GTA 6

When is GTA 6 coming out? In Rockstar Games' February 2021 announcement, it confirmed 'active development' for the next Grand Theft Auto was 'well underway', ...

‘With the unprecedented longevity of GTA V, we know many of you have been asking us about a new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series. While we don’t know how long it’s been in development for, what it’ll look like, or if it’ll even specifically be called Grand Theft Auto 6, there’s still plenty to get excited about. While a sequel to GTA V has apparently been discussed since 2013, unconfirmed rumours claim that work on the title only began in April 2020, after Red Dead Redemption 2‘s development and promotion cycle wound down.

New details about GTA 6, an upcoming game from developer Rockstar, were leaked to Bloomberg. The details range from information about the new lead ...

It does have a side effect, however — the development time for GTA 6 has taken longer than anticipated, with developers unsure if the game will release in 2023 or 2024. The company was also well known for “crunch”, a period of time where developers would work extremely long hours just to make deadlines, including nights and weekends. Speaking on condition of anonymity to Bloomberg, the employees mentioned that one of the two leads will be Latina, and both will have a story influenced by infamous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. This comes in stark contrast to previous GTA entries — again, a series mostly about America’s worst foibles.

News about the much-anticipated GTA 6 has been elusive, until a recent bombshell report hit the headlines.

The series has already lampooned the area in GTA: Vice City, so we'll have to wait if we'll see the same version in GTA 6. If you loved switching between Michael, Franklin and Trevor in GTA 5, you'll be happy to hear there will be 2 protagonists to play this time around. If these grand ambitions come to fruition, GTA 6 could go down as a truly remarkable game. Another element that has reportedly contributed to delays in production is some overly ambitious plans for the game's setting. Want to get your hands on a next-gen console in advance of the GTA 6? It's definitely too early to circle your calendar and there is apparently significant internal skepticism that this date can be met.

It sounds like GTA 6's map won't remain static, either. Rockstar plans to continually update the game after release through patches that are substantially ...

The latest leaks suggest GTA 6 is at least two years away from release. Combined with the series’ first female protagonist, it sounds like Rockstar is making a few major changes to the staple GTA formula. As GTA 6 currently stands, its main map will contain Vice City and the metropolis' surrounding area.

While most Grand Theft Auto stars are men, a handful of women have lit up the town, too.

The next game in the series to let you play as a woman was GTA 2, but specifically the Game Boy Color port of Rockstar’s open-world sequel. If the reports of a woman co-starring in Grand Theft Auto 6 are true, it will still be a big deal for the series, as its previous attempts at including women have been mostly low-effort palette swaps and not well-written or fully voiced characters with their own personalities. But, technically, you could play as a woman in Grand Theft Auto all the way back in the late ‘90s. Many observers assumed this would be the first time Rockstar had ever let a woman star in a GTA game. But if you’re a big enough GTA nerd, you know that isn’t the case. The key word in that last sentence is “technically.”

The Thursday letters page is unsurprised by the Knights Of The Old Republic remake problems, as one reader talks up Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Remakes and remasters are more popular than ever at the moment, but which has been your favourite and why? I do play it now and again but I barely ever remember the characters’ names. Alas, it’s a shame to hear people find Xenoblade Chronicles 2 a weak link; I initially agreed with your 7/10 review and often felt a bit overwhelmed with everything going on in each battle, but knew enough about the mechanics to get by without too much hassle… Late to the party but I’ve just played Final Fantasy 7 Remake and… Shame the game didn’t explain all these hidden features, meaning most reviewers/players never could truly appreciate what is one of the most deep and satisfying battle systems. I didn’t realise the Xbox Series X was easy to get but after reading your article I checked Amazon and they did have some in stock. These are just my personal choices and opinions and I do not expect them to fall in line with everyone else. There’s all this talk of Elden Ring being a massive hit and bound to influence games for years to come but, err… There’s no clue when the next game after that is, so what happens when Starfield comes out next spring, and what if it’s even bigger? I found it odd that the setting was described as Miami rather than Vice City, but then I realised that the new game will be counted as the next generation of GTA. The other big question for me is whether the game is set in the 80s or not, like the previous game. I wonder then if this new one will ditch the fake cities and just have real ones instead.

A report about changing working conditions at Rockstar Games has also revealed several new details about the characters and world of GTA 6.

If one of the biggest and most successful studios in the video game industry has the capacity to turn a toxic and unhealthy working culture around, then others can certainly follow suit. In 2018, a New York Magazine interview with Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser revealed that people on the development team would work several 100-hour weeks during the development of Red Dead Redemption 2. Details of the studio’s changing culture, previously labelled as ‘frat boy’ and involving ‘excursions to strip clubs’ among other things, are also accompanied by reports that Rockstar Games is attempting to alter its style of humour to avoid targeting marginalised people and relying on crude stereotypes.

That much we know about the game. Rockstar Games has confirmed this, stating that development is "well underway" and that they will "share more as soon as [they] ...

A worrying sign for GTA 6 came from multiple leaks about the development of the game. One of the most persistent rumors in regard to the GTA 6 characters, states that you will be able to play as multiple characters again, just like in GTA 5. The pro-active GTA community quickly jumped to the theory, that this could be a teaser for Vice City in GTA 6. And Vice City hasn't been in any GTA since Vice City (2002) and Vice City Stories (2006), so it would be time for another crack at the sunlit setting for GTA 6. A newer leak didn't concern itself with the main protagonists, but rather with other characters that could appear in GTA 6. One of the first prominent theories was, that GTA 6 will see the return of Vice City. Rockstar's fictional version of Miami could make a return in the latest installment of the series. If you get to play as a woman in GTA 6, it looks like she wouldn't be the only protagonist in the game. Multiple reports suggested that the next GTA could be set at some point in the past. Tenz also talked a lot about GTA 6 and the potential release date, of course. More fuel to the fire of a possible 2024 release date for GTA 6 was provided by famed leaker Tom Henderson, who is known for his high-quality reporting and reliable sources. Another press release by the company expected an annual growth of 14%. Both numbers are so big, that, according to business insiders, only a game as important as GTA 6 could be the root cause of them. The first solid indicator for a GTA 6 release date in that time frame came from a financial report by Take-Two, Rockstar's publisher.

In the wake of a new Bloomberg report that talks about Rockstar scaling back on some potentially offensive content for Grand Theft Auto VI, and revealing a ...

GTA as a series has allowed players to slaughter police by the truckload since the GTA 3 days, so what, is it going to be used as a conservative talking point now that GTA 6 is “anti-cop” if that tradition continues? You could have GTA 6 star Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez herself and there are not enough offended conservative people in the world to boycott this to make it anything less than a monster hit. What is actually “woke” about what was described in the Bloomberg piece?