

Vice Cry: Remastered runs as DLC, with new models and textures, working traffic lights, custom population groups, car generators, better water mechanics, and 3D neon models - amongst other things. It looks like this is a fresh update, as a version titled '1.0' dropped on December 20, 2019, a month or so after the official trailer launched. Vice Cry: Remastered is a port of Vice Cry (opens in new tab), a popular mod for GTA Vice City that overhauled the game's graphics back in 2015.

As Alyssa recently explained, "the nostalgia is real, and it's neon". In related news, If you've found yourself longing for a sunset drive along the coast in the Grand Theft Auto world, you're in luck, as a new mod for GTA 5 (opens in new tab) lets you hang out in Vice City again. Panic not if you've already purchased it, of course it should still be in your library if and when you fancy it. Early adopters were even encouraged to get involved with a free digital copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas just for downloading. It's possible the game's been made unavailable as it previously connected to Games For Windows Live, or could it have something to do with Rockstar's Game Launcher (opens in new tab), perhaps? Launched back in September 2019, it offers some – but not all – of Rockstar games in a single place, no matter where you bought them from. The withdrawal was due to a licencing issue with Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' Something, but nowadays we tend to see songs patched out when licences expire, rather than the decidedly more drastic act of having a game yanked from sale completely. As our pals at PC Gamer (opens in new tab) rightfully remind us, GTA Vice City vanished in a similar way from the marketplace back in 2012.
