Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cemented that fact with further innovations to the series that made it an icon, with memorable references that are still made to this day.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City introduced its first speaking protagonist in Tommy Vercetti and officially made the game a mainstay in the industry.
It was the first game in the series that transitioned from a top-down driver to a third-person open-world sandbox. Grand Theft Auto 3 was first released on October 22nd, 2001, and vaulted the series into the cultural stalwart that it is today. Knowing what GTA Online entails, some easy guesswork on what will be coming could include some classic cars, outfits and character skins, minigames, and maybe even some missions and jobs that reference characters or places from those games. More information will be coming out in the weeks ahead. In the press release, the only clue that Rockstar has let out is "the possibility of some unusual activity in Southern San Andreas" starting this month in GTA Online. RELATED: Rockstar Seems to be Muting "GTA 6" on its Youtube Channel As of writing, Rockstar has not divulged what the items could be or what events could be coming to their online multiplayer mode other than the t-shirt and car livery used in the announcement post. To honor the occasion, they will be holding events within Grand Theft Auto Online for the 20th Anniversary of GTA 3 that will reward players with items from the classic games. Rockstar Games officially announced that Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is real and expected out later this year. All of this comes in the wake of a purported official remaster of the 3D-era trilogy, whose release date has yet to be specified.In celebration of the newly announced Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition, Rockstar Games will be adding some cosmetic items from classic Grand Theft Auto to the Grand Theft Auto Online sandbox.
The fan-made projects are still listed on GitHub but are now set to read-only.
Take-Two is now claiming copyright infringement, even though a purchased copy of the games was required for the mods to work. These popular mods had reverse-engineered the source codes of their respective games with the aim of making them less of a headache to play on modern hardware. Updated Octoby Mark Hospodar: The GTA modding community suffered a blow recently when a lawsuit was filed by Take-Two against the authors of the re3 and reVC projects. Although mods aren't perfect, this collection of add-ons should help tide fans over until a proper remaster hits the shelves.
Many of these mods seek to remaster the game on modern hardware, making it feel like a more contemporary experience. RELATED: Ways Grand Theft Auto III Is Timeless (& Ways It Hasn't Aged Well)īut why wait? For such an old game, there are actually a fair amount of mods available to download. Currently, it's looking incredibly promising that an official remaster of the 3D-era games is about to be formally announced by Rockstar. Even though the game is now twenty years old, its legacy hasn't faded in the least. To say that Grand Theft Auto 3 is a beloved classic would be a bit of an understatement.