After a ton of rumors and leaks, Rockstar Games has finally officially acknowledged the existence of their worst kept secret, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. That said, this official reveal is pretty scarce on the details, so we haven't actually learned much new today. Even so, it is nice to finally be able to talk about the remasters as official, definitely upcoming games.
We'd hesitate to call the little announcement video a trailer, because it just uses stylized edits of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas promotional artwork and the title logo. It's more of a... teaser animation, if anything? A slideshow, even. That is what Rockstar used to reveal the very lengthily named Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.
GTA:TT-TDE is coming sometime later this year — no concrete release date has been revealed — and will contain remastered versions of the free aforementioned 3D era titles. This leaves out Vice City Stories and Liberty City Stories for a complete 3D era home run. According to the official reveal, the remasters will have numerous gameplay improvements alongside the visual upgrades.
Rockstar has also revealed the full lineup of platforms the game will be launched on, which includes Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC via the Rockstar Games Launcher and thankfully the Nintendo Switch. The Definitive Edition was rumored to hit the Nintendo platform, but leakers were unsure. Curiously, the game will also be ported to mobile devices later on in 2022.
Rockstar Games will be sharing more information — we're guessing trailers, a breakdown of improvements, screenshots and a release date — in the "coming weeks". Based on that and the recent reports, it seems like The Definitive Edition will be missing the anniversary of GTA 3, the whole event around which the remasters' release is built. That said, we'd love to be surprised.
