The Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Edition trilogy on PC gets the classic lighting update from the mobile version

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My strongest and most lasting memory of Grand Theft Auto will always be being completely hysterical while watching my friend run into a crumpled cop with a wooden baseball bat in GTA 3 after school one time. Young people these days simply don’t appreciate how revolutionary it is. there was a possibility of hitting the policeman when he had already fallen. Suffice it to say, I have fond memories of the series’ nascent open-world forays into 3D, though never enough to tempt me to revisit them, especially given the impoverished reception of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. I can sympathize. I’m annoyed by having to type a colon and a dash in the same game name.

If you’re in a similarly disturbed situation (I’ll never stop being annoyed that “consternation” doesn’t mean what it sounds like it’s supposed to mean) I can’t imagine the lighting update that was available in the mobile versions for just a moment would tempt you back. But what is a reporter’s job if not to miserably wade through Grand Theft Auto news clips, once published, Graham presses the button to release the nutritious pellets on which we all feed? I hope he doesn’t read the last sentence. I won’t get my pellet if the syntax gets too complicated. Fast forward.

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As reported Intel Rockstar“Classic Lightning” mode was added last year when Rockstar released Definitive Edition games on mobile devices in partnership with Netflix. The mode – which is now available in all versions as a toggleable graphics menu option – apparently “restores the look of the sky from the original games.”

I cannot confirm this, but according to this Resetera threadthe up-to-date update also removed Grove Street Games’ remasters from the splash screen, which seems incredibly gross and petty regardless of what you think of the quality of the release. Take-Two, I guess.

In other Grandiose news, Theftacular and Automatic, Take Two are currently “very confident” of a fall 2025 release date. This is “autumn” for those of you who don’t go into theatrical convulsions when you see a picture of beans on a piece of toasted bread.

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