GTA III coming to Android!

NukeBenji · Oct 27, 2011

Looks like I'll be playing this on my Galaxy Tab...patience is not a virtue when it comes to Android games!

Spartoi · Oct 27, 2011

More information on Grand Theft Auto 3 for Android on a Kal-El tablet

Quad-core version looks better than the PS2 version.

dmodert66 · Oct 30, 2011

EVOfourgee said:
sorry I'm not an expert when it comes to hardware but I understand that the ps2's cpu is way lower than 500mhz and gpu's at 150mhz, and it can flawlessly run gta 3 (and even better, san andreas)
but here in this android port dual core mobiles are being required for it to run? (not to mention android phones of today even the middle-range has a decent gpu)
isn't a 1ghz android phone(evo 4g) more than sufficient to run it?

While what is said above is true (certain architectures are better at computing certain things even at a lower clock speed), you need to remember the following. For Android (or PC for that matter), game makers need to make the game compatible for tons of different configurations. With a console, they ONLY need to optimize for that specific configuration. Developers learn what the console does best, and optimize appropriately. They don't have to worry about 60 different phones (or even 10-20 CPU architectures), they just focus on 1 set of hardware.

This leads us to emulation. Sure the processor is faster, but it has to "emulate" the processor of the console in software. So essentially, it has to create a processor and graphics card (among other things) in software. This takes a huge chunk of the phone processor's time. Then, it also has to run the game (also using the phone's processor).

Honestly, I'm amazed at what they have been able to do so far!

pkthunda · Nov 1, 2011

Droid X2 but no droid 3? Hmm

. Is this going to be the final list of phones or will it incorporate more? That seems like such a small demographic.

lbhocky19 · Nov 2, 2011

any updates? i figured with the trailer for GTA5 coming out they would release the game today

Vanquished · Nov 4, 2011

Still no news on a solid release date?

Vanquished · Nov 23, 2011

Wish we had a release date... ><

"November 10 at 11:45am
Thanks guys for all the suggestions, should have some more confirmed devices as well as release dates in the next few weeks.."

"November 16 at 12:06pm@first-man Yep, see here for the results:
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19431/social-club-winners-of-the-limitededition-gtaiii-anniversary-cla.html

Should have some news on the mobile release for GTAIII soon guys, as well as a few more supported devices, stay tuned"

Spartoi · Dec 6, 2011

Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition Coming to Mobile Devices Next Week - December 15th | Rockstar Games

GTA3 will be released on Dec. 15 for Android at the cost of $4.99. The following devices will be supported:

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

Android Screens:

Spartoi · Dec 6, 2011

double.

Shocky · Dec 6, 2011

Spartoi said:
GTA3 will be released on Dec. 15 for Android at the cost of $4.99. The following devices will be supported:

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

Tegra devices mostly to start with it seems, lets hope they expand support or it works with chainfire.

Vanquished · Dec 6, 2011

I love how their list of supported devices changed...

Old phone list:
Droid X2, HTC Evo 2 [3D], LG Optimus 2X, Motorola Atrix, Samsung Galaxy S2

New one:
HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, T-Mobile G2x

I don't understand why they would drop the EVO 3D and add the Rezound when the hardware is exactly the same. They never even listed the Sensation, which is also pretty much the same but with less RAM.

Spartoi · Dec 6, 2011

I really don't understand why some devs don't program for SoC instead of devices. If the game runs on Snapdragon S3, then support all S3 phones not just a single device.

murrich · Dec 6, 2011

Anyone have any idea if this will play on the Galaxy Nexus, or will it just be the ones on the list?

Vanquished · Dec 6, 2011

It will only run on the devices on the list. They want to make it available on as many devices as possible, but we'll see how long that really takes to expand to other devices...

Spartoi · Dec 6, 2011

Vanquished said:
It will only run on the devices on the list. They want to make it available on as many devices as possible, but we'll see how long that really takes to expand to other devices...

Not necessarily. As long as your SoC is supported, you can probably run the game as long you acquire the .apk

Vanquished · Dec 6, 2011

True, but I meant if you want to buy it off the Market, since they made it so developers can choose devices that are supported rather than hardware specs.

Spartoi · Dec 6, 2011

Yeah, I really don't like that new Google feature as many devs don't update their list when new devices than can run the game come out, making owning a new device on Android an issue aka fragmentation.

rushmore · Dec 6, 2011

I have a Droid 3, Razr, Flyer and Thrive, so one device will work at least for now.

Vanquished · Dec 7, 2011

Spartoi said:
Yeah, I really don't like that new Google feature as many devs don't update their list when new devices than can run the game come out, making owning a new device on Android an issue aka fragmentation.

Ya, it's pretty lame. They need to make it so it automatically adds new devices, and if there's a chance the new device doesn't work the reviews will hopefully get the developer into action.

Spartoi · Dec 8, 2011

Vanquished said:
Ya, it's pretty lame. They need to make it so it automatically adds new devices, and if there's a chance the new device doesn't work the reviews will hopefully get the developer into action.

That's I think devs should just develop for SoC instead of specific devices. I don't see a single reason why GTA 3 can run on a the Rezound's Snapdragon S3 but not other S3 devices.

Shocky · Dec 8, 2011

Spartoi said:
That's I think devs should just develop for SoC instead of specific devices. I don't see a single reason why GTA 3 can run on a the Rezound's Snapdragon S3 but not other S3 devices.

Or just design them around the Galaxy S II and all devices capable will be able to run it, Mali 400 only supports the one compressed texture format as it's a requirement, it's a little more memory intensive but all devices should be compatible.

Only reason to use different texture formats is for devices with limited memory.

lbhocky19 · Dec 8, 2011

think there's any chance they added "free aim" to the game?

ogrenator · Dec 8, 2011

lbhocky19 said:
think there's any chance they added "free aim" to the game?

Highly doubt it but I think that will work perfect on a phone

Shocky · Dec 8, 2011

The port was announced in October 2011, and Rockstar originally announced that the game will support for Samsung Galaxy S II at launch, however, due to "technical differences with the Galaxy S2 that make the development process a special case [but] still working on it", the port will be released for Galaxy S2 at a later date

Nice, I wonder how much nvidia are paying them for this?

ParishL31 · Dec 8, 2011

Thanks for the heads up on why the S2 was dropped from the list. Good to hear it'll still eventually make it's way to the phone though.

But agreed, damn you companies and paying people off for exclusives.

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