Here's some bad news for those who long to run over civilians in a monster truck while playing in VR. The new VR-focused version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is “on hold indefinitely,” .
This update was announced three years ago and… here we are, in the middle of the era of… and nothing. In other words, the news isn’t exactly surprising. This doesn’t mean the project will never materialize, but the words “indefinitely on hold” don’t inspire hope.
“GTA: San Andreas “It's on hold indefinitely while we both focus on other projects,” the official Meta Quest VR YouTube channel said. from an unrelated trailer. “We look forward to working with our friends at Rockstar in the future.”
The VR remake was first announced during the facebook Connect event in October 2021. That's right. The original announcement came before the Meta brand. At the time, the company described GTA: San Andreas VR as “a project that has been in the making for many years.” It seems that three more years of that time were not enough to create a finished product.
It's worth noting that we never got any screenshots or gameplay footage. There wasn't even a trailer. However, it's likely that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg played a version of it at some point, because he once wrote that “this new version” of the game “will offer players a whole new way to experience this iconic open world in VR.”
No reason has been given for the indefinite suspension. It is likely that it was an extremely expensive undertaking to translate the game to VR, and this comes at a time when reports indicate that the So that could be it.
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