Rockstar Games released GTA Online in October 2013 as a multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto 5. Today, this is one of the company's most successful projects, but a recent leak suggests that it may have originally been a project in 2001. Design documents for some Grand Theft Auto titles appear to Theft Auto was leaked online on December 25, 2024, and reportedly mentioned plans for a multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto 3.
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Obbe Vermeij, former technical director at Rockstar North, also offered some thoughts on X After New GTA leaks on Christmas Day. He said the project has been in the works for a few weeks, and that Rockstar Vancouver (formerly Barking Dog Studios) has been contacted to explore its design.
Note: Part of this article is based on a leak. Readers are advised to take the information contained herein with caution.
The former Rockstar game developer talks about the leaked GTA Online 2001 project
Obbe Vermeij has revealed that he wrote a core deathmatch implementation for Grand Theft Auto 3's canceled multiplayer mode. He also revealed that players will be able to score points by killing each other in it.
The tweet also talked about asking Barking Dog Studios to explore the design of Grand Theft Auto Online 2001. While that project was eventually abandoned, Barking Dog Studios went on to release Bully as Rockstar Vancouver in 2006, a beloved title among Rockstar Games fans.
It is worth noting that Obbe Vermeij spoke about the canceled Grand Theft Auto 3 game before the final release GTA documents leaked also.
In that tweet, Rockstar's former technical director stated that while Grand Theft Auto 3's core multiplayer gameplay worked, “there was a lot more to do” and it ended up being cancelled. He then stated that they tried to work on a multiplayer game for Grand Theft Auto Vice City after that but failed again, and “settled on a Coop mode” for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
The first proper online multiplayer experience was introduced in 2008's Grand Theft Auto 4 and was then greatly expanded upon in GTA 5 with online multiplayer. In fact, it continues to receive new content to this day, the most recent example of which as of this writing is the Agent of Sabotage update.
Check also: GTA Online weekly update continues (December 26, 2024 – January 1, 2025)
Edited by Angad Sharma
