Rockstar Games‘ troubled Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (GTA Trilogy) has had its physical release delayed.
The GTA Trilogy, which contains remakes of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, was released digitally on November 11, with physical editions set to arrive for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on December 7.
However, the studio has now announced that the the release of GTA Trilogy on Microsoft and Sony’s platforms has slipped to December 17, while the Nintendo Switch release now has an undated “early 2022” window.
The release dates for the physical versions of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition have changed.
Xbox Series X / Xbox One and PS4 will now release on December 17. The Nintendo Switch version is coming in early 2022.
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The nostalgic title has been plagued with problems since its digital release, including warped character models, terrible frame rates, and broken weather effects. Things got so bad that the GTA Trilogy was even briefly being pulled from sale on PC. Rockstar has , “the updated versions of these classic games did not launch in a state that meets our own standards of quality, or the standards our fans have come to expect.”
