By If you don’t remember, Rockstar Games was supposed to be bringing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to Android yesterday. The app looked to launch without an issue and all seemed well with the world… that is, until it disappeared before our very eyes. It turns out Rockstar had the game pulled from the Google Play Store due to technical issues.
According to them, the game was experiencing some issues with the authorization system which kept people from being able to play the game. You certainly wouldn’t want to pay $5 for a game that doesn’t end up working, would you? Rockstar needs to take the extra time to work the issue out and will be halting sales until further notice.
We haven’t been given a concrete date, but the wait for its arrival should’t be painstakingly long. Rockstar says to expect it to be back in the Play Store by the end of next week. This timing is unfortunate for those who wanted to dive into Tommy Vercetti’s adventure over the weekend, but Rockstar’s hand is being forced by the annoyance of bugs in modern computing.
On the other hand, the iOS launch went off without fail. If you’re absolutely craving a mobile Vice City experience and happen to have an iOS device or two then that’s one route you can take. Otherwise, us Android folks are going to have to wait until Rockstar can get things figured out.
It’s not like we’re not used to delays at this point, but it’s no less frustrating every time it happens. Fortunately I still own the GTA series on PC so my crime-filled sandbox indulgences can be fed using that avenue, but if you had a legitimate need to play Vice City on the go this weekend then you’re going to have to find something else to fill that void.
[via Rockstar]
I really hate the floating ads from this site when I browse using my Nexus 7 and Dolphin Browser BETA. It is really annoying, going up and down up and down and cannot be closed!
Good God, please do something! From now, I stop visiting … Sorry :(
there’s a phandroid app with disabled ads that might work
I gave up Phandroid on my Android devices a long time ago — it’s the ONLY site I’ve ever had a serious problem with.
The only feedback I’ve ever gotten was, “Download our Android app!” But I refuse to download an app just because a site owner can’t be bothered to build a decent interface.
Edit: I guess I’ll try it now that I have AdBlock Plus installed. Still, it’s ironic that a site 100% devoted to Android offers such a piss-poor user experience on Android devices.
Please I Agree. Its very annoying
Just like Max Payne. I bought the game it now shows a update to version 1.01 and download size 1.39gb of course it doesn’t download but looks like there trying to fix. Found the sd cache online game plays great on tf300 note 2 i paid for it already so i don’t feel bad about getting it from a warez site
Noooooo
Noooo…
This is by far my favorite GTA, mostly because of the 80’s vibe and music :)
“Take it to the limit… dunn duhhh… to the limit!”
It will be fine, their Android support has been pretty solid. That is one thing about the Android development cycle, it takes time to get it right as it has to be tested against so many different devices. A small price to pay for freedom :-)
yeah id rather have it availiable for 30+ devices than what 10????? lol androidftw
ewlung theres adblock plus which was featured on phandroid.com which works on both rooted and unrooted devices. Plus there is adfree for rooted devices. I hear you though. Before I installed those apps, it was annoying as hell. As far as the game is concerned, I wish they didn’t have issues with authentication, I was really looking forward to this. Especially on my Nexus 7.
who cares if we have to wait…. not like %85+ of us dont have this game for playstaion or xbox consoles and gta3 is good for me…
Someone from poland create Android version : http://sampro.pl/forum/showthread.php?tid=15