GTA III mobile out next week for $5 on select devices

by Griffin McElroy on Dec 6th 2011 3:30PM

If you've been aching to wrap your thumbs around the smartphone-based Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition (despite our concerns), you'll have your chance next week. Rockstar has announced that the title will arrive on select iOS and Android devices December 15, for the low, low price of $4.99.

You can check out the full list of supported devices after the jump. We did not elect to include the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, because, well, you're smart enough to figure that one out on your own.

Apple iOS Devices: iPad 1 & 2, iPhone 4 & 4S, iPod touch 4th Generation
Android Phones: HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, T-Mobile G2x
Android Tablets: Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S, Toshiba Thrive

Source: Rockstar Games

Tags: android, dma-design, grand-theft-auto-3, ios, ipad, iphone, mobile, release-date, rockstar, rockstar-north

Reader Comments (50)

How the hell I'm I going to use R1, R2, L1, R1, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up?

@Marco le Polo

Oops messed up... R1, R2, L1, R2, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, up?

Can't tarish my GTA cred.

@Marco le Polo
I'm getting a tablet for that, since Android 3.0 and up supports USB controllers. Hopefully the Transformer Prime coming out in a few weeks will be covered.

@Marco le Polo
R1 R2 L1 (O) LEFT DOWN RIGHT UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT UP

I think you need your life/health back up

What in the hell is a Samsung Galaxy R and where the hell is the Samsung Galaxy S2 on this list?

@subHERBian The Galaxy R is a device that Samsung released in a select few markets that uses a Tegra 2 SoC instead of the Exynos one found in most variants of the S2. It looks like mostly Tegra 2 devices are supported; of the Android devices listed, only the Rezound isn't one with a Tegra 2.

@subHERBian
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9103_galaxy_r-3967.php

@Rollins
I wonder if it'll support the gTablet, seeing that it's Tegra 2 and all.

@Rollins I just converted from Blackberry to Android. One of the selling points for me was knowing GTA was coming. I'm happy I converted and the SGS2 is awesome but c'mon man... what the hell!!! Give me my GTA on the SGS2. Thanks for the informative posts guys... rarely seen on sites like these. I've been edumicated!

@Rollins Good info. Unfortunately, a perfect illustration of the big problem with Android gaming - poor standardization. Even a high-end phone like the S2 can end up being unsupported, and you don't find out until it's too late.

Whoa, it supports iPhone 4? I remember reading it was only for the 4S.

@Diet Kane that's exactly what i remember hearing too.

@Diet Kane - I thought I had read that and that the original iPad wouldn't be supported. If I hear good things, I might grab it for the iPad.

They must be trollin', I don't see the HTC EVO on here.

@Spookimitsu Honestly, it probably won't support the EVO. All of the Android devices that they've listed so far are dual cores with much more powerful GPUs than what the EVO 4G has. The Adreno 205 that accompanies the Snapdragon CPU that's in the EVO 4G, Droid Incredible, Nexus One, and other devices from that era is notoriously weak compared to both the GPU in the iPhone 4 and in current Android devices.

@Spookimitsu
EVO 4G wasn't good at games when it was brand new, it is in a much worse position now.

I'll try it out for five dollars.

And why limit it to certain Android tablets? Why not limit it to certain chipsets and memory requirements? That makes much more sense.

WTF. Why no 3GS :(

@(Unverified) Bottom of the Barrel!

@(Unverified) Whats a 3GS? ::looks at ancient carvings on cave wall:: Ohhhhhh!

Seriously though, I know that feeling. I had a 3 for a long time and that thing became so slow I broke it in frustration. Thanks to Squaretrade I now have a an iphone 4.

@(Unverified)
iPhone 4 is faster than the 3GS, but it's also pushing 4x the pixels, which probably nullifies much of that advantage (especially in a 3D game). Infinity Blade 1 & 2 certainly bear no ill will towards the 3GS. My guess is that they didn't want to design for a 480x320 resolution.

I have an ipod touch 4G, thank goodness they scraped the bottom of the barrel.

I'm guessing if the Droid X2 can run it there's a possibility my Droid X can...? :(

@Ryuk Probably not. It looks like they're targeting dual-cores exclusively on Android.

Sure, I'll bite for $5. I have an Atrix 4G.

So....... did.I not see xpeeia play? Or am.I.mistaken since having physical controls would make sense?

@(Unverified)

I have the same phone and was not expecting this to be compatible due to it not being a dual-core phone.

Hoping my Transformer Prime works with it once I get it.

@(Unverified)
Chances are the hardware in the Xperia Play isn't up to snuff. Most of the devices listed sport dual core processors.

@ColorblindMonk Uh. Iphone 4?

Sorry. Xperia Play's GPU and RAM is on par with each of those, and on a spec-to-spec level, it has the Iphone 4 beat. If this game can run on a straight-up Iphone 4, then it can damn-well fly on the Xperia Play, which has the hardware edge.

This assumption that the game is limited to just dual-cores is a bit suspect. I don't buy it at the moment.

@Kade Storm
That's why I said 'most.' The number of devices supported will obviously rise, but for now, Xperia's a no go.

Five bucks not bad for a old lengthy game on the go

Doesn't the very essence of the gta series violate the terms that apple has for content on the app store?

@antv Not even somewhat. You've been swallowing a tremendous amount of FUD if you honestly believe that and aren't just trolling. Try actually USING the iOS App Store before blindly parroting ridiculous, incorrect assumptions from 2008 or so.

@shinratdr
actually I'm a registered developer...so yeah according to the rules of content submission "violence toward humans" is frowned upon. apple has obviously made exceptions allowing you to kill other armed characters or non-human zombies, but running over random citizens in the gta tradition definitely seems to overstep the content submission rules. But I'm just an indie dev, so i can't throw my weight around to bend the rules in my favor.

@antv Well, it didn't stop gta Chinatown wars or the gameloft clones.

I would love to have this. It sucks that my Droid 2 won't have it. I have a Kindle Fire, I know its not the most powerful, but I thought it had dual cores.

No Evo3D??? It's dual core

No htc flyer?!
It can run onlive and play assassins creed revelations and arkham city, yet it can't run the mobile version of old GTA games??
-_-

@Camel Carcass

Awww man someone else who has the flyer. We are finally getting that honeycomb update soon!

@NumberZero
The 3G models are apparently getting that update today! Wi-fi models some time later.

@Camel Carcass
OnLive just streams the video playback to your device, it doesn't actually render the game. This is an actual Android/iOS game, so it isn't relying on a remote system to do the processing.

I've got an iPhone 4, so I'll check it out. Controls will most likely be awful though.

Still no Droid Bionic (and now RAZR) support? WTF???

Crappy controls or not, the nostalgia factor right there on my phone that I have on me at all times and the sheer impressive fact that the all of Liberty City can fit right on my phone is worth way more than the $5 asking price.

Wah?! No love for Xperia Play. But it's got all the buttons. [inserttrollface]

But seriously, this could do great with some Xplay optimisation.

no xperia, no sensation?, this some ol bull

I-Phone 4? Looks like Im picking this up after all.

Pretty neat, but with shitty touch controls it isn't going to be fun at all.

Just what I always wanted...to play a game that is over a decade old and fully utilizes a game pad on a device with no buttons. So tempting!

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GTA III mobile out next week for $5 on select devices

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