PSA: Grand Theft Auto 3 now available on iOS/Android

by Griffin McElroy on Dec 15th 2011 12:30PM

As promised, Rockstar's mobile version of its seminal open-world crime sim, Grand Theft Auto 3: 10 Year Anniversary Edition, has arrived on iOS and select Android platforms. The game will run you $5, a price point low enough to console you when the torment of virtual buttons becomes too painful.

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: Take-Two, Take-Two

Tags: android, anniversary, grand-theft-auto-3, grand-theft-auto-3-10th-anniversary-edition, ios, ipad, iphone, mobile, psa, rockstar, rockstar-games

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I can't see myself happy using the touch controls. I might give it a chance.

@Tommy758

It actually works very well. I got it this morning, and I am impressed. Plus, it looks very nice. I have a qHD screen, and it really pops with crispness.

@ItsameMatt03 Yeah, gonna go ahead and co-sign on this. I downloaded it for my HTC Inspire 4G and it works a lot better than I thought it would. Hasn't crashed yet...maybe some minor slow down. but in the games defense I did have a lot of shit running and was receiving a text at the moment...

"This app is compatible with all of your devices."

*doesn't run on any of my devices*

@TerryMasters
same problem.
Really quite disappointing from Rockstar, they could have made sure that they release it only on devices that they sure work (like Xperia Play and Minecraft).

If you look at the reviews, it looks like Rockstar didn't bother to limit the Android Market listing to compatible phones. I would definitely advise against getting it if your phone isn't explicitly supported unless you find evidence that someone else got it working first, as the post-purchase download will take longer than the fifteen minutes return period.

@Rollins Atrix would imply Atrix 2 right?

@klusion Nope, they're completely different on the inside. It looks like they largely targeted Android devices with Tegra 2 chipsets - the Atrix 2 switched to an OMAP-based chipset.

@Rollins Androids have a return period? I did not know that, that's kind of awesome.

@NoPantsToday Yeah, it's only fifteen minutes though. It used to be 24 hours but people abused it. I wish they had brought it down to an hour, though, as fifteen minutes isn't long enough to download content for a lot of the larger games out there.

@Rollins

Someone be awesome and see if it works on the Galaxy Nexus.

Pl...please?

@Rollins

Decided that I was willing to shoot $5 to the wind for a chance at GTA3. I can confirm that it DOES work on the Samsung Galaxy S2, the only problem I found was it freezing up here and there, but not really enough to be a concern.

tempting...

If you got a tablet, I'd use a USB controller. I'm never gonna bother with virtual buttons.

@ColorblindMonk If you have your phone or tablet rooted you can use a PS3 controller.

They should port ChinaTown Wars for those of us who don't have a strong phones can play some GTA. I recall ChinaTown Wars graphics on the DS being birds-eye so the 3d models and whatnot don't have to be dazzling.

Also customizable controls. (support for Bluetooth controllers)
Add em, Rockstar.

@pluupy CTW is already on iOS (iPhone and iPad.. non Universal app though :( )

@Gu3st
Oh good! So they just need to port the iOS one.

@pluupy
Apparently, the Android version will support USB game controllers.

I found it glitchy. On my 4S, I was never able to even complete the first mission. The driving was delayed / inputs would buffer up, and then get cleared all at once, creating an amusing, but awful combination of steer + gas + brake all in rapid succession. Steering was useless. It might be a product of me running 5.1, but I still found it unplayable.

Then on my iPad 1, it wouldn't load game.. it would just crash to springboard immediately. That is on 5.0.1.

I'm impressed by the fact it even exists, but I want it to be playable. :(

@Gu3st

I've been playing it a bit on my 4S, no issues like that. Sometimes rebooting the whole system after large installs helps.

The one thing I can't figure out is how to change radio stations.

@Kaemon I've tried everything. I've rebooted my phone, closed all applications. It just runs like a dog. Which is a shame... I was looking forward to it (and still am really.. I just need it fixed). I also was hoping for some Bluetooth controller compatibility.. bu.. oh well :P

@Gu3st

It works great on my Atrix. Everything has been running very smooth.

