Grand Theft Auto Advance (also marketed as Grand Theft Auto) is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Rockstar Games. The eighth instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series it was released for the Game Boy Advance in October 2004. The game takes place in Liberty City (a fictional parody of New York City) the same setting used for Grand Theft Auto III to which it serves as a prequel. The story set one year before Grand Theft Auto III follows small-time criminal Mike's quest for revenge after his partner's supposed death which leads him to become entangled in a world of organised crime gang warfare and corruption.