The boss of GTA Trilogy Definitive Version has taken to social media to reply to latest adjustments made to the sport by Rockstar.
This week, Rockstar issued a shock replace for the closely criticized GTA Trilogy Definitive Version on PC and console almost two years after the final one. The patch added a variety of visible options that had been unique to the cellular variations, pleasing disgruntled followers of the groundbreaking open-world video games.
GTA Trilogy Definitive Version, a compilation of 2001’s Grand Theft Auto 3, 2002’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis, and 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, sparked a backlash upon its 2021 launch on PC and console. IGN’s GTA Trilogy Definitive Version evaluate returned a 5/10. We stated: “GTA Trilogy Definitive Version is flawed, disappointing, and surprisingly disrespectful to three traditional video games and their many legions of followers.”
GTA Trilogy Definitive Version was developed by Grove Avenue Video games, which on the time got here underneath fireplace for the poor high quality of the discharge. The cellular variations had been developed by Video Video games Deluxe, the Australian studio behind L.A. Noire VR Case Information.
After this week’s replace went reside, customers observed Grove Avenue Video games and its brand had been faraway from GTA Trilogy’s most important menu and splash display screen. Now, the PC and console variations align with the cellular variations, exhibiting Rockstar as GTA’s developer.
Seems to be like mentions of Grove Avenue Video games and their logos have been faraway from the splash display screen and most important menu of the #GTA Definitive Editions as properly. pic.twitter.com/ZmXpccyiyS
— TJGM (@TJGM_) November 12, 2024
It’s this removing that Thomas Williamson, boss of Grove Avenue Video games, has clearly reacted to in a thinly-veiled tweet.
“Talking total hypothetically: it is a dick transfer to take away main builders from credit in an replace, particularly when an replace consists of a whole bunch of fixes that had been supplied by these builders that stayed out of gamers’ arms for years,” Williamson tweeted.
Whereas Williamson’s displeasure at latest occasions is evident, Grove Avenue Video games and Williamson himself stay in GTA Trilogy’s finish credit, as many X/Twitter customers have identified.
PSA: Rumours being circulated by the neighborhood and even some information web sites about Grove Avenue Video games (GSG) having been faraway from the #GTATrilogy fully are unfounded.
Each GSG and Video Video games Deluxe are within the remaining credit, solely the preliminary splash display screen was eliminated. pic.twitter.com/MUkvgi2uZX— GTANet (@GTANet) November 14, 2024
It’s a messy finish for GTA Trilogy Definitive Version, which has endured controversy ever because it got here out. Rockstar was compelled to apologize for the state of the gathering at launch and even provided PC gamers free video games as recompense.
Nonetheless, the gathering appeared to have offered very properly regardless of the issues, and Strauss Zelnick – CEO of Rockstar dad or mum firm Take-Two – ultimately referred to as these points a “glitch” that was “resolved.”
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