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speculawyer · Dec 6, 2011

Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition will be available for select new generation iOS and Android devices on the App Store and Android Marketplace next week, December 15th for $4.99. Below is an updated list of devices to be supported at launch, along with some brand new screenshots from both the iOS and Android versions (also look for a new trailer to coincide with the official release next week).

Apple iOS Devices: iPad 1 & 2, iPhone 4 & 4S, iPod touch 4th Generation
Android Phones: HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, T-Mobile G2x
Android Tablets: Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S, Toshiba Thrive

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...year-anniversary-edition-coming-to-mobil.html

Android screen:

iOS screen:

Damn, maybe I need to upgrade my phone or get an Android tablet.

sixteen-bit · Dec 6, 2011

Looks good.

Lagspike_exe · Dec 6, 2011

I'll try this on my iPad 1, but I can't imagine it running very smoothly.

spats · Dec 6, 2011

_dementia said:
Looks good.

And propably controls like shit.

Sho_Nuff82 · Dec 6, 2011

This will outsell Angry Birds.

The Lamonster · Dec 6, 2011

I cannot see how this could control well without a controller.

sixteen-bit · Dec 6, 2011

Sho_Nuff82 said:
This will outsell Angry Birds.

At $4.99 I doubt that.

Isn't AB at like, 500 million?

biosnake20 · Dec 6, 2011

Sho_Nuff82 said:
This will outsell Angry Birds.

LOL

stilgar · Dec 6, 2011

My fingers hurt already

I'm unable to play Pac-Man correctly with tactile controls...so 3D Pacman in a gangsta city, shooting the cops and chillin' in the Mafia? No way.

jlevel13 · Dec 6, 2011

The Lamonster said:
I cannot see how this could control well without a controller.

It didn't even control very well with a controller.

catmincer · Dec 6, 2011

Well, my phone will play it. But, I am wondering how the controls will work

blahness · Dec 6, 2011

Is this going to be a universal app?

AcceptableGhost · Dec 6, 2011

This is going to control AWFULLY.

Takamura-San · Dec 6, 2011

I'm also worried how it will control.

I guess you have to stay as far away from water as possible and avoid shooting

Man God · Dec 6, 2011

jlevel13 said:
It didn't even control very well with a controller.

Don't leave out KB+M, which the controls also suck for!

Wario64 · Dec 6, 2011

$5 GTA3 and you can login multiple AppleIDs on 1 device without resetting settings

RIP VITA

Also if someone makes an OT, I'll be disappointed if thread title isn't GTA III |OT| PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT

Kung Fu Jedi · Dec 6, 2011

I'll pick it up and give it a try. Never thought I'd be playing GTA III on a phone.

Chris R · Dec 6, 2011

Shame my phone isn't on the supported list (it should be... Galaxy S II isn't a slouch when it comes to performance) because I've never played this or Vice City. Been meaning to get around to it at some point to be able to say I've experienced them (and still claim that SA is the best of the bunch

)

Would be cool if the game works out of the box with a bluetooth pad in ICS.

sixteen-bit · Dec 6, 2011

Wario64 said:
$5 GTA3 and you can login multiple AppleIDs on 1 device without resetting settings

RIP VITA

never missing a beat

AbsoluteZero · Dec 6, 2011

I remember back in 2001 gamers were claiming that "Grand Theft Auto III could never be on the Gamecube because the controller doesn't have enough buttons."

And now we have to play it with NO buttons.

Boy this should be fun.

cws · Dec 6, 2011

blahness said:
Is this going to be a universal app?

Will get it for 99 cent since it will probably control like shit.

speculawyer · Dec 6, 2011

Yeah, I'm worried about control as well. Supposedly they did a good job with GTA Chinatown wars. Perhaps they've given it some auto-aim to help?

SturokBGD · Dec 6, 2011

Ah crap, should have saved my "push it to the LIMIT!" comment for this thread.

I'm probably going to pass because I already own GTAIII several times over on different systems, but I would like to say in this age of "HD remakes" that it's an enormous shame they're celebrating the 10th anniversary of one of the most historically important videogames of all time by putting out a cheap straight-up port of the original game on mobile devices.

stilgar · Dec 6, 2011

Wario64 said:
$5 GTA3 and you can login multiple AppleIDs on 1 device without resetting settings

RIP VITA

So who is cancelling their Vita preorder to get an Iphone 4?

speculawyer · Dec 6, 2011

AbsoluteZero said:
I remember back in 2001 gamers were claiming that "Grand Theft Auto III could never be on the Gamecube because the controller doesn't have enough buttons."

And now we have to play it with NO buttons.

Boy this should be fun.

