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.
• August 25: John Braden passes away.
• 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

HD Universe

• 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.
  • 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 GTA Online Protagonist.
    • Several gang members of the Marabunta Grande, four henchmen and their boss are killed by the GTA Online 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 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 GTA Online 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.
  • Jimmy Iovine's house is robbed by Johnny Guns, and Dr. Dre's phone containing important data and unreleased music and demos is stolen.
  • Juan Stricker kills his henchman Gustavo by feeding him to his panther.
  • El Rubio's Compound is raided by the GTA Online 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 GTA Online 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.