@ItsameMatt03 Quit lying, it's Android. It won't runs well.

@Gu3st How many apps are enabled for notifications on your phone? I found more apps meant more memory and bandwidth usage.

I've also seen some people talking about the extreme step of turning Airplane Mode on with the original iPad. I'm not home so I can't test that.

@Gu3st

Yeah, I'm lying. I'm actually playing this on my Nokia candy bar cell. Big upgrade from Snake.

I'm pretty disappointed they haven't made this rerelease for PSN/XBLA/future Vita download. I tried to play the iPhone version of Chinatown Wars and just ended up buying it on my PSP and playing it that way. I've all but given up on touch games, they don't hold my interest.

@NoPantsToday
Try Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS.
Tons of fun with touch because it's actually responsive and whatnot. :D

I can understand why they made this version - money/might as well. What I can't understand is why anyone would buy it. Playing GTAIII even with a gamepad is a painful experience these days when compared to GTAIV, and GTAIV is made to feel painful by... any other 3rd person game in the world.

But touch only?! Do you really hate your money so much you throw it away on everythign you've heard of before just to 'give it a shot'? Have some sense!

@Dick Socrates

I bought it for the sheer novelty of it.

@Dick Socrates Or you could play it on android and use proper controls.

no xbla wtf :(

Just swipe at the station's name in the bottom left corner :)

i bought it for my galaxy s ii running cm7, after installing chainfire 3d's driver it works just fine (were as before it would constantly crash)

control wise i had no problems at all once i got use to it.

Bought it last night. Just really started playing it on my 3GS. And really, for a game like this, running on MY OLD IPHONE, it's a solid port. Is it perfect? Goodness, no. But just about everything is in place, the music, the dialogue and the fun. And at $5, you REALLY can't complain.

Something's wrong with your phone then dude. (Update it?) I'm running it on my 3Gs and I'm 4 missions in (It's crashed once tying to save.). Yeah it's clunky, but what did you REALLY expect from a game this scope running on a phone?

Crashes on startup on iPad 1, straight to springboard.... fail :(

@KGameLover1

Liar, TV said Apple products can't crash ever.

I have no issues with it running on my iPhone 4S here. The textures look fantastic, far better than I remember on either the PS2 or PC versions. The polygon count seems really low, though, people are basically LEGO figures.

I'm surprised that people are having performance issues - I've seen far better looking games running well. Batman: Arkham City Lockdown and Infinity Blade II being the most recent examples.

Anyone got any cheats yet? Wanna tear thru it but with cheats.

Even though it's not on the list, it's running great on my xperia play, even has gamepad compatibility. God knows why they've never mentioned it?

Crashes after intro on Droid Bionic.

has anyone tried using a classic controller with this game? i am waiting for the update data to finish downloading before i find my answer.

Nice, works great with my ASUS TF101, X360 USB controller, and hooked up to my monitor via HDMI.

I thought it was only compatible with the dual core handsets/tables, but it works great on the Xperial Play

awesome!

Just another example of people being over eager and under informed, so they're willing to pay to beta test a product for a developer already fat with cash.

However, kudos to Rockstar for being perhaps the first AAA developer to attempt to push this kind of depth to a mobile platform. Gives me hope for the future.

Just went to check this out, it says it's available for my epic 4g so I bought it, but a neater surprise is my touch pad running cyanogen mod shows up now in the market, maybe I'm a little slow on the uptake, but, SWEET TOUCHPAD WITH GTA. I wonder how it'll run...

Does it work on the HTC Evo 4G?

Have it on my 4S and IPad 2 works perfectly on both. Running iOS 5.0.1 I love it the controls work well and are customizable so that helps! Only thing I wish is gps way points I think I've grown accustom to them lately. Trying to find the little blip on the map is way harder now that we have turn by turn in all open world games now. Still I would give it a 10/10 because it is a perfect port!

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PSA: Grand Theft Auto 3 now available on iOS/Android

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