Well . . . apparently there are as many buttons as you want to create icons and space for.

nincompoop · Dec 6, 2011

They should port Steel Battalion next, another game that would play really well on smartphones.

AbsoluteZero · Dec 6, 2011

speculawyer said:
Well . . . apparently there are as many buttons as you want to create icons and space for.

I can't believe this image has finally been bested:

Threi · Dec 6, 2011

lol @ OG iphone 4 being supported while GSII and the like aren't

sixteen-bit · Dec 6, 2011

Threi said:
lol @ OG iphone 4 being supported while GSII and the like aren't

Playing favorites?

udivision · Dec 6, 2011

stilgar said:
So who is cancelling their Vita preorder to get an Iphone 4?

My iphone did it for me. I didn't even ask.

CrunchinJelly · Dec 6, 2011

Threi said:
lol @ OG iphone 4 being supported while GSII and the like aren't

OS overheads, probably.

Is it Universal on iOS?

Guevara · Dec 6, 2011

$20 to the first gaffer to 100% GTA 3 on the iPhone with touch controls ONLY (i.e. no 3rd party controllers)

neojubei · Dec 6, 2011

Threi said:
lol @ OG iphone 4 being supported while GSII and the like aren't

Kind of surprised by that. Anyways I'll buy this game

chickdigger802 · Dec 6, 2011

jlevel13 said:
It didn't even control very well with a controller.

That is a sad but true point.

I guess negatives cancel out!

They really should port all the crappy controlling console games to ios then.

Wario64 · Dec 6, 2011

Guevara said:
$20 to the first gaffer to 100% GTA 3 on the iPhone with touch controls ONLY (i.e. no 3rd party controllers)

I bet I could do this. You better hold true to your word.

Threi · Dec 6, 2011

_dementia said:
Playing favorites?

Nope, blame the Android fanbase for that one.

"IF IT'S NOT BLEEDING EDGE IT SUCKS"

speculawyer · Dec 6, 2011

Threi said:
lol @ OG iphone 4 being supported while GSII and the like aren't

From Rockstar

Rockstar said:
@Sektor_hustle @Piotrek @giore91 & others, again, there are some other technical differences with the Galaxy S2 that make the development process a special case. Of course we’d love to make the game available on as many devices for as many people as possible, so know that it is something we’re still working on.

3Gs Apple phones/iTouch will not be supported though.

kinggroin · Dec 6, 2011

Android version could possibly be the bet version by a large margin if they support usb controllers (honeycomb tablets have built in 360/ps3 controller drivers).

Also, looking at what's supported, I'm a little dumbfounded. Android versionis tegra 2 only it seems, yet the iphone 4 sports the same sgx gpu present in a lot of early android phones. The omap based phones SHOULD be on this list.

outunderthestars · Dec 6, 2011

AbsoluteZero said:
I can't believe this image has finally been bested:

That was my first thought. People will still buy it though. I would love to know what percentage of purchased IOS/android games get played more than once.

Carl · Dec 6, 2011

speculawyer said:
iOS screen:

That control scheme looks like a sodding nightmare

hyp · Dec 6, 2011

outunderthestars said:
That was my first thought. People will still buy it though. I would love to know what percentage of purchased IOS/android games get played more than once.

I have many games I've spent hours on. what are you trying to get at?

Cruzader · Dec 6, 2011

Cant wait for Apple to make its console debut. It will destroy all.

T_T

stilgar · Dec 6, 2011

hyp said:
I have many games I've spent hours on. what are you trying to get at?

That some games with poorly implemented controls are obviously unplayable?

Leona Lewis · Dec 6, 2011

Shockingly good price - lower than most of Gameloft's stuff and miles away from S-E's nonsense pricing. If Vita ever gets a PS2 Game Archives, I'd hope that $5 is the standard pricing. It's just the right amount, so you know it won't happen

PetriP-TNT · Dec 6, 2011

It's funny how if the controls even barely work this will be iOS/Android GOTF

Stoked

Fjordson · Dec 6, 2011

Will probably try this on iPad 2.

dallow_bg · Dec 6, 2011

I think I know how the 3DS guys feels everytime people say 'redesign'.

Ninja Scooter · Dec 6, 2011

I fully expect it to play like ass but I will buy this for pure nostalgia.

mckmas8808 · Dec 6, 2011

Cruzader said:
Cant wait for Apple to make its console debut. It will destroy all.

T_T

Yeah.....

Pachimari · Dec 6, 2011

I take it those rotating arrows on the left side, are for turning the camera around?

They could have done it differently:
Touch anywhere on the screen and slide to turn the camera like in the FPS games for one.
Double tap a car to steal it, get out of it, to remove one more button.
Single-tap the car to use the horn, remove another button.

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