Only select devices will be capable of running it.
In just over a week's time, one of the most influential games of the last generation of consoles will be playable in its entirety on your phone.
As previously announced, the 10-year anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III's release (it came out on PS2 on October 22, 2001) is being celebrated with the release of it on iOS and Android devices. Only more recent hardware will be capable of running it, at least at launch -- additional support for other devices could come later. For the time being, you'll need one of the following to play it:
- 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
Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition will go on sale on both the App Store and Android Marketplace on December 15. It'll be avilable for $4.99, half the price of what you can expect to pay for it on Steam on any given day.
Visually the game appears to look just as it did in 2001. The obvious catch is playing the game on an all-touchscreen interface doesn't sound like the most ideal way to play, particularly when there were complaints about the shooting aspects of the game when it was played on a controller. We've gone hands-on with it and Rockstar seems to be doing what it can to deal with the issues (one solution: only displaying buttons when they are needed), but your miles may vary when it comes to dealing with the controls yourself.
As of yet GTAIII is the only old GTA game confirmed for iOS and Android. While there would be a "technical challenge" in porting Vice City and San Andreas, ports of the two have been deemed"very possible" by Rockstar. I wouldn't mind seeing GTA2 as well -- Chinatown Wars showed an overhead GTA game can (mostly) work with touchscreen controls, and the Zaibatsu aren't about to help themselves.
Screen 1 from iOS version; 2 and 3 from Android version
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