GTA III 10 Year Anniversary Topic, GTA III on mobile devices, Claude action figure, other collectibles Options

[TreeFitty]

Grand Theft Auto III Coming to Certain Mobile Devices for 10th Anniversary and enter to win a Claude Action Figure (coming to Rockstar Warehouse later)

Grand Theft Auto III coming to mobile devices

Confirmed devices

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

Shots from New York Comic Con of the iPad 2 version being played:


Official Launch Trailer:


Video of iPad 2 being played:



Android Screens:




Apple iOS Screens:





Claude action figure

"This fully articulated 1:6 scale action figure of Claude comes dressed in his original attire of cargo pants and a bomber jacket, but can also sport his iconic Liberty City Prison-issued jumpsuit (supplied) and comes equipped with an arsenal of classic weapons from Grand Theft Auto III including a bat, knife, grenades, pistol, sniper rifle, and assault rifle."

other goodies....

[Massacre]

I've already orgasmed over it on the main page and the new forums. You know how bad I want this thing.

[TreeFitty]

^lol


Might as well add everything to this topic... /updated

[TreeFitty]

1920x1200 backgrounds are live on R* Warehouse site but not "officially" released yet.

https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_mafia.jpg
https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_misty.jpg
https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_8ball.jpg
https://warehouse.ro...s/gta3_joey.jpg
https://warehouse.ro...3_salvatore.jpg
https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_asuka.jpg
https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_kenji.jpg
https://warehouse.ro...ta3_elburro.jpg
https://warehouse.ro...s/gta3_toni.jpg
https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_maria.jpg
https://warehouse.ro.../gta3_luigi.jpg
https://warehouse.ro...3_machowski.jpg

Now to wait for the official release with more sizes.

edit: artworks released below...
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[TreeFitty]

Submit questions for a special GTA III Asked and Answered next week. Collection ends this Friday.

[TreeFitty]

Official 10 Year Anniversary GTA III artworks released (R* downloads section)


I'm glad I uploaded the old artworks last week. R* completely replaced them...

[TreeFitty]

Kotaku preview from NYCC

Hot on the heels of the announcement earlier today, Rockstar Games made the 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto IIIavailable for attendees to play. After about 10 minutes of hands-on time with the game running on an iPad 2, there's no mistaking that GTA III on iOS is a loving port of the game that catapulted Rockstar to the top echelon of game developers. The up-rezzed graphics become immediately apparent, with tons more detail on character faces and clothes. What I played of the game runs smoothly, with no hitches or freezes. A little bit of pop-up showed up while driving, but wasn't so egregious as to spoil the experience.

Control-wise, it supports either touch or accelerometer controls and will even support suction cup joysticks that attach to the tablet like the Fling. A virtual circle pad on the left controls movement with buttons on the right for running, jumping and punching. These controls pop in and out depending on context, so when a car pulls up, a car button shows up. Pushing it launches a carjack encounter, which, of course, can become a fight. Once in the car, buttons for brake, accelerator and horn pop up. The left navigation circle pad changes into two arrows for steering, too. It felt like I might like the motion control steering more but that might change with more time with the game.

Overall, Grand Theft Auto III iOS felt very close to the delivery experience by the PS2 a decade ago, except this time it's in the palm of your hand.

G4 preview from NYCC

Has it really been that long? Next week marks the 10th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, one of the landmark games that literally changed everything for gamers. At the New York Comic Con, Rockstar tried hard to ensure that you’ll want to indulge in the open world mayhem of GTA 3 all over again – on iOS devices like the iPad2 and the iPhone 4S.

With all the stunning new games being offered every week, why would gamers want to revisit the old game? Aren’t those graphics ancient now, so much so that the game should be nothing more than a wonderful, salient memory of a time gone by? That kind of thinking makes sense. But if you saw what I saw, you’ll probably be psyched to play those classic courier missions all over again.


As I indulged in the game’s second mission, I saw that it had been given the HD treatment, and everything from character models to cars to the gritty urban streets look new. You can think of it as urban nostalgia with a nifty 2011 upgrade. “This game really shines because today’s devices are about twice as powerful as the best Pentium PCs that were state of the art when the game was first released,” says producer Rich Rosado of the demo code that was completed just hours before the Comic Con began.

Rosado pointed out that Claude, the game’s silent protagonist, really had no fingers on his hands in the original version. “His hands were kind of club-by,” he says. The updated game not only has hands for its anti-heroic characters. It features faces with cleaner, more human-like facial detail. And Claude doesn’t lunk around as you control his gait. He moves with more fluidity, less robotic inhumanity. That attention to detail applies to the world you traverse as well. I really wanted to jump to the Callahan Bridge area just to check out the city’s vista at night. There’s subtle shading and a looming foggy look at you walk or ride down a street. The polished sheen on car paint now shows off real-time reflections of the nearby environment as you pass.

The controls, not all of which are on screen at the same time, feel smooth and natural. On foot, you can move left, right, sprint, jump, shoot, punch, and lock on. When you jack a car, you have controls to speed up, enter, exit, brake, handbrake, shoot, and one for the horn. Want to switch weapons? Swipe lightly over the weapon icon at the screen’s upper right. Double tap an icon and a new car falls magically from the sky. It fun to do, and I wanted to just tap and tap to check out all the vehicles. And thankfully, the cars and trucks drive differently. The Linerunner truck I tried felt heavier and steadier than the souped-up convertible, which drove more loosely, like it would be fun for a night of speedy, girl-watching fun.

If you find yourself using one control feature more than another, you can increase the size of an icon so that it’s easier to find on the screen. And you can eschew the onscreen controls and use the internal gyroscope to drive. It all just seemed easy, intuitive, and a breeze to control, certainly more so than playing it via a PlayStation controller.

Those famous radio stations packed with well-mixed pop music will return as well. If you’re done with one, swipe across the top middle of the screen to change stations. Done with all of Rockstar’s stations? You can import your iTunes playlist and use that as a radio station.

“It’s still not quite complete,” said Rosado. Even as we spoke, new artwork for control icons was coming in via his iOS device. Rockstar also confirmed that they will eventually optimize GTA III for earlier, single core iOS devices like the first iPad, so that's nice too.

[TreeFitty]

*jizz*

[TreeFitty]

GTA III 10 year anniversary limited edition lithographs and wallpapers

[TreeFitty]

Grand Theft Auto III Out Now on Mobile Devices More devices to be announced...

Added Official Launch Trailer to first post.

[Massacre]

There's no one here, Fitty. Leave.

[TreeFitty]

NEVER!!!

[Massacre]

Out. Out!

*Shoves Fitty out the door with a broom*

[demon]

^ So the princess is getting cocky.


Fitty, why the strikethrough on the links in one of the early posts?

It should be a felony to play GTA on screens smaller than 15".

[TreeFitty]

Fitty, why the strikethrough on the links in one of the early posts?

Try reading the last line of the post.

[demon]

Oh so that's what you did. I think you must have been confused.

[TreeFitty]

Or as stated in the post, the backgrounds were up unofficially on Rockstar's website (in use) and later they were made official for everyone to download. derpmon.