Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 2004.
Real World Events[]
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is initially released for the PlayStation 2.
- Grand Theft Auto Advance is released for the Game Boy Advance.
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is released in Japan on PS2, two years after the rest of the world.
- The Game Boy Advance is released in China on June 8, three years after the rest of the world.
Game World[]
3D Universe[]
- Maccer and his band The Gurning Chimps planned a comeback tour. [1]
HD Universe[]
- The events of the Prologue of Grand Theft Auto V take place.
- A bank in Ludendorff, North Yankton, is robbed by Michael Townley, Trevor Philips and Brad Snider.
- Two security guards, Alex and Jaspers, are killed during a bank robbery in Ludendorff, North Yankton.
- An unnamed Getaway Driver is killed by North Yankton State Patrol.
- Brad Snider is killed by Dave Norton in Ludendorff, North Yankton.
- Michael Townley fakes his death, changes his and his family's last names to "De Santa" and moves to Los Santos.
- Trevor Philips escapes Ludendorff, and after some time travels to Sandy Shores, Blaine County.
- Norm Richards abandons his family and robs a warehouse.[2]
- Johnny Klebitz, Terry Thorpe, and Brian Jeremy ride their bikes together to Los Santos. [3]
- Teddy Benavidez is arrested for assault, aged 24. [4]
- Jon Gravelli, Jr. is arrested for armed robbery, aged 36. [5]
- Hsin Jaoming is arrested for assault, aged 69. [6]
- Lester Leroc is arrested for burglary, aged 42. [7]
- Alonso Gomez is arrested for possession of crack cocaine, aged 18. [8]
- Chastity Quinn is arrested twice for arson, aged 16. [9]
- Jermaine Andrews is arrested for possession of stolen property, aged 29. [10]
- Ivan Bytchkov is arrested for burglary, aged 38. [11]
- Cherise McCormic is arrested for resisting arrest, aged 34. [12]
- Tyler Dixon is arrested for assault, aged 21. [13]
- Johnny Barbosa is arrested for assault and petit larceny, aged 21. [14]
- Marlon Bridges is arrested for assault, aged 17. [15]
- Steven Jabowitz is arrested for possession of gambling records, aged 39. [16]
- Lazlow Jones is arrested for bribery, aged 42. [17]
- Trey "Playboy X" Stewart stops visiting Dwayne Forge in prison. [18]
- Vladimir Glebov is arrested for extortion, aged 37. [19]
- Bernie Crane is arrested for possession of a controlled substance: Ecstasy, aged 26. [20]
- Brucie Kibbutz is arrested for speeding violation, aged 27. [21]
- Jeremy St. Ives is arrested for patronizing prostitution, aged 28. [22]
- Tom Rivas is arrested for fraud, aged 23. [23]
- Mario Venturella is arrested for prostitution, aged 16. [24]
- Joseph DiLeo is arrested for armed robbery, aged 23. [25]
- Frankie Gallo is arrested for possession stolen property, aged 27. [26]
- Leila Sharpe is arrested for petit larceny, aged 27. [27]
- Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster filed a lawsuit against Pirate Music, but ended up losing the case. [28]
- The San Andreas Flight School was established in Los Santos International Airport. [29]
- Production of the Premier begins, paralleling the production of its inspiration, the Chevrolet Cobalt. [30]
- Merle Abrahams dies while in prison at age 57. [31]
- Highmen Space Tours was founded on Highmenspacetours.com.
- Java Update Coffeeshop was established on Boulevard Del Perro in Rockford Hills, Los Santos. [32]
- Albany manufactured the Presidente. [33]