Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (Switch) News Articles
Wednesday13th Aug 2025
News New Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Physical Switch Release Spotted
Update: New listing pops up in Europe and it's a "code-in-box"
Since the arrival of Game-Key Cards on the Switch 2, there has been ongoing discussion about the future of third-party physical releases. Even during the Switch generation, certain hard copy releases didn't always live up to expectations, opting to include a download code instead of the...
Thursday8th May 2025
News Former Rockstar Dev Throws Shade At Mario Kart World, Says New GTA Will Be Worth The Price
"You think Mario Kart competes with a game like this"
Rockstar Games blew up the internet this week with the second official trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI and it's led to all sorts of discussion about the current state of the industry including the future pricing of games (yes, it's come up again). Former Rockstar animator Mike York, who...
Tuesday4th Mar 2025
News Rockstar Games Announces Acquisition Of Dev Behind GTA Trilogy Upgrades
The studio will be renamed 'Rockstar Australia'
Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar has announced its acquisition of the Australian developer Video Games Deluxe. This Sydney-based team, which worked on the upgrades to Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition last year, will be renamed Rockstar Australia. The same team has previously...
Friday15th Nov 2024
News GTA Trilogy Update Removes Dev From Splash Screen, CEO Responds
But it's still in the "final credits"
Earlier this week, Rockstar Games rolled out a surprise update for the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy on Switch and other platforms. Fans quickly noticed how the port team 'Grove Street Games' had been dropped from the trilogy's splash screen and now the developer's CEO Thomas Williamson has responded on social...
Thursday14th Nov 2024
News Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Receives A Surprise Update, Here's What's Included
Update: The Switch patch has also gone live
Grand Theft Auto Trilogy wasn't in the best state when it originally launched, but the development team has rolled out multiple updates since then. With this in mind, the game has now received a surprise update. The catch is it seems to only be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC...
Tuesday16th Jul 2024
News Switch Briefly Mentioned On GTA+ Subscription Site Before Being Removed
There, then gone
Rockstar Games might be bringing its GTA+ subscription service to Nintendo Switch. At least, that's what we thought momentarily. For a brief period, the GTA developer had Nintendo's hybrid console mentioned on its subscription site, but this nod has since been removed (thanks, VGC). The GTA+ service offers access to "a rotating...
Thursday23rd Nov 2023
News Blogs On GTA 3, Vice City Development Removed After Rockstar North Complains
"Something about ruining the Rockstar mystique"
An ex-Rockstar North employee has removed several blogs detailing the development of games such as Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and the cancelled spy game Agent after the studio itself submitted a written complaint via email (thanks, Time Extension). In a series of posts dubbed
Saturday29th Jul 2023
News Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption Logo Update Reignites Remaster Rumours
Update: It's official
Update [Mon 7th Aug, 2023 15:30 BST]: And it's official: <related ids="153666"> Original Story: After the troubled release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch, it looks like Rockstar Games could potentially be remastering another one of its older titles. It seems the...
Tuesday15th Nov 2022
Random Rockstar Reportedly Turned Down A GTA Movie Starring Eminem
Tony Scott was in the cockpit to direct
Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the Grand Theft Auto series is huge. It is big enough to have GTA 6 subjected to leaks for months, big enough to have its iconic trilogy ported to Switch (in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition) with terrible effect last year and, it turns out, it...
Wednesday19th Oct 2022
News Grand Theft Auto Trilogy's Latest Nintendo Switch Update Is Now Available
Download it today
As you might recall, the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition arrived on the Nintendo Switch late last year in a pretty rough state. Since then, it's received multiple updates to improve the overall experience across all three games. Rockstar Games seems to have taken inspiration from Nintendo's stability patch notes in the...
Tuesday13th Sep 2022
Random Reggie Fils-Aimé Played A Ton Of GTA During The GameCube Era
Wait... that wasn't on GameCube!
Ex-Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé is well known for his showmanship and love for Nintendo games, but if a recent interview is anything to by, it seems he may have spent more of his time on the PlayStation 2 during the early 2000s rather than the GameCube. Traitor, right..? Nah, we're kidding...
Tuesday5th Jul 2022
Rumour Planned Remasters For GTA IV And Red Dead Redemption Have Apparently Been Scrapped
Well, that's a shame
Rumours have been swirling for quite some time regarding a potential remaster for Red Dead Redemption. The game originally launched over twelve years ago on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and followed the exploits of ex-outlaw John Marston as he hunts down his former gang members. The sequel, launched in 2018, showcased John's gang...
Tuesday17th May 2022
News Take-Two Interactive Plans On Releasing 8 'New Iterations' Of Past Games
More remasters could be on the way to Switch
Take-Two Interactive, the holding company responsible for such studios as Rockstar Games, 2K, and Private Division, has announced via its financial report that it plans on releasing 8 'new iterations of previously released titles' over the course of FY2023 - FY2025. While the terminology itself is...
Saturday26th Feb 2022
News Rockstar's GTA Trilogy Is Getting "New Patches" Next Week
Update: The Switch patch appears to have arrived early
Update: It seems the patch update for the Nintendo Switch version has arrived early. Here are the full details courtesy of Rockstar's support page: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Title Update Notes 1.04 (Switch): General - All Titles Improved game performance across...
Tuesday8th Feb 2022
News Take-Two Says GTA Trilogy "Significantly Exceeded" Sales Expectations Despite "Quality Lapse"
"From a quality point of view it has been an isolated case"
During a call with investors, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed that GTA Trilogy has beaten expectations to rack up more than 10 million in sales across all formats. While Zelnick hasn't officially said that it sold 10 million, it was announced that the entire GTA franchise has now...
