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- Rockstar Games officially announced the re-release of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy with new improvements for the games.
- The three games are Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas, and all three will be updated in what they’re calling “The Definitive Edition.”
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Well, that didn’t take long. It was just two days ago that updated logos for Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were discovered in a recent Rockstar update. On Friday, it was made official. All three games will be remastered, updated and re-released as a trilogy called “The Definitive Edition.”
In the announcement, Rockstar Games revealed that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition will coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the Rockstar Games Launcher on PC later this year, and will be available for iOS and Android at some point in the first half of 2022.
In honor of the upcoming anniversary, today we are excited to announce that all three games will be coming to current generation platforms later this year in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition: https://t.co/cMNwlfj3R5 pic.twitter.com/RrbCl1EWLx
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) October 8, 2021
“Later this month marks a very special anniversary for Rockstar Games: 20 years since the original release of Grand Theft Auto III — the game that set players loose in the sprawling, three-dimensional metropolis of Liberty City with a new and unprecedented sense of freedom and immersion,” read a press release. “In addition to carving a new path for the open world genre, Grand Theft Auto III established Grand Theft Auto as a cultural phenomenon, alongside its two subsequent — and equally legendary — entries in the series, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.”
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) October 8, 2021
Rockstar also revealed that because of the release of this new Grand Theft Auto bundle the company will begin removing existing versions of the classic titles from digital retailers next week.
Grand Theft Auto 3 was the highest-selling game of 2001 in the United States. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was the fastest-selling game in history at the time of its release. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was, once again, the top-selling game of 2004 in the United States.
Needless to say, gamers were very excited about Friday’s news from Rockstar, though some still were left with questions.
Can't wait 🥲 pic.twitter.com/ExxpMtAUPz
— Fandom (@getFANDOM) October 8, 2021
I can’t WAIT 2 b driving in my Infernus (Lambo) down the streets of Vice City while blasting Broken Wings by Mr. Mister or Working for the Weekend by Loverboy. Fond memories of Vice City, the neon pink lights, Hawaiian shirts & arguably the BEST GTA soundtrack & Lazlo talkback. pic.twitter.com/Ai7xnUPgfC
— once upon a time (@Kairos_Creative) October 8, 2021
next year is the 25th anniversry of the launch of the GTA franchise, i thought you would have waited untill then.
but no, you have to be that cash grab, next year you'll announce GTA6 for october 2022
— Scottishchee (@scottishchee) October 8, 2021
If it were coming this year we'd have a release day, guarantee this gets a delay 🤣
— NeonNyte (@NeonNyte_) October 8, 2021
Okay how many times do we got to tell you we are just looking for Grand theft auto VI we are not looking for a Grand theft auto trilogy what the f*** are you thinking those are dead and gone
— lynx (@gamer4208) October 8, 2021