Rockstar is re-releasing the classic games GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas in a remaster collection. We provide you with all the information known so far.
Rumours and leaks have already predicted it, now Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition has been officially announced. And it reissues the GTA classics 3, Vice City and San Andreas in a collected version.
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) October 8, 2021
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Everything you need to know about the GTA Remaster Trilogy
Content: What’s inside
The collection with the subtly unwieldy name GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition includes the following three Rockstar games:
- GTA 3 (originally released on 22 October 2001)
- GTA: Vice City (originally released on 27 October 2002)
- GTA: San Andreas (originally released 26 October 2004)
Rockstar has already released a first teaser trailer for the remaster trilogy, which you can watch as follows:
Release: When will the Remaster Trilogy be released?
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition doesn’t have a concrete release date yet, but is still scheduled for release in 2021.
Kotaku already revealed in advance in a detailed report that the Remastered Collection is coming this year. The established industry insider Tom Henderson contradicted this with regard to the release date – but in the end Kotaku was right.
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Platforms: What will the remaster trilogy be released for
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will be released for pretty much all major platforms. So you can relive GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas on the following systems:
- PC
- Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S
- Nintendo Switch
- Playstation 4 and Xbox One
A release for Android and iOS is also planned – but no longer this year but in the first half of 2022.
Old versions will be removed: Even before the release of the Definitive Edition, Rockstar Games will remove the original versions of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas from stores like Steam, Epic and Co. according to a blog post. So if you still want to add the games in their classic versions to your library, you should hurry up.
Price: How much will the Remaster Trilogy cost?
Not yet known: Currently it is not yet known how much GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will cost on the respective platforms. Of course we will update this article as soon as new information about the price is available.
New features: What’s new graphically and in terms of gameplay?
Graphic and gameplay updates planned: With the remaster trilogy, Rockstar is giving the games GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas mainly graphic improvements, but also modern gameplay. There are no concrete details on this at the moment, but they are to follow in the foreseeable future.
Events planned for GTA Online
According to Rockstar, GTA Online players can expect a surprise or two in the coming weeks to celebrate the game collection. There is not too much information on this yet either. Currently, the official blog post talks about the following features:
- New clothes and car paint jobs
- Unusual activities in and around San Andreas
- Return of game modes like Offense Defense and Sumo
- Improvement of the matchmaking system
Rumours and leaks: What was already known in advance?
Before the official announcement of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, quite a bit of information has already leaked out. As mentioned earlier, Kotaku revealed the mere existence and rough release date of the remaster trilogy in advance. The correct name for the game collection then emerged from an entry at the Korean Age Rating Board.
But Rockstar itself also leaked information about the Remastered Collection: from the in-house social club, dataminers were able to pull, among other things, the logos, desktop and achievement icons and backgrounds for the Definitive Edition.
What do you think of the announcement of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition: Are you looking forward to the return of well-known GTA classics in new splendour? Or could you do without it? Let us know in the comments
