Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version has been shock launched on Steam by Rockstar.
The sport appeared quietly and unexpectedly on the location on Thursday night (January 19) and comes full with Steam Deck assist.
The discharge got here full with affirmation that it’s going to additionally arrive on the Epic Video games Retailer later this month.
Rockstar are additionally internet hosting a writer sale on Steam to coincide with the discharge, which incorporates 50 per cent off Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version.
In November 2021, Rockstar apologised for the launch of GTA: The Trilogy, which was riddled with “surprising technical points”. These points embrace quite a lot of in-game bugs, server points stopping consumers from taking part in the sport on launch day, and the inclusion of a number of lacking songs hidden inside the information.
Though the studio mounted many of those bugs later within the month, followers had already evaluate bombed GTA: The Trilogy as a result of high quality of its launch.
Take-Two then stated it was “exceedingly assured” that points with the launch won’t be repeated with future video games.
“We’re completely centered on high quality right here and we at all times need to ship the absolute best expertise,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick stated early final 12 months, admitting that “very often we fall quick, and I feel the Trilogy was an instance of that, and the title was launched with some points.”
In a three-star evaluate, NME stated: “GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version feels removed from the final word model of those nice video games proper now. Three magnificent open-world adventures have been made accessible on fashionable consoles, they usually really feel significantly better to play than ever due to a set of mechanical tweaks, however the visible overhaul has summoned scores of latest issues that make the bundle troublesome to advocate in its present state.”
“Newcomers with out nostalgia might nonetheless discover lots to like on this assortment, however you’d be significantly better off ready for patches and updates that may hopefully deliver the Trilogy as much as scratch in order that it will probably mirror the enduring brilliance of the supply materials.”