Automan III

Automan III is a 2001  developed by  and published by. It is the first major game in the Automan series, the third installment in the game's series, and the sequel to the 1997 game Automan II. Players assume control of Jimmy, the main protagonist of the game, in an open world setting. The game is played from a and is set in the series' first fully 3D environment, set in Stinkport and is based on various cities in Brigantica.

The development of the game was solely concentrated by Tarmacgear house based in Ljana after the purchase of Árlja games by Alulim Interactive in 1998. The development of the game mainly focused on engineering a fully 3D world and environment, meaning that the developers were not able to reuse content from the 2D worlds. Virtually all assets and models had to be designed from scratch using the game's new development engine. The game was finally released in mid-2001 for the and. The PC version was released in late 2001. A separate port for was released in 2003, and for  in 2004. In 2010, an version was released.

The game recieved overwhelmingly positive reviews upon launch, and recieved overall critical acclaim. Critics praise the game's new engine which enabled it to run fully on 3D, as well as its depictions of the real world which was considered "revolutionary" and "tailor-made" at the time. However, with these new possibilites for added realism, controversial depictions of violence and became a highlighted topic among several advocate groups. Nevertheless, the game was a commercial success, and continued to win several awards both domestically and internationally. By late 2001, the game had sold nearly half a million copies within Seratof alone. It became the best-selling game of 2001, and has since sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date. It has also won several "game of the year" awards from numerous publications. The immediate success of the game was thought to have spawned two more games of the 3D era, namely Automan Yuck City and Automan Al-Wadiya.