GTA 5 Grand Theft Auto 5
Promotional artwork from the newly released "Grand Theft Auto 5" video game available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Rockstar

People around the world waited anxiously online in family rooms and in line at game and electronic stores all over the world in anticipation for the release of “Grand Theft Auto 5” (“GTA 5”) at midnight Tuesday. Soon after, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter were flooded with tweets from fans breathing a sigh of relief that they finally were able to get their hands on a copy of “GTA 5.”

Photos and videos posted on Twitter included an innumerable number of “GTA 5” game boxes and special edition box sets. A few of them included humorous photos of people placing their newly acquired “GTA 5” game in a seat belt before driving home in excitement to play the game for the first time. Other tweets expressed more sarcastic reactions, particularly with PC gamers who will have to wait for the possibility of a PC version in the future.

Take a look at some of the Twitter reactions to “GTA 5” here.

"Grand Theft Auto 5" is now available for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 (PS3) in stores and online.

Along with the funny tweets included a couple of tweets mocking parents for purchasing the game for their kids.

Warning: Picture linked below is NSFW.

"@The1LikeSaf: To all the parents out there that have given GTA V to their underage kids. #GTAV pic.twitter.com/3YAxj9sYpx".LMAO!!!!

— Playstation Fanboy (@darkxshinobi) September 17, 2013

Twitter