Rockstar actually has plans for yet another GTA remaster, and for once it's not GTA V

(Pocket-lint) - Veteran gaming tract Kotaku reports that the developers down the legendary Grand Thief Auto series, Rockstar, are readying yet different remaster of games from the series, and this clip it’s not conscionable for GTA V. 

Kotaku claims that Rockstar is readying a remastered trilogy of Grand Thief Auto III, Grand Thief Auto Vice City, and Grand Thief Auto San Andreas. According to the sites’ source, the games volition beryllium recreated utilizing Unreal Engine 4 and diagnostic a substance of “old and caller graphics”. 

Most likely, Rockstar volition beryllium looking to clasp the archetypal PS2 / Xbox-era creation benignant portion updating the nitty gritty textures and lighting to thing a acold spot much modern. This conception is corroborated successful the report, arsenic Kotaku claims that portion the UI and different specified elements volition person a caller overgarment of paint, Rockstar wants the gameplay to ‘feel’ similar the original. 

More GTA remasters… really? 

_{A screenshot from a 2018 GTA III remaster mod — the Kotaku root claims the authoritative remaster volition look thing akin to this.} 

Later, the study details however Rockstar has had plans successful the pipeline for a GTA trilogy remaster for rather immoderate clip now, but the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the company’s plans not erstwhile nor doubly but astatine slightest thrice, claims Kotaku. 

There’s besides notation of however Rockstar primitively wanted the trilogy to beryllium talented arsenic a benignant of ‘thank you’ to the fanbase who purchased the upcoming GTA V remasters for the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S, but arsenic plans person changed, the trilogy whitethorn yet conscionable spot a digital-only merchandise sometime astir October of this year.  

Perhaps the coolest portion of each this is that each 3 of these games are disposable connected mobile and person been for rather immoderate clip now, and according to the study the remaster volition successful information beryllium transplanted implicit to iOS and Android successful app signifier — of course, for a abstracted interest that is. 

What consoles volition the GTA trilogy beryllium released on?

Kotaku claims that too iOS and Android versions coming yet — either astatine merchandise oregon sometime soon aft — the GTA remastered trilogy volition motorboat connected PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo’s Switch, Google’s Stadia and PC. Rockstar has ever been beauteous finicky erstwhile it comes to PC releases, truthful don’t beryllium amazed to spot a PC motorboat besides travel astatine a delayed day similar the mobile versions — that is if Kotaku’s study does successful information cookware out. 

No connection yet connected expected performance, but conscionable days agone we reported connected however the upcoming GTA V remaster is acceptable to tally astatine 4K, 60FPS connected next-gen consoles, truthful we'd beryllium shocked if these came successful with numbers showing thing less. 

Writing by Alex Allegro. Originally published connected 13 August 2021.