Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition Coming to iPhone and iPad Next Week

[NumNumNum]

Its crazy that i foolishly bought this through the MacApp store and couldn't play it on my MacBook, but it will play on my little phone...

 

[Mitchelino]

Can't believe it's been 10 years since it came out. Darn I'm getting old. I personally prefer games like this on a console, but smart move for Rockstar to release it for iOS.

 

[mkrishnan]

Cloud saves would be awesome.

Apple should just require this / standardize it. There's no reason for games to keep coming out without this option.

I'm not sure if I want to play GTA3, but it's exciting that it's coming to the iPhone -- I love to see big games likes this get ported. Hope it's a nice port.

 

[blackcrayon]

WOW, GTA 3 on the iPad. Good luck trying to play it with your screen controls! When is Apple gonna realise that games like COD etc on iOS devices need an actual dual stick controller and that they are missing a trick by not letting the Apple TV run these apps on peoples big screen with said wireless controllers??

I think they've already realized that. They're probably working on a strategy for apps for the Apple TV / Apple Television (heh and getting the SDK ready. Maybe we'll see it along with the next gen (A5 seems like a minimum here for its much better GPU) based Apple TV.

 

[Sjhonny]

Me want morrowind for iPad!

 

[Lukeyy19]

$4.99 equates to £2.99 on the UK store right?

Bargain!

 

[Vegasman]

What's the name of the operatic song in the background?

Just ask your Phone. Oh yeah, you probably don't have a Windows Phone. Never mind.

 

[mrgraff]

Nice. Now please fix the lag in San Andreas for the Mac.

 

[Quazimojo]

Instant purchase for me and wow only $4.99 .


They still want $9.99 for Chinatown Wars .

I guess since its a port of sorts and an old game maybe they did not feel right about gouging people for $10 though i would have happily paid it to play it on my 4s .

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

awesome! I never played the original gta3

I've never played GTA at all... at this price, I'll be seriously considering the possibility of having GTA 3 on my new iPhone 4S be my first time...

 

[Gemütlichkeit]

It better be optimized and not a port.

 

[iSamurai]

I hope they'll port GTA4 to Macs soon...

 

[decafjava]

It better be optimized and not a port.

Silly question but, what is the difference?

 

[1goodidea]

Cool. I'll be getting this. I started with Vice City on the PS2 but missed this.

 

[Zimmy68]

Silly question but, what is the difference?

Optimized means it was written to take advantage of the iphone's hardware.

I think it has been stated that it is based on (port?) the Xbox enhanced version of GT3 but they do take advantage of the dual core and graphics of the new phone and ipad.

 

[Akack]

waiting patiently to purchase.....

 

[iMattcotv]

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