Given the disastrous release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition, Rockstar Games has announced plans to deploy the trilogy's classic versions on the Rockstar Games Launcher. PC players were saddled with the short end of the stick in terms of Grand Theft Auto's remastered collection. Notably, GTA Trilogy's PC version launched exclusively through the Rockstar Games Launcher, a decision that instantly backfired when the remastered arrived late last week.
A wide array of game-breaking bugs beset the experience, for example. The launcher shutdown for a while as well, then Rockstar pulled the trilogy from sale on the PC storefront entirely. GTA Trilogy has since been restored on the platform, but players continue to encounter bugs, graphical hiccups, and performance issues that hinder a desire to proceed. And since the advent of the so-called Definitive Edition saw Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive remove the classic versions of GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas from digital stores, the recent remasters count as the only way in which to explore these seminal titles on modern hardware. For some players, though, the will soon change.
In acknowledging the GTA Trilogy's technical issues in a blog post, Rockstar Games announced plans to return the classic editions of GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas to the Rockstar Store "shortly." The titles will release as a bundle, the post notes, and PC players who purchase the trilogy's Definitive Edition via the launcher through June 30, 2022 can expect to receive the older versions at no extra charge.
The key motivating factor for such a move seems to rest in the fact that players have expressed a desire to also own the PS2 classics. As of writing, though, there's no word on whether Rockstar Games will similarly reverse course and re-release the originals on consoles.
As noted above, Rockstar and Take-Two removed the classic GTA titles from sale in the weeks leading up to the GTA Trilogy release. The new collection was meant to offer players the definitive experience, something so grand that not even the older versions were necessary. Unfortunately, things failed to go according to plan. Jury's out on whether the Definitive Edition will ever reach a state that meets player expectations.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is available now on Nintendo Switch, PC via the Rockstar Games Launcher, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S; Android and iOS ports are slated for 2022.
Source: Rockstar Games
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