It’s hard to believe it came out ten years ago, but when it first popped up on the PlayStation 2 back in 2001, Grand Theft Auto 3 was a revelation: the very first true 3D open world game, filled with fast driving cars, casual gunplay, irreverent humor and an obsession for low-brow thuggery for which Rockstar Games has become famous.
From Grand Theft Auto III, a whole series of games was born, including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto IV.
Now Grand Theft Auto III is coming to iOS on October 28th. It’ll only work on an iPad 2 or iPhone 4S, and time will tell how Rockstar handles the controls, but this is exciting indeed. iOS already has a GTA game in Chinatown Wars, but as excellent a game as it is, it isn’t a 3D open world.
Me? I’m just hoping this heralds the release of Vice City or San Andreas next year. The former’s my guilty favorite, and the latter GTA4 didn’t even come close to matching.
