It has long been rumored that Rockstar Games is not only working on behind-the-scenes versions of GTA 5 (na, and GTA 6), but also on revamping older episodes of the crime simulator. Of course, the team didn’t officially confirm anything as usual, but now one of Kotaku’s most trusted sources has revealed which parts the studio is remastering for remaster releases.
The informant had previously unveiled upcoming GTA Online and Red Dead Redemption 2 content for Kotaku weeks or even months in advance, so if it’s not even official, we can start to hope. Rockstar is said to be working on three refurbished versions at once, so we get the remaster editions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Plus, it won’t be long, as Rockstar is planning a premiere this fall, and Nintendo Switch owners can also be happy as the ports arrive on the Japanese manufacturer’s console.
And according to the news, Rocktar has not copied the work, as it has ported the new releases to Unreal Engine, and the look will be as if we have mixed the old graphics with the new one. The source has already seen the games in motion, and he said they looked as if they were brutally modified versions of the original versions. The developers did not leave the menu systems untouched either, but they retained their classic style. How much Rockstar has reached into the gameplay is not yet known, it just turned out that they tried to stay as faithful to the original games as they could.
The source also confirmed that the lion’s share of the refurbishment was carried out by Scottish Rockstar Dundee, a newly formed team within the company. The guard was bought by Rockstar not so long ago, and perhaps their name will not be unknown: they were the Ruffian Games who worked on the Master Chief Collection as well as the second and third parts of Crackdown before they became Rockstar Dundee. Another source also reported that the new studio has helped not only with the remaster’s work, but also with the nextgen GTA 5, which will arrive in November.
If all is true, the games will be available in one package and only digitally, although don’t get poisoned until we get official information! Not least because Rockstar himself has allegedly modified his plans for remasters several times. First, the package was intended for customers of the nextgen GTA 5 and GTA Online, as a bonus, then came the coronavirus epidemic and things changed. Rockstar then planned to debut the remastered package this year, but it didn’t work out, and now it will be released in late October or early November on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, Switch, PC, Stadia and mobile platforms. . True, as of the present position, it is not excluded that PC and mobile ports will slip by 2022 because console versions will take precedence.
Another good news is that if this refurbished pack is well received by the audience, it is possible that additional Rockstar games, such as Red Dead Redemption, will also be refurbished. The studio takes it seriously, according to the source, so much so that we get fewer updates to Red Dead Online because a significant portion of the teams have helped with the development.
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