GTA Trilogy Remaster much sooner than thought? New release rumours (UPDATE)

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GTA Trilogy Remaster

Rumours say that a remaster of the three GTA games 3, Vice City and San Andreas is coming. The only question is when it will be released: 2022 or this year?

Should the numerous rumours and speculations prove to be true, then GTA fans could be in for a return to Vice City and Co. in the foreseeable future.
Should the numerous rumours and speculations prove to be true, then GTA fans could be in for a return to Vice City and Co. in the foreseeable future.

GTA: Hints of remaster trilogy thicken, logos and more leaked

Rumours suggest that a remaster of the three GTA games 3, Vice City and San Andreas is coming. Now logos and further footage have been leaked – the clues are growing stronger

Update from October 6, 2021: There are new hints about the alleged GTA Remaster Trilogy. And since they come directly from Rockstar itself, any doubt about previous rumours should now be off the table. Only a few hours ago, logos, backgrounds, achievements and other data snippets for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition were leaked via the Rockstar Social Club and Launcher.

The user alloc8or drew attention to the discovery in the GTAForums According to this, revised logos and icons for GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas can currently be found in the data of the Rockstar Social Club and Launcher, but also old and new achievements. In addition, there are indications that the Unreal Engine 4 will indeed be used for the remaster trilogy, which has not yet been officially announced.

It remains to be seen when the Definitive Edition of the GTA classics will be unveiled. It will also be interesting to see when the trilogy will finally be released – in 2022 or in 2021. You can read all further information on the previous rumours about the release below in our original report.

Original news: Allegedly, GTA: 3, Vice City and San Andreas are returning in old and new graphics as part of a Remaster Trilogy. The emphasis is on “allegedly” – the remake has not yet been officially confirmed.

And after rumours made the rounds that the GTA Remaster Trilogy would be released as early as October or November 2021, an established insider contradicted this for the time being. According to Tom Henderson, who already made a name for himself with his insights into Call of Duty and Battlefield, GTA fans may have to wait a little longer.

In the meantime, however, there are new findings regarding the launch of the GTA Remaster Trilogy, which, according to the Korean rating committee for age ratings, could be titled Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. We have revised and updated this article accordingly.

When is the GTA Remaster Trilogy supposed to come?

These are the rumours about the release of GTA Remaster Trilogy

These are the rumours: Tom Henderson stated on Twitter that his info is mostly in line with previous rumours about the GTA Remaster Trilogy. So that the remakes will come with revamped graphics and UI thanks to Unreal Engine, they will be gameplay-wise similar to the originals and will be released for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One.

This was controversial: In August, Tom Henderson stated that the GTA Remaster Trilogy would not be released in 2021, but at the earliest in 2022 at an unspecified date. With this, Tom Henderson at least at that time still contradicted the alleged info from Kotaku regarding the release date.

New report from Kotaku, Henderson backs down: At the end of September/beginning of October, Kotaku published a new report on the alleged GTA Remaster Trilogy. In it, author Zack Zwiezen refers to unspecified sources and lets slip: The remake of the GTA classics will indeed come later – but not as late as Tom Henderson possibly made us fear.

Supposedly later release, but still 2021: According to Kotaku, the release of the GTA Remaster Trilogy will be delayed from October/November 2021 to November 2021. Henderson reacted to this news on Twitter and makes a new assumption. According to him, the original plan was for the Remaster Trilogy to arrive in 2022. With the postponement of the NextGen version of GTA 5, however, the release dates could simply have been exchanged.

What does this mean now?

Henderson is considered trustworthy: Tom Henderson is currently one of the most reliable insiders in the gaming industry. Normally, he mainly provides insights into new Battlefield or Call of Duty games. Most recently, however, he also gained a foothold on the Rockstar topic by sharing alleged information on GTA 6 – which, however, could not be confirmed until today.

Kotaku but of course also: Kotaku, on the other hand, also usually refers to reliable sources or almost never reports about something that later turns out to be false. Accordingly, it is of course difficult to determine who could ultimately be right about the release date of the GTA Remaster Trilogy.

For those who want to indulge in nostalgia again, it’s best to watch our video on GTA history:

Just a misunderstanding? It cannot be ruled out that a potential re-release of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas in October or November 2021 is originally outdated information. Or there was a misunderstanding between Henderson and Kotaku: After all, the latter talks about the GTA Remaster Trilogy coming out in 2021 for consoles and only in 2022 for PC and mobile.

At least the reveal is very likely in October: That the remake of the well-known GTA titles will at least be announced in October should be as good as certain: On this date Grand Theft Auto 3 celebrates its 20th anniversary and Rockstar already held out the prospect that there should be something to celebrate. Whether the release of the alleged Remaster Trilogy will take place at the same time or soon remains questionable.

Old info replaces new info? With the latest development, however, it seems obvious that simply newer and newer information has hit Kotaku and Tom Henderson respectively: The originally targeted release in October/November 2021 might actually have been outdated, which is why Henderson spoke of a 2022 release. Then the postponement of the NextGen version of GTA 5 might actually have caused an exchange of the release dates.

Either way: we should continue to be patient for official info.

The anniversary of GTA 3 is to be officially celebrated in GTA Online. Many rumours indicate that it won't stop there.
The anniversary of GTA 3 is to be officially celebrated in GTA Online. Many rumours indicate that it won’t stop there.

 

New leak points to completely different name

Update from September 30, 2021: Once again the hints about a GTA Trilogy Remaster are growing. An entry at the Korean rating board responsible for age ratings has now led to renewed speculation. The Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition can be found there. This means that the collection could have a completely different (and somewhat excessive) title than originally thought.

Of course, this is still not a hundred percent confirmation that the GTA Trilogy Remaster really exists. In the past, there have been various game leaks that were found on comparable platforms but ultimately never appeared.

What else happens at GTA?

Last Rockstar released the Los Santos Tuners update, which gave GTA Online new cars and a garage as a property, among other things. In March 2022, after a postponement, the standalone version of GTA Online will follow in parallel with the NextGen update of GTA 5 for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X.

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What do you think of the GTA Remaster Trilogy rumours: would you be happy to see such a re-release or could you do without it? Let us know in the comments.