Rockstar Games hasn't released a new Grand Theft Auto since releasing GTA 5 in 2013. The developer has brought GTA 5 to other systems and continued to support Grand Theft Auto Online, but fans have long been awaiting a brand-new game. A recent report suggests that, in the meantime, Rockstar will be remastering three of the "3D Universe" GTA games. Grand Theft Auto 4 is nearly as old, so could it be next?
Many fans have assumed Grand Theft Auto 6 will be the next game Rockstar releases, a series of alleged leaks have only fueled that fire. Whether claims of GTA 6 taking players back to Vice City or of a map that changes over time, there's almost always a new, intriguing rumor about the game that, notably, hasn't even been officially confirmed to exist.
However, if a recent report from Kotaku is true, fans could be waiting longer than they might have expected to see GTA 6. Kotaku cites three anonymous sources that claim Rockstar will be releasing remasters of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas later this fall. The ports are reportedly coming to every major platform, including Nintendo Switch and mobile devices.
Kotaku's sources confirmed the remasters are being developed by Rockstar Dundee, a new studio Rockstar purchased last year, so it's unlikely their production has impacted GTA 6. The remastered trilogy could also lead Rockstar to update other games in its catalog. According to Kotaku's sources, "Rockstar has plans to develop new ports of games like Red Dead Redemption. But the future of these remastered games depends on how well these initial re-releases sell."
One game particularly fit for a remaster is Grand Theft Auto 4. The game is more than 12 years old - two years older than Red Dead Redemption - and is one of the best selling games of all time (more than 25 million copies, according to The Independent). It might feel relatively recent, since it launched on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 like GTA 5, but its release was closer to GTA San Andreas than its successor. GTA 5 came out as those systems were sunsetting, while GTA 4 hit shelves just a few years into their life cycles. A remaster could do wonders for what is now a fairly aged title.
The biggest issue is that fans want GTA 6 most of all. It's been eight years since a new entry in the series, and fans might be unsatisfied if all Rockstar has to announce are more remasters. If the developer does decide to go down the remaster route, it would be smart to announce the potential Grand Theft Auto 4 remaster alongside GTA 6.
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