Fansites: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:00, 5 January 2009

A fansite or fan site is a website created and maintained by fans of a particular person, technology, or cultural phenomenon. The phenomenon can be a book, television show, movie, comic, band, game or similar.

Thousands of GTA fansites exist, ranging from small one-person news blogs to community-edited wikis to massive downloads databases to forums with hundreds of thousands of members.

Many GTA fansites include the latest news about the games, contain detailed game information (including cheats), offer downloads (usually modifications), allow discussion in forums and gather opinions in polls. Some fansites include unofficial non-canonical stories about characters and places in the GTA series (such as The Untold Stories). Almost all GTA-related forums have wishlists in place

There are no official GTA fansites - that is to say that Rockstar Games has not approved or endorsed any of the sites. However, Rockstar do provide fansite kits for download on their website, which contain screenshots and logos for use on fansites. They also send "care packages" to the webmasters of the largest sites, which contain items such as t-shirts and window stickers, as appreciation for the continued hard work and dedication in promoting the series and creating online communities.

List of Fansites

This is a list of the most notable fansites by type, game and language.

Popular	Websites	Forums	Wikis	Downloads	Closed
GTANet PlanetGTA The GTA Place GTAGaming GTAWarehouse	GTA Yard	GTAForums GTAForum.nl	Grand Theft Wiki WikiGTA GTA Wikia Wikipedia	The GTA Place GTAGarage GTA-Downloads GrandTheftAuto.fr GTANetwork.it GTAInside GTA-Action GTA-WorldMods GTAPlanet.de	CodenameGTA GTA Epicenter (gtacenter.com) GTA-Vice GTASkins GTA-Tuning GTA.com.pl
GTA IV	VCS/LCS	GTA SA	VC/III	Classics	Multiplayer
GTA4.net GTA4.tv GTA-IV.net	GTAPSP GTAPortable GTAVice.com GTALibertyCityStories.net	GTASanAndreas.net GTA-SanAndreas.com	GTAVice.com GTA3.com	Gouranga GTAClassics	MultiTheftAuto SA-MP VC-MP GTATournament
French	German	Dutch	East Europe	Italy/Spain	Scandinavia
GrandTheftAuto.fr GTAPro	GTAReactor GTA-Action GTAPlanet.de GTA-Scene.de	GTAGames.nl GTACrime.nl	Zaibatsu.pl GTASite.pl GTA.com.ua GTA.cz	GTANetwork.it GTA-Series	GrandTheftAuto.no GTASajten

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 *[http://www.gtagaming.com GTAGaming]
 *[http://www.gtawarehouse.com GTAWarehouse]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://www.gtayard.com GTA Yard]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://www.gtaforums.com GTAForums]
 *[http://www.GTAForum.nl GTAForum.nl]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[[Grand Theft Wiki:About|Grand Theft Wiki]]
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 *[[:wa:|GTA Wikia]]
 *[[:wp:Grand Theft Auto (series)|Wikipedia]]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]]
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 *[http://www.thegtaplace.com The GTA Place]
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 *[http://www.gta-worldmods.de GTA-WorldMods]
 *[http://www.gtaplanet.de GTAPlanet.de]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *CodenameGTA
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 *GTA-Tuning
 *GTA.com.pl
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 ![[GTA IV]]
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 *[http://www.gta4.tv GTA4.tv]
 *[http://www.gta-iv.net GTA-IV.net]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://www.gtapsp.com GTAPSP]
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 *[http://www.gtavice.com GTAVice.com]
 *[http://GTALibertyCityStories.net GTALibertyCityStories.net]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://GTASanAndreas.net GTASanAndreas.net]
 *[http://GTA-SanAndreas.com GTA-SanAndreas.com]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://GTAVice.com GTAVice.com]
 *[http://www.gta3.com GTA3.com]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://www.gouranga.com Gouranga]
 *[http://www.gtaclassics.com GTAClassics]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[[MultiTheftAuto]]
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 *[[VC-MP]]
 *[[GTATournament]]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 !French
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 *[http://GrandTheftAuto.fr GrandTheftAuto.fr]
 *[http://www.gtapro.com GTAPro]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://www.gtareactor.com GTAReactor]
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 *[http://www.gtaplanet.de GTAPlanet.de]
 *[http://gta.onlinewelten.com GTA-Scene.de]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://GTAGames.nl GTAGames.nl]
 *[http://www.gtacrime.nl GTACrime.nl]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://Zaibatsu.pl Zaibatsu.pl]
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 *[http://GTA.com.ua GTA.com.ua]
 *[http://www.gta.cz GTA.cz]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://www.gtanetwork.it GTANetwork.it]
 *[http://www.gta-series.com GTA-Series]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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 *[http://GrandTheftAuto.no GrandTheftAuto.no]
 *[http://GTASajten.com GTASajten]
-*[http://thesupergamers.smfforfree4.com/ GTAWarehouse]
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