The original GTA Trilogy developer has unfollowed Rockstar Games on social media

Grove Street Games, the original development studio behind Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Editionreportedly unfollowed Rockstar Games, the series' creator and publisher, on Twitter. This comes just days after Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition received a massive new update that completely removed Grove Street Games' official logo from the trilogy's home screen.

Already in 2021, Rockstar Games confirmed that it would release remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto trilogy, consisting of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityand Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. While Rockstar was the original developer and publisher behind the trilogy, The definitive edition was handled by Grove Street Games, best known for helping with titles such as Ark: Survival Evolved and the recently released Ark: Survival Ascended. Rockstar would still oversee the project and publish the remastered package, but the majority of its development was completed by Grove Street Games.

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GTA Trilogy Developer Unfollows Rockstar Games

Grove Street Games' attempt to remaster the famous trilogy was ultimately in vain. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition received primarily negative reviews from critics and fans due to its massive number of bugs, glitches, and poor visual upgrades, resulting in an apology from Rockstar Games. While many updates have been released over the past three years, the latest appears to have resulted in Grove Street Games unfollowing Rockstar Games on Twitter, according to eagle-eyed users on the platform. Although the studio remains in the credits for GTA Trilogy remasters, the latest update has removed the Grove Street Games logo from the game's home screen, which fans believe is the reason why Rockstar Games is suddenly unfollowed.

In response to the studio being removed from the trilogy's home screen, Grove Street Games boss Thomas Williamson expressed his frustration on Twitter, claiming that hundreds of fixes in the game's latest update were actually developed by the studio but “stayed out of players' hands for years.” Although Williamson states that many of the fixes included in the latest update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was made by Grove Street Games, Rockstar seems to have brought in Video Games Deluxe to enhance the trilogy, as the studio is now credited in the game.

While it seems to be up in the air but which studio developed which fix, the latest patch is arguably its biggest yet. The surprise update not only includes a classic light mode, but makes a slew of fixes and improvements to enable a much smoother gaming experience. In fact, the update seems to be so big that there are even changes not mentioned in the latest one GTA Trilogy sticky notes.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Three iconic cities, three epic stories. Play the genre-defining classics from the original Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board improvements including brilliant new lighting and environment upgrades, high definition textures, increased draw distance, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and more, bringing these beloved worlds to life with all new levels of detail.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition includes:

Grand Theft Auto III: It all starts in Liberty City. With the revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and hit anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you're brave enough to take it.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti's tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-drenched tropical city full of opulence and brimming with opportunity.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Five years ago, Carl 'CJ' Johnson escaped the haze of Los Santos, San Andreas…a city tearing itself apart with gang problems, drugs and corruption. Now it's the early 90s. CJ must go home – his mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart, and his childhood friends are all headed for disaster. When he returns to the neighborhood, a couple of cops frame him for murder, forcing CJ on a journey that takes him across the state of San Andreas, to save his family and take control of the streets in the next iteration of the series that changed everything.

Released

November 11, 2021

Developer

Grove Street Games

Engine

unreal engine 4, unreal engine

ESRB

m

PS Plus Availability

N/A

OpenCritic Rating

Weak

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