Table of Contents
New features: What’s new in terms of graphics and gameplay?
Graphical and gameplay updates planned: With the remaster trilogy, Rockstar is giving the games GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas mainly graphical improvements, but also modern gameplay. There are no concrete details about this at the moment, but they should follow in the foreseeable future.
On 15 October, however, new details about the improvements were leaked by alloc8or via GTANet, which the dataminer was able to extract from an update for the Rockstar Launcher. From a not yet officially released description of the GTA Remaster trilogy, the following info emerges:
- new lighting effects
- HD textures
- enhanced foresight
- GTA 5 style controls and aiming mechanics
- and more …
GTATrilogy description has been discovered, and reveals the games will have new lighting, high resolution textures, GTAV-style controls & targeting, and more!
Credit to @alloc8or
Source: https://t.co/eOo0SohmW9 pic.twitter.com/zvpbWhSqsp
– GTANet (@GTANet) October 15, 2021
System requirements: What does my PC need to do?
Dataminer alloc8or was also able to get information about the system requirements of GTA: Definitive Edition from the update of the Rockstar Games Launcher. And they are indeed more demanding than those of GTA 5:
Minimum system requirements:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2700K / AMD FX-6300
- Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3 GB
- Memory: 8 GB Ram
- Memory: 45 GB
- Operating System: Windows 10
Recommended System Requirements:
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB
- Memory: 16 GB Ram
- Memory: 45 GB
- Operating System: Windows 10
The PC requirements for GTA Trilogy are higher than the requirements for GTA V. 👀https://t.co/gtGD7IbZbd pic.twitter.com/1DgWNZup5Z
– Okami Games (@Okami13_) October 15, 2021
New backgrounds and icons leaked
By the way, the latest leak through an update of the Rockstar Games Launcher also reveals new image material: Icons as well as backgrounds for the three games in the collection GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas were extracted from the files by data miners. Take a look for yourself:
The GTATrilogy Rockstar Games Launcher background images have also been foundhttps://t.co/WoMQTUDzIk pic.twitter.com/mPReJtS3yq
– GTA News 🔴 RockstarINTEL.com (@GTAonlineNews) October 15, 2021
A little sneak peak at the Rockstar Launcher with the new GTA remaster screens from @alloc8or on GTAForums! https://t.co/vDG0kV1KEW pic.twitter.com/b3MhYUMbRo
– GTA News 🔴 RockstarINTEL.com (@GTAonlineNews) October 15, 2021
Achievements of the Remaster Trilogy already leaked
If you already want to know which Achievements you can earn in GTA: Definitive Edition, dataminers already provide the answer: In the Rockstar forums, the user alloc8or not only posted the achievement icons of the remasters of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas, but also their titles and descriptions.
A large part of them can obviously be earned in a rather classic way, for example by reaching certain points in the story or completing missions. However, references to other Rockstar games such as Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare can also be found by alluding to the Bigfoot mystery. Likewise, the infamous CJ meme from the game launch of GTA: San Andreas finds a mention.
Rockstar is re-releasing the classic games GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas in a remaster collection. We provide you with all the information known so far.
Rumours and leaks have already predicted it, now Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition has been officially announced. And it reissues the GTA classics 3, Vice City and San Andreas in a collected version.
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) October 8, 2021
Everything you need to know about the GTA Remaster Trilogy
Price: How much does the Remaster Trilogy cost?
The prices of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition are currently not officially known, but might have already been leaked. The Twitter user DarealBandicoot (via Okami) drew attention to pre-order entries at a online retailer According to this, the NextGen versions (PS5, Xbox Series X) of the remaster trilogy could cost up to 70 euros and the LastGen versions (PS4, Xbox One) Switch up to 60 euros. A PC version is not listed there.
However, fans should take this alleged information about the price of the game collection with a grain of salt and wait and see. These could be placeholder entries and prices that could still change until Rockstar announces them or do not correspond to the official recommended retail price.
It appears the GTA Trilogy is going to cost the full $70 on current gen, $60 on last gen.
Hope to see some significant enhancements for that price. pic.twitter.com/yv0pwAP3gf
– Okami Games (@Okami13_) October 10, 2021
New features: What’s new in terms of graphics and gameplay?
Graphic and gameplay updates planned: With the remaster trilogy, Rockstar is giving the games GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas mainly graphical improvements, but also modern gameplay ones. There are no concrete details on this at the moment, but they will follow in the foreseeable future.
Events planned for GTA Online
According to Rockstar, GTA Online players can expect a surprise or two in the coming weeks to celebrate the game collection. There is not too much information on this yet either. Currently, the official blog post talks about the following features:
- New clothes and car paint jobs
- Unusual activities in and around San Andreas
- Return of game modes like Offense Defense and Sumo
- Improvement of the matchmaking system
Content: What’s in it?
The collection with the subtly unwieldy name GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition includes the following three Rockstar games:
- GTA 3 (originally released on 22 October 2001)
- GTA: Vice City (originally released on 27 October 2002)
- GTA: San Andreas (originally released 26 October 2004)
Rockstar has already released a first teaser trailer for the remaster trilogy, which you can watch as follows:
Release: When will the Remaster Trilogy be released?
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition doesn’t have a concrete release date yet, but is still scheduled for release in 2021.
Kotaku already revealed in advance that the Remastered Collection is coming this year in a detailed report. The established industry insider Tom Henderson contradicted this with regard to the release date – but in the end Kotaku was right.
Just recently, however, the NextGen version of GTA 5 for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S was postponed to March 2022 – and with it the standalone version of GTA Online. Why the last trailer for the re-release of Grand Theft Auto 5 was met with so much criticism
Platforms: What will the remaster trilogy be released for
GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will be released for pretty much all major platforms. So you can experience GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas all over again on the following systems:
- PC
- Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S
- Nintendo Switch
- Playstation 4 and Xbox One
Also a release for Android and iOS is planned – but no longer this year but in the first half of 2022.
Old versions will be removed: Even before the release of the Definitive Edition, Rockstar Games will remove the original versions of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas from stores like Steam, Epic and Co. according to a blog post. So if you still want to add the games in their classic versions to your library, you should hurry up.
Events planned for GTA Online
According to Rockstar, GTA Online players can expect a surprise or two in the coming weeks to celebrate the game collection. There is not too much information about this yet either. Currently, the official blog post talks about the following features:
- New clothes and car paint jobs
- Unusual activities in and around San Andreas
- Return of game modes like Offense Defense and Sumo
- Improvement of the matchmaking system
Rumours and leaks: What was already known in advance?
Before the official announcement of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, quite a bit of information has already leaked out. As mentioned earlier, Kotaku revealed the mere existence and rough release date of the remaster trilogy in advance. The correct name for the game collection then emerged from an entry at the Korean Age Rating Board.
But Rockstar itself also leaked information about the Remastered Collection: from the in-house social club, dataminers were able to pull, among other things, the logos, desktop and achievement icons and backgrounds for the Definitive Edition.
What do you think of the announcement of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition: Are you looking forward to the return of well-known GTA classics in new splendour? Or could you do without it? Let us know in the comments!
