Seems ridiculous, what with Rockstar’s epic crime series still a benchmark for open-world gameplay, but did you know that the very first GTA came close to never being released?
Grand Theft Auto III was the game that catapulted the series towards the mainstream, but plenty of folks seem to forget that the original game, created by DMA Design, was also massively successful in its day. But according to Gary Penn, a member of the original development team, the original GTA was almost canceled.