Rockstar Confirms ‘GTA Remastered’ Trilogy Is Coming (GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas)
ArticleRockstar has confirmed what has already leaked a half dozen times by now, that they are releasing a remastered version of the GTA Trilogy, GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas, for current and last-gen consoles. This will be at the cost of old versions being deleted from online stores.
The update will feature visual improvements while retaining the classic look of the original to a certain extent. There are also improvements to gameplay and UI, but this announcement trailer did not come with an actual look at the remaster, nor a release date. Only that it’s coming some time before the end of the year, and a mobile version is coming in 2022.
Perhaps the most controversial part of this announcement is the fact that Rockstar has announced that it is going to be deleting the “OG” versions of the three games from all available storefronts as soon as next week to “pave the way” for the release of the remasters. This has thrown us into yet another debate about the permanence of digital products, though in this case, it’s a store delisting, it’s not being erased from hard drives. Still, players wonder if they could end up preferring the OG versions of the games more than the remasters with all the changes, and if you do, there will now be literally no way to go back and purchase them.
It does not remotely appear like if you own the original GTA games in this trilogy, that this new trilogy release would be a free upgrade.