Grand Theft Auto is an action game, which is aimed at adult, which you can see from the rating, 18. It can be played on Xbox, PS2 & as a CD on the computer. Because the game is a 18, we know that the theme of the game won't be appropriate for children.
The cover has images, which seems to be characters from the game & snapshots on the back of the cover.
I would say that the audience would be more boys than girls, because the game is all about third person shooting & car driving. It is also a simulation game because you can control your character and decide what they do within the game. This makes the game a Hybrid, which is where there is more than one genre for a game; with GTA having many, Action-Adventure, Simulation & Open World. Open world is a genre is sometimes called a sandbox, which is where a player can roam free and do whatever they want in a game.
The cover suggests that the characters in the game aren't the nicest people & that the game isn't appropriate for younger children. There is an image of three guys shooting from a car in one, a guy playing poker and placing some chips down & a girl licking her lips.
The title is a bold standout text, in white writing & the smaller title; San Andreas is in a most detailed font. This makes it seem like it is part of a series of games, because there is two different fonts in the main title. We can see that the title is the main object of the front cover & unlike other covers; there isn't a main character on the front because we can change what the people look like in the game,
