Former Rockstar North technical director explains the origins of the acclaimed game.
GTA: Vice City was originally released in 2002
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Originally released in 2002 for consoles such as PlayStation 2, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City became one of the most beloved games in the saga by transporting yourself to the 80s, “the decade of carding, excess and pastel suits” through the story of a man who rose to the top of the world of crime. However, more than 20 years later, the unexpected origin of the title has been discovered.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
The Rockstar title was released just a year after the successful launch of GTA 3 since it was not originally a standalone game. According to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij, The company planned to launch a mission pack for the third main game in the sagahe revealed on his personal blog.
“This was already pretty far into the project, maybe 6 months or so,” he explains. The development of Vice City did not include “many code changes” with respect to GTA 3 since most of the work focused on the creation of a new cityas well as new missions to complete.
In this way, “artists and level designers used the code base (of GTA 3) for a time until programmers were available to make changes to the code,” he continues to reveal. So, The company later decided that the work developed would become a new game.GTA: Vice City, a great success for the saga despite not being originally conceived as a game itself.
GTA VI will receive its first trailer imminently
After years and years of rumors, Rockstar confirmed that it will release the first trailer for GTA VI in early December for this, which points to the gala of The Game Awards as the perfect moment for its revelation, since it celebrates the December 7th. Beyond the details of the game, one of the most pressing issues regarding the game lies in when it will be officially available on the market, something that aims to be between the final months of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. Of course, the The next few weeks will be key to clearing up doubts.
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