12 September 2024
GTA 3 News
GTA 3 creator approves fan port of the game to Sega Dreamcast
Former Rockstar technical director and one of the creators of GTA 3, Obbe Vermeij, praised the fans who managed to port the game to Sega Dreamcast. In the past, the studio planned to include the console in the list of platforms, but abandoned this idea.
15 August 2024
GTA 3 News
Ex-GTA 3 Developer Reveals How Trash Was Created for the Game
Obbe Vermeij, former technical director of Rockstar Games, often shares little-known details about the older Grand Theft Auto games. Yesterday, the developer posted a fresh update on X (Twitter), where he talked about trash in the third installment.
18 July 2024
GTA 3 News
An unofficial port of GTA 3 for the Sega Dreamcast is in development
An enthusiast with the nickname SKMP is developing an unofficial port of GTA 3 for the Sega Dreamcast console. Interestingly, in 1999, Rockstar created a tech demo of the game for this platform but ultimately decided not to continue development and focused on the PS2 version.
21 June 2024
GTA 3 News
A former GTA 3 developer explained how the weather worked in the game
Obbe Vermeij, who once had a hand in the development of classic GTA, spoke about the creation of weather in Grand Theft Auto 3. Initially, the change in weather phenomena was completely unpredictable.
27 May 2024
GTA 3 News
A former Rockstar developer spoke about the canceled multiplayer for GTA 3
Former Rockstar Games technical director Obbe Vermeij confirmed in one of his posts that multiplayer could appear in Grand Theft Auto 3. The code for it was already ready, but the studio decided to abandon this idea.
26 April 2024
GTA 3 News
Former GTA 3 Developer Shares How Rockstar Solved the Slow Model Loading Issue
Former Rockstar Games Technical Director Obbe Vermeij has posted another story about the development of the Grand Theft Auto series, this time focusing on GTA 3 and its excessively large open world.
25 March 2024
GTA 3 News
A fan made a “remake” of GTA 3 using GTA 5 mods
The author of the YouTube channel flames per second showed his vision of the remake of Grand Theft Auto 3, using modifications for GTA 5. He wanted to imagine how the game could look on the Unreal Engine 5.
24 February 2024
GTA 3 News
Cosplayer transforms into Misty from GTA 3 - photos
Darya Gertsen, also known by the nickname Dadahanych, has created a high-quality cosplay of Misty from GTA 3. The cosplayer posted several photos and compared her work to the original character.
11 February 2024
GTA 3 News
Claude from GTA 3 was attempted to be recreated in Tekken 8
A Reddit user with the nickname treshunstephens tried to recreate Claude Speed from GTA 3 in the fighting game Tekken 8, which was released last month. He posted an image where he also compared his work with the original character.
20 December 2023
GTA 3 News
Former Rockstar Games employee reveals why Claude in GTA 3 is always silent
Recently, a former Rockstar Games employee (Obbe Vermeij) who worked on GTA 3 shared why Claude (the main character) is always silent during the gameplay (in later games of the series, characters do speak).