Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 2002.
Real World Events
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is released onto PS2 (except Japan, where it was released in 2004), Vice City was released onto PC in 2003 and onto Xbox in 2004.
- Grand Theft Auto III was released on PC in May 20, 2002.
Game World
3D Universe
- Candy Suxxx quits being a porn star.
HD Universe
- Mallorie Bardas is arrested for marijuana possession.
- Teddy Benavidez is arrested for grand theft auto.
- Hsin Jaoming is arrested for extortion.
- Johnny Barbosa is arrested for possession of marijuana.
- Lazlow Jones is arrested for public lewdness.
- Wu Lee is arrested for arson.
- Huang Lee is arrested for trademark counterfeiting.
- Vladimir Glebov is arrested for public lewdness.
- Gordon Sargent is arrested for possession gambling records.
- Real Badman is arrested for sale controlled substance: cocaine.
- Mikhail Faustin is arrested for possession stolen property.
- Little Jacob is arrested for Burglary: Illegal entry with criminal intent.
- Claude Wome is arrested Criminal Possession Weapon: Gold-Plated Rocket Launcher.
- Billy Grey is arrested for racketeering.
- Al Di Napoli suffered an overdose in the Gentry Manor Hotel.
- Kayla Paulo is enrolled to Bullworth Academy.
- Fabien LaRouche managed to save himself from having suffered through personal crises and poor decisions by doing yoga.
- Martin Serious's mother got trapped in a limo after being ravaged by a tramp on the air of The Martin Serious Show on June 12th.
- The current song writer of the band Love Fist joins the band.