Friday21st Jan 2022
News Grand Theft Auto Trilogy's Physical Edition On Switch Launches Next Month
Nintendo locks in a date
Nintendo has revealed that the physical edition of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition for Switch will hit retail stores on 11th February. The news was shared today with fans on social media, with tweets confirming the release date and giving us a good look at the official box art. The 11th February date...
Thursday20th Jan 2022
News Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Has "Done Just Great" Despite Disastrous Launch
According to Take-Two's CEO
Last year, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition arrived on Switch and other platforms in what Digital Foundry – and many others, let's be honest – described as "a big mess". Despite its troubled launch, however, the CEO of Take-Two, which is the parent company of GTA developer Rockstar, claims that...
Tuesday21st Dec 2021
News Balan Wonderworld Is Officially The Worst Switch Game Of 2021, According To Metacritic
The GTA Trilogy for Switch also made the top 10
We're at the tail-end of 2021, and that means awards are being handed out for the best (and worst) video games of the year. We've seen plenty of winners, but what about the games that didn't go down so well this year? If you're wondering what exactly were the worst games of the year, Metacritic has...
Saturday4th Dec 2021
News Grand Theft Auto Trilogy's Latest Nintendo Switch Update Is Now Available
Download it now
Earlier this week Rockstar Games rolled out a new update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition fixing a range of issues. At the time, it was also mentioned how the update would be made available on the Nintendo Switch in the coming days, and it's now officially arrived. This bumps each game (Grand Theft Auto...
Wednesday1st Dec 2021
News GTA Trilogy's Physical Edition For Switch Has Been Delayed, Will Now Arrive In "Early 2022"
Can you wait a little bit longer?
If you've been holding out for the physical release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch, unfortunately, it's been delayed until next year. The hard copy was due to launch on Nintendo's hybrid system on 7th December, and has now been pushed back to "early 2022". No...
Tuesday30th Nov 2021
News GTA Trilogy Gets Another Update, Heading To Switch 'In The Coming Days'
Fixes include stopping it raining indoors, of course
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, to give it the full name, had a rocky launch plagued by numerous bugs and a negative reaction from a lot of players. Rockstar and developer Grove Street Games has had to handle that fallout, and has already released two patches to try and...
Tuesday23rd Nov 2021
Fixes for all three games
Following on from an update on the weekend for other platforms, Rockstar now appears to have pushed the latest updates for the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition on Nintendo Switch live. There are a handful of Switch-specific fixes and various general fixes across all platforms. These are the current...
Monday22nd Nov 2021
News Digital Foundry Continues GTA Trilogy Analysis, Sets Switch As 'Bottom Tier' Version
"The less that's said about the Switch version, the better"
It's fair to say that the launch of Grant Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition has been problematic, and a relatively rare example of Rockstar Games (and developer of the remaster Grove Street Games) being hit with extensive criticism. The visual style, performance and bugs have...
Saturday20th Nov 2021
News Rockstar Has Released Its First Update For The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy
Fixes incoming
Following on from its apology message, Rockstar Games appears to have already rolled out its first update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. The post on Rockstar's Support page for Version 1.02 mentions all platforms but the Switch in the title. The patch notes though mention general fixes for "all platforms"...
Friday19th Nov 2021
News Rockstar Apologises For GTA Trilogy Issues, First Of Multiple Updates Due In 'Coming Days'
"The games will reach the level of quality that they deserve to be"
Rockstar is a company that, for the most part, has enjoyed near constant success and extraordinary sales. As you're no doubt aware, though, the recent launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition was met with plenty of criticism, which will have no doubt been...
Tuesday16th Nov 2021
News Modders Have Already "Fixed" Some Rain Issues In The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy
But you'll just have to wait for an official patch on Switch
As you might have heard, the rain is out of control in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Not only is it torrential, but it also has some "sorting issues" (as highlighted by Digital Foundry) where things like pools of water are layered in front of rain. While Switch...
Monday15th Nov 2021
News Digital Foundry Begins GTA Trilogy Analysis, Describes GTA 3 On Switch As A 'Big Mess'
"It's not a good version, I cannot stress that enough"
It's fair to say that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - from hereon just 'GTA Trilogy' - has been getting a bit of a pasting online. Though Rockstar is an exceptionally wealthy and successful game company, the remaster of three iconic GTA games has drawn criticism for its...
News GTA Trilogy Is Very Close To Receiving The Worst Ever Switch User Review Score On Metacritic
Currently standing at 0.5
As you've probably heard by now, or perhaps even experienced yourself, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition really isn't great. With constant frame rate problems, lots of bugs and glitches, a low resolution and blurry visuals, and some truly awful pop-in that ruins gameplay, the Switch edition is a poor...
News GTA Trilogy Contains The Infamous 'Hot Coffee' Code That Cost Take-Two $20 Million
...but it can't be enabled
It's fair to say that the launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition hasn't gone according to plan. First, many players took issue with some of the alterations made for the remastered games, then Rockstar was forced to remove the PC version of the game to strip out data files that were
Sunday14th Nov 2021
Video Check Out This Side-By-Side Comparison Of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City On Switch And PS Vita
Remastered on Switch, fan-made on PlayStation Vita
Whenever a classic game is remastered, remade, or just re-released, we often see an onslaught of side-by-side comparison videos displaying the original version alongside the newer version. While we're sure there are already side-by-sides of how Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition...
