You Can Now Play the GTA Trilogy on Your Phone, But There's…

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Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is now available on iOS and Android for Netflix subscribers, featuring revamped versions of three classic games.
The collection's original release in 2021 faced heavy criticism for its low quality, but the mobile version is reported to look significantly better with the new lighting mode.
While the games can be purchased separately for $20 each for non-Netflix subscribers, a standard Netflix subscription offers the collection at no extra cost, building up hype for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is now playable on iOS and Android devices for those with Netflix subscriptions. The collection features revamped versions of three classic Grand Theft Auto games. The trio of games can also be purchased separately for mobile users without a Netflix subscription.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition was originally released in 2021 on consoles and PC, and was widely criticized by Grand Theft Auto fans for its low quality at launch. The game's multitude of problems, ranging from bizarre visual bugs to game-breaking technical issues, led to its mobile release getting pushed back to December 2023. This time around, fans are hoping for a much smoother release from Rockstar.

Netflix subscribers can now play Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas at no extra cost on their iOS or Android mobile devices thanks to Netflix Games' addition of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. The games feature various improvements, including a new Classic Lighting mode that recreates the look of the original games. For those not subscribed to Netflix, the three games can be purchased separately for $20 each on the App Store or Google Play. However, a standard, ad-less Netflix subscription costs $15.49 a month in the United States, making the $20 price tag seem a bit steep. Subscribers of Netflix's Standard with Ads tier ($6.99) can also play the new Grand Theft Auto collection.

Some fans who have already jumped into the new mobile version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition are reporting that the game looks significantly better than its original release, mostly thanks to the new lighting mode. This likely comes as a relief to Grand Theft Auto fans who were hoping to avoid another disastrous situation like the Grand Theft Auto collection's last bug-filled launch.

Despite its controversial launch, Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two Interactive, revealed that its 2021 release was quite successful, selling over ten million copies of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. This highlights the impressive brand power of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, as releases as bad as that one may have permanently damaged less popular franchises, and almost certainly wouldn't have sold as well.

A successful launch for the mobile version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition will probably build up hype even further for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6. Although it's unknown when another trailer for the game will be released, Grand Theft Auto fans have done their best to predict when that day will come. Grand Theft Auto 6 doesn't release until 2025, so fans will need to entertain themselves until its release.

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Released: November 11, 2021
ESRB: M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Content, Strong Lyrics
Developer(s): Rockstar Games, Grove Street Games
Publisher(s): Rockstar Games
Engine: Unreal Engine 4

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Three iconic cities, three epic stories. Play the genre-defining classics of the original trilogy updated for a new generation — now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more. 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 jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts 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-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s in Los Santos, a city tearing itself apart. Framed for homicide, Carl “CJ” Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, in an attempt to save his family and to take control of the streets.