Speaking Hypothetically, GTA Trilogy Dev Says “It’s A D**k Move” To Remove Crediting

Not everyone is happy about a recent update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition. The CEO and co-founder for the developer behind the remake compilation seems particularly frustrated by the removal of his team’s logo–Grove Street Games–from the game’s splash screen. In fact, speaking in hypotheticals, Thomas Williamson said, “It’s a dick move… “

Spotted by VGC, Williamson also insinuated on X that Grove Street Games provided the fixes to Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy’s long-overdue console patch a while ago. “Speaking entire[ly] hypothetically: It’s a dick move to remove primary developers from credits in an update, especially when an update includes hundreds of fixes that were provided by those developers that stayed out of players’ hands for years,” wrote Williamson.

For clarity, Grove Street Games and its employees can still be found in the ending credits for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy after the recent patch. Rockstar Games released pretty vague notes for the update, stating there are “numerous fixes and improvements” alongside the addition of classic lighting. When Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy launched in 2021, the game was criticized for its visual-upgrade choices and game-breaking bugs.

Interestingly enough, earlier this week, Williamson reposted on X a thread about all of the positive changes to Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy. In addition to working on this game, Grove Street has assisted in developing Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition on Switch and Ark: Survival Ascended on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

This isn’t the first big update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy. In February 2022, a patch offered fixes for more than 100 bugs.

Looking ahead for the franchise, Grant Theft Auto VI is still on track for a Fall 2025 launch. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick isn’t “really worried” about the game running on Xbox Series S, while Digital Foundry previously reported that Grand Theft Auto VI might not benefit from PS5 Pro like people may think.