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The Grand Theft Auto IV Era refers to a current and ongoing canonical era of Grand Theft Auto games. These games are grouped together mainly because they have interlinking characters, storylines, and locations, specifically GTA IV's rendition of Liberty City and the state of Alderney. This is also known as the fourth generation of GTA games released from 2008 to present.

Locations in the GTA IV Era

State of Liberty

• Liberty City
• The Caraways

State of Alderney

• Alderney City
• Westdyke
• Leftwood
• Berchem
• Acter
• Normandy
• Tudor
• Port Tudor
• Acter Industrial Park

State of San Andreas

• Las Venturas
• Los Santos
• San Fierro
• Red County

State of Florida

• Vice City

Other

• Carcer City

Chronological release list

• Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
• The Lost and Damned (2009)
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009)
• The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009)

Chronological plot list

• Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
• The Lost and Damned (2008)
• The Ballad of Gay Tony (2008)
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009)

Games in the GTA IV Era

Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) is set in Liberty City in 2008. It was the first GTA game to be released simultaneously for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. In August 2008, Rockstar announced that they were going to publish GTA IV for PC. GTA IV's game engine is the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (also known as RAGE) used in Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis and the Euphoria physics engine.

The game once again takes place in a redesigned Liberty City that very closely resembles New York City, much more than previous renditions. The game takes place in 2008 and the protagonist is Niko Bellic, a 30 year old from Serbia.

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned

The Lost and Damned (2009) is the first of two confirmed DLC packs for GTA IV. TLAD requires a full version of GTA IV to run and was exclusive to the Xbox 360. It can downloaded via Xbox Live, or if you purchase Episodes from Liberty City, it will include the TLAD. The Latter does not require GTA IV.

TLAD's storyline runs alongside the main GTA IV storyline and the protagonist is Johnny Klebitz, Vice President of the Alderney Chapter of The Lost Brotherhood. TLAD takes place in 2008, just like GTA IV and also takes place in Liberty City.

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009) is the second of two confirmed DLCs. It is also the last DLC of GTA IV.

TBoGT's storyline also runs along the main GTA IV storyline. The protagonist is Luis Fernando Lopez. The story in TBoGT is that Gay Tony is losing his proprietorship in his clubs, owing him many people. Once again, it takes place in Liberty City.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009) is set in the same Liberty City as GTA IV, but in 2009, one year later. It is the first Grand Theft Auto game to be released on the Nintendo DS, and was announced at the E3 Nintendo Press Conference on July 15, 2008. This game has several new features, such as touch screen mini-games. It is also available on the Sony PSP and Apple iPhone/iPod Touch.

The game focuses on the Triads, and protagonist Huang Lee, the twenty-five year old nephew of Lee Family head Wu Lee.

Trivia

• The GTA IV Era is the only era in which all of the protagonists are able to swim.
• So far the GTA IV Era is the only era to take place in the same location (with the exception of GTA 2 having a single game Era). It's Unkown if there will be another game in the GTA IV Era whether it will be set in the same location or a new location or if Rockstar games will start a new era.