Rockstar’s classic open-world game is heading to virtual reality via the freshly rebranded Facebook
During a Facebook Meta keynote event dedicated to its future VR projects and plans, the social media giant revealed that PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is currently in development for the Oculus Quest 2.
Earlier today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosted the opening Facebook Connect keynote event that covered its various VR projects, the future of its own metaverse (whatever that is...), and how the company will continue to integrate VR into its various social media platforms and future plans. It was a lot of corporate nonsense and buzzwords, as you might expect. And for folks out there who don’t care about VR or don’t like the idea of Facebook being the company in control of some of the most popular virtual reality headsets on the planet, there wasn’t much reason to tune in. I mean, you did get to see this terrible digital avatar of Mark Zuckerberg that somehow looked more like a human than he usually does. So that’s something.
However, during a segment of this keynote dedicated to Oculus VR games, Zuckerberg announced that a version of GTA San Andreas is being developed for the Oculus Quest 2.
“This new version of, what I think is one of the greatest games ever made, will offer players an entirely new way to experience this iconic open-world in virtual reality,” explained analog avatar Zuckerberg during the keynote.
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