GTA Fans Split Over New Rockstar Remasters

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Published May 3, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT

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Recent rumors of upcoming remasters from Rockstar Games have GTA fans and fans of the company's other games split over what they want to see from the company. Now, this wouldn't be the first time that Rockstar has decided to remaster some of their iconic games, so these rumors are believable enough. That said, if these rumors are true, we can only hope they do a better job than with the GTA: The Trilogy remasters.

Niko and Packie during the Undertaker mission in GTA 4

In a Reddit thread by user KekanKok discussing these rumors, players have been vocal about which older Rockstar Games titles they'd like to see get a remaster. With the Grand Theft Auto series being such a major hit for the company, it isn't surprising to see many fans calling for a remaster of GTA 4. User web10177 also suggested the company should "Remaster GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas again and this time do it right," since "Fans are not happy with what we got last time."

Of course, Rockstar has a decent-sized library of beloved games, so GTA isn't the only franchise players want to see get an update. Haunting_Drama8204 posted that they'd like to see Max Payne 3 remastered, and there were plenty of enthusiastic replies backing up this suggestion. I saw mentions of Max Payne 1 and 2 in the thread, but it's important to remember that those games were not developed by Rockstar Games, but Remedy, who have already announced their own Max Payne remaster.

Meanwhile, NarrowExcitement9806's plea of "BULLY PLEASE" garnered over 100 likes, and their sentiment was echoed by several other posters both in replies and in the original thread. While the original Bully was already remastered in the Bully: Scholarship Edition, that version of the game came out all the way back in 2008. Seeing as it's been 20 years since the original's release, and 18 since the first remaster, it has likely been long enough for Rockstar to give the game another pass.

Bully, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3, L.A. Noire.

Aside from the aforementioned titles, Rockstar would likely get a lot of support for remasters of the original Red Dead Redemption or its detective game L.A. Noire. Having a big list of fan-favorite games isn't a bad problem to have for the company, though it does make trying to speculate on which one will be getting a possible remaster a bit more difficult. Still, even if it is just another attempt at remastering some classic GTA games, I'm sure fans will be excited, so long as the company gets it right this time.

Video Game(s) Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto 5, Grand Theft Auto Online, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

Created by David Scott Jones, Mike Dailly

Character(s) Tommy Vercetti, CJ (Carl Johnson), Niko Bellic, Trevor Philips, Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton, Claude (Grand Theft Auto), Tony Cipriani, Victor Vance, Johnny Klebitz

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