GTA: Rockstar Games announces the remasters of the PS2 trilogy on all platforms

November will not see the output of the PS5 and Xbox Series portages of Grand Theft Auto 5, but fans of the franchise will have something strong to put under the tooth this fall. As a rumor more and more pressing, Rockstar Games go out a trilogy including Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, all remastered for current platforms.

Rockstar Games is only confirming the existence of this compilation by promising that its exit will be held soon, but without going into details outside the basic promises, namely that the three games will offer graphic improvements and a Modernized playability while maintaining the classic appearance and sensation of the originals . A useful warning all the same: Rockstar Games will start with the current versions of these classic GTAs from different digital shops from next week.

This compilation is announced while Grand Theft Auto 3 will celebrate its 20th anniversary on October 22, 2021. Its successors Vice City and SAN ANDREAS are returned in October 2002 and October 2004 to capitalize on The phenomenon to which Rockstar had given birth with its play in open world. A phenomenon that was still very far from measuring the magnitude, as evidenced by the 150 million Grand Theft Auto 5 sold by Rockstar, in large part thanks to the success of online mode GTA Online .

According to Kotaku, it is Rockstar Dundee who took care of restoring these cult games of the Playstation 2. Generation 2. Called Ruffian Games until his redemption by Rockstar in October 2020, this studio had mainly worked on Crackdown 2 and on some Microsoft titles as cdeveloper. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition will be available this year on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch and PC on the Rockstar Games launcher. The studio will take more time to optimize iOS and Android portages that will wait for the first half of 2022.

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