In those two months, Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two Interactive was busy suing people – their own fans, to be exact – who have been putting much, much effort into making the GTA series better with enhancements, quality-of-life improvements and better graphics via some successful mods. We will get back to this, but let me tell you what happened in the two months between the Kotaku report and Rockstar’s official announcement. All three of these games are being remastered using the Unreal Engine and will be a mix of 'new and old graphics.' One source who claims to have seen a snippet of the games in action said the visuals reminded them of a heavily-modded version of a classic GTA title,” said Kotaku’s Zack Zwiezen in the report. “According to these sources, Rockstar is actively developing remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. The website announced to the public that Rockstar Games is developing a GTA Remastered Trilogy.
It all started with an exclusive report by Kotaku. Many of us are left with a lot of questions, that’s for sure. Will that “definitive” edition really be definitive? What exactly does “a mix of old and new graphics” even mean? I have high hopes, but I've some valid suspicions too. Those are two of my other childhood favorites so, I am hyped beyond words. I also love GTA 3 for its dark atmosphere and GTA: Vice City for its vibrant '80s feel and vaporwave vibes. I have been in love with it for nearly 17 years now and I’m pretty sure I will not obsess more over any other game.
GTA: San Andreas is my all-time favorite and I am positively biased toward it, no matter which version I am playing. Rockstar Games recently announced Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition to much celebration coupled with reasonable suspicion.