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GTA2

Developer: Unknown · Published by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's Rockstar Games Division · 1999
A restored Vault stub from the October 1999 POCG news desk.
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About This Game

GTA2 is covered here as part of the October 1999 POCG news archive. This Vault entry is a restoration stub tied to period news coverage, preserving the release, demo, beta, promotion or development update as it was reported at the time. The story connects the game to the late-1999 PC and console release calendar, when demos, gold master announcements, retail shipments and online play events were moving fast enough to make your modem sweat. Further release details, platform notes and review context can be expanded during the full Vault restoration pass.

In the News3 mentions
Oct 271999
Free Pager from Rockstar Games
Publishers are throwing prizes, rebates and giveaways at players, because apparently just selling the game is not enough anymore.
Deals
Oct 211999
GTA2 Ships
GTA2 is now shipping, adding one more game to an October release calendar that already looks like somebody kicked over a filing cabinet.
Release
Oct 51999
600,000 Downloads of GTA2 Demo
600,000 Downloads of GTA2 Demo has a new playable sample out, which is exactly the kind of download that keeps modems tied up and hard drives nervous.
Release