2020

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 2020.

Real World Events

• The Zhaba Week event ran from January 2 to January 8 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Imorgon Week event ran from January 9 to January 15 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• January 13th: Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City are temporarily removed from Steam due to end of support of Microsoft's Games for Windows Live platform. As a result, it is no longer possible to generate the additional keys needed to continue selling the PC version of the game.
• The Sultan Classic Week event ran from January 16 to January 22 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Outlaw Week event ran from January 23 to January 29 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The V-STR Week event ran from January 30 to February 5 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Drift Yosemite Week event ran from February 6 to February 12 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Valentine's Day 2020 event ran from February 13 to February 19 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Blista Kanjo Week event ran from February 20 to February 26 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Open Wheel Races Week event ran from February 27 to March 4 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Stryder Week event ran from March 5 to March 11 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (March 2020 Part 1) event ran from March 12 to March 18 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• March 19th: Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City returns to Steam and is released on Rockstar Games Launcher.
  • Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer, along with the online leaderboards are officially shut down due to end of support of Microsoft's Games for Windows Live platform.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (March 2020 Part 2) event ran from March 19 to March 25 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (March 2020 Part 3) event ran from March 26 to April 1 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (April 2020 Part 1) event ran from April 2 to April 8 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (April 2020 Part 2) event ran from April 9 to April 15 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (April 2020 Part 3) event ran from April 16 to April 22 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Gerald's Last Play Week event ran from April 23 to April 30 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (April 2020 Part 4) event ran from April 30 to May 6 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (May 2020 Part 1) event ran from May 7 to May 13 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (May 2020 Part 2) event ran from May 14 to May 20 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• May 14th: Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Edition is released on Epic Games Store.
  • May 14th - May 21st: Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online are available for free on Epic Games Store.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (May 2020 Part 3) event ran from May 21 to May 27 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Weeny Issi Week event ran from May 28 to June 3 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (June 2020 Part 1) event ran from June 4 to June 10 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (June 2020 Part 2) event ran from June 11 to June 17 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Speed Week event ran from June 18 to June 24 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (June 2020 Part 3) event ran from June 25 to July 1 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Independence Day 2020 event ran from July 1 to July 8 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Pilot Week event ran from July 9 to July 15 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (July 2020 Part 1) event ran from July 16 to July 22 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (July 2020 Part 2) event ran from July 23 to July 29 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (July 2020 Part 3) event ran from July 30 to August 10 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• August 11: Los Santos Summer Special update for Grand Theft Auto Online is released.
• The Galaxy Superyacht Week event ran from August 20 to August 26 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The San Andreas Prix Week event ran from August 27 to September 2 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (September 2020 Part 1) event ran from September 3 to September 9 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (September 2020 Part 2) event ran from September 10 to September 16 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (September 2020 Part 3) event ran from September 17 to September 23 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Mobile Operations Week event ran from September 24 to September 30 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (October 2020 Part 1) event ran from October 1 to October 7 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• October 1: Ruffian Games was acquired by Take-Two Interactive and became part of Rockstar Games as Rockstar Dundee.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (October 2020 Part 2) event ran from October 8 to October 14 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (October 2020 Part 3) event ran from October 15 to October 21 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (October 2020 Part 4) event ran from October 22 to October 28 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The Halloween Week 2020 event ran from October 29 to November 4 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• October 31: MF DOOM passes away, aged 49. His death was not announced until December 31.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (November 2020 Part 1) event ran from November 5 to November 11 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• November 2nd: Terry "Seeborn" Marshall passes away as announced by Coolie Ranx on Twitter.
• The Heist Challenge event ran from November 12 to November 18 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (November 2020 Part 2) event ran from November 19 to November 25 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• November 19: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas are released for PlayStation 5 from the PlayStation Store via backward compatibility.
• November 19: Rockstar Games tweeted a 10 second video clip entitled the "El Rubio Dossier".
• November 20: The Cayo Perico Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online is announced.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (November 2020 Part 3) event ran from November 26 to December 9 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• December 5: The construction at The Diamond Casino & Resort is revealed to be a new nightclub named The Music Locker.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (December 2020 Part 1) event ran from December 10 to December 14 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• December 15: The Cayo Perico Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online is released.
• December 20: Most of the promotional websites went offline due to Adobe Flash's end of support.
• The Holiday Bonuses 2020 event ran from December 22 to December 30 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• The GTA Online Bonuses (December 2020 Part 2) event ran from December 31 to January 6, 2021, in Grand Theft Auto Online.
• December 31: MF DOOM's death is announced by his wife on social media.

Game World

• The film Los Santos 2020 take place in this year.
• The events of the The Diamond Casino Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online still take place.
  • During the Valentine's Day 2020 event and March 2020 Part 2 Bonuses, the The Diamond Casino & Resort also had Diamonds in their vault.
  • April 1st: An unexpected snowfall occured all over Los Santos and Blaine County.
  • April 6th to April 13th: Peyote Plants are found on different spots everywhere in San Andreas.
  • The events of Gerald's Last Play take place
    • April 23th: Gerald has new contact missions for the protagonist.
    • Several gang members of the Marabunta Grande, four henchmen and their boss are killed by the protagonist.
• The events of the Los Santos Summer Special update for Grand Theft Auto Online take place.
  • Brendan Darcy has new missions for the GTA Online Protagonist.
  • The Boss of the Kkangpae alongside several of his henchmen are killed by the GTA Online Protagonist.
  • Solomon Richards is robbed and contacts the GTA Online Protagonist to help him return his collection of famous movie props.
  • October 29th: A downed unidentified flying object has been hauled off to Fort Zancudo for testing.
  • November 12th: Players who own a Master Penthouse at The Diamond Casino & Resort received a text message from Tom Connors apologizing for the construction noise at the back of the Diamond casino.
  • November 19th: A corpse and a briefcase appeared near the southwest coast of Los Santos at a random location ranging from Vespucci Beach to Los Santos International Airport.
• The events of the The Cayo Perico Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online take place.
  • December 15th: The Music Locker is open.
  • Kult FM 99.1 began broadcasting in Los Santos.
  • FlyLo FM and WorldWide FM began broadcasting new mixes.
  • Miguel Madrazo hires the protagonist to raid Juan Strickler's compound in Cayo Perico at the Caribbean coast of Colombia, and bring back the files containing information on Madrazo family.
  • Juan Stricker kills his henchman Gustavo by feeding him to his panther.
  • El Rubio's Compound is raided by the protagonist, who successfully steals the Madrazo Files and takes it back to Miguel Madrazo's Mansion in Los Santos.
  • El Rubio's Compound is constantly raided and robbed by the protagonist.
  • December 22nd: Still Slipping Los Santos and Music Locker Radio began broadcasting in Los Santos.
  • December 31st: Party guests in Cayo Perico have reported seeing Treasure Chests on land and underwater.