Last week, rumours surfaced online about Rockstar Dundee remastering the Grand Theft Auto trilogy for multiple platforms, including Nintendo Switch.
The original Kotaku story said there was a possibility of these games arriving as early as October or November this year, but new information provided by reputable Call of Duty and Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson claims the trilogy remaster won't show up until next year:
"I wasn't going to mention the GTA Remastered Trilogy, because everything I've heard has been covered - The only difference is that I don't believe the launch time frame is correct...Sometime in 2022."
As highlighted by a story on our sister site Pure Xbox, the "next-gen version" of GTA V is heading to Xbox this November, so it would make a lot of sense for Rockstar to avoid releasing a possible trilogy remaster around the same time.
Apart from Henderson, VGC's Andy Robinson has also backed up the original Kotaku report about a remaster of the GTA trilogy over the past week:
"The [Kotaku] report corroborates information VGC has recently received from its own sources, which also suggested the remasters were in development."
VGC has noted how GTA parent Take-Two confirmed the development of three unannounced titles based on "previously released" games during its recent investor presentation.
According to Kotaku's original story, the remastered trilogy will run on the Unreal Engine, and will be a mix of "new and old" graphics.
You can get the full rundown about the rumoured GTA trilogy remaster for Switch in our previous story.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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Nice, but why no Switch GTA V? It could surely handle a port based on the PS3 version at least. Especially when we have games like Witcher 3 on it which is probably larger and more graphically demanding.
I do find it funny Rockstar will soon have re-released GTA V for three whole generations and still not put out a sequel or even announced one. Nintendo would be slaughtered for that behaviour.
They need more time to refine those high quality animations.
Oops. Wrong franchise?
Give me the originals on a physical and I'll snatch it up.
Otherwise, I still have my PS2 to play the originals, but would be fun to play on the go (well at lunch at work)
G.T.A.R.T. has a ring to it.
I hope if it’s that far away they’re updating the controls and doing a good job with quality control.
@Bunkerneath I would love to have the original two as well. I had GTA2 on the Dreamcast, great game.
So basically, at some point in the future, on one or more platforms, a remaster of a GTA game, or more, or all of them will be released for a certain amount of money either physically or digitally or both.
@codessa lol, looking forward to hearing YouTubers try to pronounce G.T.A.R.T
Does this Tom Henderson have an uncle working at Rockstar Games to know this?
@Clyde_Radcliffe we can blame GTA Online for that as it ruined the old Rockstar Games we knew and truly loved…
This is probably just about as real as switch pro. Hope it's not from the same leaker who leaked that BS.
Rumour… GTA may not arrive at all.
These leakers are basically attention seeking, time wasting parasites, they just make stuff up and people hang on their every word……it’s all about the YouTube clicks for most of them.
It's going to sell loads either way, but holiday 2021 window is crying out for a major release to sit between Metroid and Pokemon.
Do Nintendo still have something up their sleeve for this window? I don't think so.
GTA would be a good release.
@nocdaes You'll have to wait for the next Direct (hopefully September)
I have no idea who is reputable or not with leakers. Have Rockstar ever released more than game so closely? I'm not convinced an XBox release of V would have that much of an impact on the multiplatform release of a trilogy.
I would like to add my voice to the chorus for GTA V Switch. I'd double dip.
@nocdaes What is Shin Megami Tensei V for you? I know it won't sell that much to consider it a big hit, but Nintendo is promoting that game A LOT. A high quality exclusive game, made by the same people that developed the so well-known Persona 5.
And hey, I prefer high quality games like that way more than big sellers like the Pokemon remakes, honestly. Anyway, if you want games that will sell consoles, you also have Mario Party. And don't forget Monster Hunter Rise, Mario 3D World and Zelda SS, that will keep selling pretty well this holiday season.
@Clyde_Radcliffe I believe @Flashlink99 is correct. The online component is absolutely essential to GTAV as a moneymaker from Take-Two's point of view, and the Switch is not exactly known for its online capabilities.
I imagine Rockstar could easily port the first-gen versions of GTAV to Switch, but because they can't implement all the GTA Online features (and microtransactions) as easily or reliably, there's far less potential for profit. So, that's why I don't think we'll ever see GTAV on Switch.
Lol it kills me how people believe everything they read.gta 5 is coming to switch in 2022.see what I just did same thing as these leakers
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