Controversial carjacking game Grand Theft Auto III, a console classic, is finally coming to a mobile device near you, Rockstar Games announced Tuesday.
Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition will be available on Dec. 15 on both iOS and Android platforms including smart phones and a wide range of tablets.
Fans won't have to rob the bank to buy it, either. The game will sell for $4.99 -- including nearly all the original content. GTA III first came out in 2001 for PS2, and was later released for PC and Xbox.
The anniversary edition puts the player back in Liberty City (read: New York) as a nameless anti-hero who climbs his way up the criminal ladder. GTAIII was the first game in the series to ditch its top-down camera and sprite-based layout for immersive, realistic graphics.
A decade later, GTAIII is widely heralded as a classic game and a genre-defining experience, one which gave birth to a slew of copycat follow-up games. The game currently has a score of 97% on Metacritic.
Can the mobile version live up to its roots? The screenshots above certainly show promise. What is unclear is whether the controls will work well using touch gestures and smaller screens. Stay tuned -- Rockstar, the studio behind the game, will have a trailer up shortly when the game is officially released.