Initially conceived as a mod requiring the original game, GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition has evolved into an independent, fully functional release.

A modding group has released a mod that ... the world from Vice City into GTA 4's engine and initially required players to own a copy of GTA 4. The development team said its YouTube channel ...

The modders have retaliated by making the mod standalone, meaning you don't need a legit copy of GTA to play it ...

So far, it has successfully removed Revolution Team's YouTube channel. The mod is currently available, but perhaps not for long. As we've said, the GTA Vice City next-gen mod isn't an official ...

As it turns out, not only does the new standalone conversion mod run extremely well on Valve’s PC-handheld-that-could, but it’s now the best way to experience Vice City on the machine.