Grand Theft Auto parent Take-Two has confirmed it’s working on three unannounced remasters of previously released games.
The publisher confirmed the in-development titles inan investor presentationpublished this week, which lists three unannounced “new iterations of previously released titles”.
These projects are listed alongside the upcomingPS5andXboxSeries X|S version of Grand Theft Auto V and Kerbal Space Program, as well as a planned standalone version ofGrand Theft Auto Online.
Take-Twohas openly discussed its intention to continue creating remasters of its past titles. In March, the company’s CEOStrauss Zelnickdiscussed its strategy in this areaand suggested that it wasn’t interested in releasing ‘simple ports’.
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Mafia: Trilogy, a collection of remasters and a remake,was released in May 2020and Rockstar is currently gearing up to bringa remastered version of Grand Theft Auto Vto PS5 andXbox Series X/Sin the second half of calendar 2021.
Speaking during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Zelnick was asked how he felt about remasters potentially becoming a bigger part of the company’s strategy going forward.
“I’m not sure there’ll be a bigger part of the strategy,” he responded. “Remastering has always been a part of the strategy. We’ve done differently than the competition – we don’t just port titles over, we actually take the time to do the very best job we can making the title different for the new release, for the new technology that we’re launching it on.
“So, we improve the technology, we upgrade the visuals, and we make performance enhancements. And that’s why I think our remastered titles typically do so well.”
DuringTake-Two’s third quarter earningscall in February, Zelnick offered a non-committal response when asked about the potential for remastering older Grand Theft Auto games.
In a Q&A session, an analyst suggested it was likely that a significant portion of GTAV players might never have played earlier games in the series. Given the huge appetite for Grand Theft Auto content, he asked for Take-Two’s perspective on further remasters.
“It’s a great and encouraging question,” Zelnick responded. “I’m kind of inclined to leave it more as a statement than a question and any update on our release schedule will come fromRockstar Games.”
