Rumor: GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas Remasters Coming This Fall for XS, PS5, Switch, and More - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 October 2021 / 3,035 Views
Rockstar Games is developing remasters for three classic Grand Theft Auto titles, according to multiple sources who spoke with Kotaku.
The three Grand Theft Auto titles getting remastered are Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Rockstar Games is using Unreal Engine and will be a mix of "new and old graphics." The user interface is getting updated, but will retain its classic style.
One source who claims to have seen actual footage of the remasters says it reminded them of a heavily-modded version of a classic Grand Theft Auto title.
The remasters will launch together in one package in late October and early November for the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Google Stadia, iOS, and Android, according to the sources. However, the PC and mobile versions might get pushed back to 2022 as Rockstar is focusing on consoles first.
Rockstar Games might also be working on new ports of games like Red Dead Redemption. However, this will depend on the success of the Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas remasters.
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Given the age of these games, I’d have thought remakes would have been required. Take2 remade Mafia 1, which was released around the same time, so I’d taken that as a bit of an indicator.
For Pete's sake just put GTA5 on Switch already, it's the biggest no-brainer ever, one of the most popular games in the world, on one of the most popular systems ever. We know it could handle it, GTA5 ran on the 30 after all.
Right. Maybe they'll see the high sales of this and finally do 5.
It's already on a lot of consoles. They should be extremely familiar with the code by this point. Ports don't cost the amount that people think they do.
Plus, we're comparing ps2 games to a PS3/360 game. It's not a PS4/xbone game. It's not like they would have to remaster it. We would basically be getting a 720p+ docked gta5. So just like on the 7th gen. It's pretty clear the switch is more than capable of handling such games. Even the Wii u had 7th gen ports.
So the good GTAs? I'm in!
Yeah a remaster isn't really enough. These games need more changes than just 60 FPS, better textures and better lighting.
Remember the HD version of San Andreas on 360? That was just a port of the mobile version...
For me, it's pointless because they are overall old pretty bad with mechanics and gameplay for today standards. I still enjoy playing original version. Only reason for this edition is nostalgia.
It will print money... Good thing the Switch doesn't miss out this time.
Boo that PC and Mobile get pushed back.
graphics shouldve been more outstanding but keep the gameplay the same wouldve been nice haha!
While I hope this is true and the Switch gets some GTA games, I'm worried they won't put that much effort into the ports. Considering they are focusing so much on the online business (to the point there's no single player expansion for GTA V), they might just leave the ports to a 3rd party and call it a day.
If the 3rd party is Saber Interactive I'm all for it.
Interesting. Has Rockstar used Unreal before? I wonder how much of each game's soundtrack will remain intact.
Why would they release this fall to compete with GTA V for PS5/XS?
Even RDR2 didn't compete with GTA V
Rockstar would consider the Switch for the 2nd time after L.A. Noire ? That would be a miracle
It's GTA. It's going to sell no matter what, unlike L.A. Noire.
L.A. Noire sold 5 million copies across all platforms combined. I'd hope that Rockstar wasn't using that as a barometer for potential sales of a series that has sold 350 million.
Yeah but we haven't seen anything related to Rockstar on the Switch so far besides LA Noire
I could see this being huge on Switch. Doesn't sound like it'll be a cutting edge game, so perfect for portability and maybe not missing out on too much if you skip the current gen version. Of course will have to see how it looks first.
These remasters are currently on the PS4 and Xbox one so not new at all. GTA5 would sell much more than these remasters on the switch
A quick looks shows this is not true. The current versions of these are just rendered in 1080p but they're not upgraded in unreal engine 4 with any modern graphics.
Yes 1080p is remastered. You should look up how most remasters are handled. If anything these coming remasters would look slightly better. Gameplay will still be the same
I know I’m out of sync with the industry standard here but to me that description is of an enhanced port, not a remaster. A more substantial overhaul of game beyond just graphics and performance is needed to be a remaster, such a wider quality of life improvements to level appearance, in-game assets etc and addition of gaming standard that didn’t exist at the time (ie checkpoints).
Why did you ignore the actual point?
I'm not talking about the semantics of a remaster, simply the fact that this reported upgrade is built in UE4 with modern graphic elements is not "already available" on any platform, thus will attract new consumers
There are games ported using ue4.
Don't expect too much considering these are also coming to mobile. But my point was GTA5 would sell much more on switch even if these remasters are getting major upgrades. GTA5 is simply much more popular. They ported it to PS4 and it sold more the PS3 version I believe. They just announced 150 million sold and it will keep selling
So these are going to just be mere remasters and not total remakes using the latest R should be offering?.
Likely to be a pass for me, mostly because they'll likely be charged high and require that stupid R client in order to run them.
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