Grand Theft Auto is hijacking a new service: Netflix Games. Announced today, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy –The Definitive Edition is making its way onto the Netflix app in December.
BIG NEWS: GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas from the Grand Theft Auto Series are coming to Netflix Games for mobile on December 14! pic.twitter.com/qe9DGOHXyO
According to the Netflix website, players will get to experience the definitive editions of Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas all from their phones. Players can pre-register for each title before they launch on December 14. The news comes weeks after games like Hades and Braid were announced to arrive on the service next year.
For some, these games are staples of the video game world, as they redefined the series to what it is today. GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas came out in 2001, 2002, and 2004, respectively. Each of them launched on the PlayStation 2 and became the highest-selling games on the system. That’s saying something given the console’s immense success. Rockstar Games raked in the money, and the controversies, and became legends in the industry.
Grand Theft Auto III follows down-on-his-luck Claude as he enters the crime-filled world of Liberty City on a quest for revenge. Vice City, on the other hand, tackles its version of Las Vegas with Tommy Vercetti’s rise back into the mafia scene after being released from prison. Finally, San Andreas showcases a more realistic world as we see CJ Johnson’s reluctant return to gang warfare.
For many people, the thought of accessing any GTA from your phone is amazing, even more so from Netflix. You’ll get that fantasy, though there is one problem: it’s Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy. Yes, the one that came out last
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