Ever since the release of 2001's groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto III, there've been seemingly hundreds of games that shamelessly rip off its free-roaming, carjacking open-world formula. But as hard as the pretenders try, there's still only one
The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive.
In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so
Wednesday 8 November 2006
GTAIII, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas are to be bundled together into Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, to be released in the US before Christmas, but publisher Rockstar has confirmed to GamesRadar that it doesn't have any plans to release it in the UK - at the moment.
Combining all three of PS2's original GTA titles, but excluding the PSP port of Liberty City Stories, the pack is due to appear on US shelves from 4 December at the bargainous price of $40, which
Take-Two announced today that they'll be bundling GTA 3, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas into one neat little package priced at a paltry $39.99 on PlayStation 2. And really, that's about all there is to say about that, isn't it? We keep very good track of all the traffic on the site, so given the popularity of Grand Theft Auto cheats, we'd say you already have at least a passing familiarity with the games. Although, it does present an interesting question: who, exactly, is going to buy
