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Trio Of Grand Theft Auto Titles To Hit The Mac This Year

The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy pack makes its grand return just for Mac users.

Almost a decade after it originally hit store shelves, Grand Theft Auto III will finally see its debut on the Mac, according to a surprise reveal by Rockstar. But in even more exciting news, Rockstar says GTA III won't ship as a standalone product. It will instead be bundled in the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy pack, which includes Mac versions of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

This news comes via a FAQ column on Rockstar's Facebook page, and as a result of the unusual means of this announcement, no substantial details, including price, were dished out. The studio mentioned that more information will be provided via a "proper" reveal at a later date and that plans are in place to get the game out "later this year."      
 

  Nice textures, bro.
Nice textures, bro.
 
I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears, but I find it hard to believe that there's a single Mac user who's been refusing to purchase the GTA classics until they appeared natively on that platform. But then, so many Mac users are running on laptops that these older games might be just the ticket to run on lesser hardware.

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Almost a decade after it originally hit store shelves, Grand Theft Auto III will finally see its debut on the Mac, according to a surprise reveal by Rockstar. But in even more exciting news, Rockstar says GTA III won't ship as a standalone product. It will instead be bundled in the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy pack, which includes Mac versions of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

This news comes via a FAQ column on Rockstar's Facebook page, and as a result of the unusual means of this announcement, no substantial details, including price, were dished out. The studio mentioned that more information will be provided via a "proper" reveal at a later date and that plans are in place to get the game out "later this year."      
 

  Nice textures, bro.
Nice textures, bro.
 
I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears, but I find it hard to believe that there's a single Mac user who's been refusing to purchase the GTA classics until they appeared natively on that platform. But then, so many Mac users are running on laptops that these older games might be just the ticket to run on lesser hardware.
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ha! i'd like to play GTA vice city again.

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a still no gta on steam for europe

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Wow I didn't even know GTA 3 look that good. Anyways Congrats? Mack users.

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Those games were great at the time, but they might just be too ugly to hold up. 

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I'll probably pick this up if it's under $30. Otherwise, I already own all 3 on PS2.

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"I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears "

 

Brad, what the fuck does that even mean?

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Great to see them on yet another platform. Great games!

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Erm....kay. O.0

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Ah, someone from the crew finally got out of bed.

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yay....

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If they are native ports and not that horrible Ciderized crap then maybe I will get them to replay them.

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Oh kay?  
 
I mean, that's good that Mac users are getting these games, but it better be for like $10 new on Steam or something. You can probably get an old PS2 with these three games for like $30 I'm sure, so if you're dying to play these games, you have no excuses. 
 
But whatever, at least they're doing it.

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@jadeskye said:
" ha! i'd like to play GTA vice city again. "
My thoughts exactly vice city sold me on this bundle
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"If I use three fingers and swipe to the right, that kills the prostitute.  If I make a pinching gesture, that collects the money she dropped on the street."

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@iAmJohn said:
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"I know this is a vibrant world filled with adults who want to wear diapers or dance on video with teddy bears "

 

Brad, what the fuck does that even mean?

"
Yeah, I have no idea.
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Hm, still hoping for an HD remake like they're doing on PS3.

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Great! Mac users get to play completely out of date games. The typical Mac user will probably think these are the most modern games out.

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@drhans said:

"Ah, someone from the crew finally got out of bed. "


Tested and Screened have been doing stuff all day, sir.  You've just been perusing the wrong sites. :P
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I'm sure any Mac user that enjoys GTA that much has already bought a Windows OS, as well as all of the GTA games for the PC. Good for the more casual gamer though.

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I knew they were doing something with these games because Lazlow posted an archive of all the radio ads from these games and the PSP games. Clearly R* had no reason to make that archive unless they were going to do something with the games. I expected a HD rerelease on PS3 like we've seen with God of War and Sly Cooper. Perhaps they are and just haven't revealed it yet. Seems like a waste of resources to make a mac version and only a mac version.

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@iAmJohn: Ah, I meant the Giant Bomb crew. I keep up on Screened and Tested for sure. :) 
 
I hope some of them really did sleep in. They all deserve rest after yesterday's all-around awesomeness.
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Depending on the price, i might give it a try. But no joystick means trouble i think

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Oh man, day one! I'd love to play these on my laptop and FINALLY be able to use some mods.

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Been there, done that.

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@mosespippy: Why do you think that? its already on every other platform.
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Kudos to Brad for wading through all the empty beer cans to go in to work today!

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I'd be really interested in seeing the sales on this. Seems superfluous.

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@Anwar said:
" @iAmJohn:  just read the whole sentence :D "

I tried.  I'm still incredibly confused.
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@MysteriousBob: Pretty sure most typical mac users who have any interest in this game at all will have played this on the ps2 back in the day. It's not like mac users who like games don't have consoles... Most of them do. Some of them (me) even have PC's. 
 
Moot point right now though, cause PC gamers need a console to play rockstar games while they are still new anyways.
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ohhh yea gta san andreas I still haven't finished that yet, that game isn't easy.

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Finally, after holding out on purchasing these titles all these years for not being on the Mac I can experience next generation gaming!  I knew I wasn't crazy

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If this comes out on steam I might just pick it up. It'll be fun on my imac, but a working work on my girlfriends macbook would be great! 

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mac=/=games

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Woo now i can play gta on my mac without doing some ghetto duel boot shit.

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GTA IV coming out on Mac in 2015, you heard it here first.

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Wow, now the 0.0000001% of the world that haven't played the GTA III games can play them.

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I really need to play all those games again.

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Id love to play San Andreas with the res turned all the way up and with better draw distance than what I got on the PS2.  That is the pinacle of GTA.

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Wow, that's awesome!  VC and SA were my faves in the series, and I've been starving for some Mac gaming!  Yay, Rockstar!

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@PJ said:
" Wow, now the 0.0000001% of the world that haven't played the GTA III games can play them. "
lol are you totally talking about me? 'Cause I do have a Mac and interestingly enough, I did not play any of the GTA games for some strange reason. 
 
(no, I was not refusing to purchase it until they appear natively on macs)   =D  
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Damn you Rockstar!
 
Until now I had every GTA game on every console and my PC, now I have to get a Mac?!
Utter Hogwash!

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@iAmJohn said:
" @drhans said:

"Ah, someone from the crew finally got out of bed. "

Tested and Screened have been doing stuff all day, sir.  You've just been perusing the wrong sites. :P "
That might be because those who are putting up shit on Screened and Tested today weren't actually at the party, except for Rorie who was at the midnight showing of REA3D and was probebly still drunk when he wrote the review(Not to say thats why it got a 1star review, more like thanks to him being drunk it got a 1star review). Also, Alex doesn't count because that new releases post was probebly writen a while age, he just pushed a button to push it to the site.
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I might pick it up

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Nice to hear this but I already own 3 and Vice City for Xbox so I just need to find San Andreas somewhere for cheap.

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I think it's pretty cool that they are being release for Mac. I have some friends who are exclusively mac users that are not very into games, but would probably check this out if it had a nice price.

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Macs finally get a few games....8 years later.

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It's because Macs have finally reached the point where they can run GTA3. (Macs aren't known for graphics power)

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@drhans said:
" Ah, someone from the crew finally got out of bed. "
thats funny :P