Klebitz.
 * Manny Escuela and Jay Hamilton are killed by Elizabeta Torres.
 * The Bank of Liberty in Chinatown, Algonquin is robbed.
 * Tom Goldberg is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Billy Grey arranges the Triad ambush on Johnny Klebitz and is arrested.
 * Brian Jeremy creates his own gang and a civil war happens between The Lost members.
 * Brian Jeremy is killed by Johnny Klebitz. (or spared, but killed later in the game anyway)
 * Jayvon Simson is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * The Trunchez Brothers are all killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Elizabeta Torres is arrested and given a 300 year sentence for thirty counts of cocaine distribution.
 * Roman Bellic is kidnapped by two bikers, and is then saved by Niko Bellic.
 * Oleg Minkov is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Adam Dimayev is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * One of the following events happen:
 * Playboy X is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Dwayne Forge is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Three union officials are killed in a series of explosions by Luis Lopez.
 * Eduard Borodin is killed by Niko Bellic and an associate.
 * Tony Black is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Frank Garone is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Gerald McReary is imprisoned for racketeering and armed robbery offences. Possibly doing a 20 or 50-year prison sentence, 20 if for racketeering, 50 for racketeering and armed robbery.
 * Bucky Sligo is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Teddy Benavidez is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Clarence Little is killed by Niko Bellic (or spared, but killed later in the game anyway).
 * Clarence's Associate is killed by Niko Bellic
 * Vic Manzano is killed by Luis Lopez.
 * Aiden O'Malley is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * One of the following events happen:
 * Derrick McReary is killed by Niko Bellic, or dies some point after Out of Commission or A Revenger's Tragedy.
 * Francis McReary is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * An ambush and shootout on a diamond deal at the Platypus freighter ship see several Lost MC bikers and Evan Moss killed by Johnny Klebitz.
 * Frickie Van Hardenburg is killed by Luis Lopez.
 * Luca Silvestri, Johnny Barbosa and Joseph DiLeo are all killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Tahir Saeed and Ahmed Khalil are killed by Luis Lopez.
 * Gracie Ancelotti is kidnapped by Niko Bellic.
 * A botched diamond deal occurs at The Libertonian.
 * Jim Fitzgerald is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Isaac Roth is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Johnny Klebitz leads an assault on Alderney State Correctional Facility.
 * Billy Grey is killed by Johnny Klebitz.
 * The Lost MC Clubhouse burns down.
 * NOOSE agents are killed by Luis Lopez in an ambush created by Ray Bulgarin.
 * Niko Bellic steals a truck full of cocaine from the Triads.
 * Luis Lopez steals an APC.
 * A war between the Pegorinos and the Pavanos start after Jimmy Pegorino is caught in an ambush created by the Pavanos.
 * Marki Ashvilli is killed by Luis Lopez.
 * Luis Lopez steals a subway train.
 * Charles Matteo is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Ray Bulgarin betrays and try to kill Luis Lopez.
 * A deal is made to try to free Gracie, but ends in a shootout.
 * Kim Young-Guk is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Anthony Corrado is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Ray Boccino is killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Darko Brevic is either killed or spared by Niko Bellic.
 * The Hercules & Maisonette 9 nightclubs are shut down by the Liberty City mayor's office and Uncle Vince is killed by Luis Lopez.
 * One of the following events happen:
 * Niko accepts Jimmy Pegorino's offer and makes a deal with Dimitri Rascalov. Roman Bellic is killed by one of Dimitri's hitmen, with leads to Pegorino being killed by Dimitri and Dimitri being killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Niko rejects Jimmy Pegorino's offer and kills Dimitri Rascalov. Kate McReary is killed by Pegorino, with leads to Pegorino being killed by Niko Bellic.
 * Timur and Ray Bulgarin are killed by Luis Lopez.
 * Jon Gravelli dies at the age of 85 in his hospital bed.
 * Joshua Hampton murders his father Abraham.
 * The US government spends $700 billion to bail out several major banks.
 * Fruit computers voted "Best Ornament that goes Beep" at the Code Wanker Meet takes place this year, as evidenced in an email sent by E. Mann one year later in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
 * Franklin Clinton is arrested and is placed in Bolingbroke Penitentiary.
 * Steve Haines becomes the host of the TV show, The Underbelly Of Paradise.
 * Dale Jenkins is voted for Britain's Atheist of the Year.
 * Chad and Shenice Mulligan gets married.
 * Minotaur Finance was awarded the "Management Company of the Year" in the Los Santos Management Company Awards.
 * The Paleto Construction Company's site in Paleto Bay fails to meet its completion date.
 * This was the year that Jack Howitzer would have been released following his fifteen-year prison sentence.

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