How to claim a free Rockstar game with GTA Trilogy Remaster

Sam Comrie
GTA Definitive Edition

Rockstar Games are giving players more bang for their buck, as purchasing the GTA Trilogy remasters can net you an extra game in the process. 

After months of waiting and speculation, players were able to finally get their hands on GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition on November 11. In the face of a mixed reception, Rockstar Games have begun to try to make amends for the various issues that ruined the launch.

To appease PC players, as various fixes are implemented, the developers are offering the chance to claim a free game from their catalog.

GTA III heist
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition got off to a rocky start.

How to claim a free game with GTA Trilogy

If you’re after an extra game from Rockstar, all you need to do is purchase the GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition remasters on the Rockstar Launcher. From here, you’ll be given the option to redeem one of the following until January 5 2022:

  • Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Edition
  • Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
  • Max Payne 3
  • LA Noire
  • Bully: Scholarship Edition.

Additionally, if you’d prefer to increase your GTA Online wallet or Red Dead Redemption 2 currency, you can choose from either a Great White Shark card or 55 gold bars.

Originally Rockstar Games promised to add the untouched, classic version of the trilogy onto the Rockstar Launcher.  This is still the case and players can still receive them, if they’ve already purchased the Definitive Edition remasters: “Everyone who has purchased Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PC from the Rockstar Store through June 30, 2022, will receive these classic versions in their Rockstar Games Launcher library at no additional cost.”

In a statement from the developers, they offered an apology for the underwhelming state of affairs: “The updated versions of these classic games did not launch in a state that meets our own standards of quality, or the standards our fans have come to expect.”

As the developers continue to improve the remastered trilogy, players are still waiting for any news of a new GTA game, a potential GTA 6.

About The Author

Sam Comrie is a former Dexerto journalist based in South Yorkshire, UK. He has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and joined Dexerto in 2021 after producing content for NME and Red Bull Gaming.