Rockstar Games official updates lon GTA 6. News and all the rumors

 GTA 6: News,Updates, all rumors 

By Abiodun Ogundiran   On JAN 27,2023

            Rockstar has revealed that GTA 6 is under development and that it is finally on the long road to release. In February, the publisher announced that it was developing the long-awaited GTA 5 sequel, ending the popular open-world crime game's nine-year rule. Rockstar Games revealed the GTA 6 news in a Grand Theft Auto Community Update: "We're happy to announce that the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise is already under active production. Please follow the Rockstar Newswire so that we can share more information as soon as it's ready.

Of course, many people in the Grand Theft Auto community are speculating as to when a complete GTA 6 revelation will occur. That comes after a significant Grand Theft Auto 6 leak in which more than 90 videos and screenshots from an early build of the game were posted online. Will any of these directly affect the production of GTA 6? We now know that the hacker suspected of the GTA 6 leak is the subject of an FBI investigation.

You can discover all the Grand Theft Auto 6 information we currently have below, along with Rockstar Games' official statement to the leaks. Additionally, we have included the most recent GTA 6 rumors, which cover rumors about the game's characters, setting, and map as well as any hints we may have about its release date and debut trailer.

speculated release date

GTA 6 won't be released until 2024–2025, contrary to recent reports that claimed it will happen as soon as 2022–2023, and for several valid reasons.

In a recent GTA 6 video, Tom Henderson, a tipster well recognized for his success with Battlefield and Warzone leaks, had to comment on the release year of GTA 6.

We're going to look at one of the most reliable sources available right now before we get into some more dubious statements about the game.

Despite his repeated warnings that he isn't known for specifically leaking information about Grand Theft Auto VI, and that we should treat anything he says with caution, his sources have so far consistently shown to be more than reliable.

GTA 6 Map and Location

If you've played any other Rockstar games, you are aware that the GTA 6 map will be enormous. Beautiful, extremely crowded, and loaded with sights to see.

Early speculations said that GTA 6's setting might be Miami (in a different version of Vice City), with a second locale in South America for additional objectives.

The sites may have been all of Los Santos, Vice City, and Liberty City, according to a cryptic message that followed.

But there's a lot more to it, and some fresh information has emerged that might be more trustworthy.

Where Will GTA 6 Be Set?

With the GTA 6 early footage that has been leaked on September 18, 2022, it has been confirmed that GTA 6 will take place in a modern-day rendition of Vice City.

A Return to Vice City is the Likely GTA VI Setting

Obviously, no one would have a problem with visiting the iconic Miami-inspired Vice City again, with all the additions and novelties that new technology can use to bring it to life even further.

There’s even a mix of information regarding the state of GTA 6 Vice City. To put it more precisely:

On one hand, GTA 6 rumors are saying that we’ll be seeing a new and modernized version of it, while on the other hand there were talks of the game being set in the 70s and 80s.

Henderson predicts that Grand Theft Auto VI will feature a modern-day Vice City, with modern technological elements such as cryptocurrency.

The main reason for this is GTA Online: considering how GTA Online developed and grew using a modern setting, putting the game in a historic era would strip away a lot of what makes GTA Online what it is and would actually be detrimental to it.

Other Possible Locations: South America, Mix of Grand Theft Auto Cities

Now, here’s where things get slightly more heated. While a revamped version of Vice City on its own might be enough to make players go crazy, Rockstar apparently intends to bring even more to the table. A lot more.

Aside from the rumors about Vice City, we have also run into information that speaks of a second GTA 6 city that’s located in South America - a city based on Rio de Janeiro.

Rockstar also stated in an interview that they would like to eventually have a GTA with all the previous locations in one game (Liberty City, Los Santos, Vice City, etc.), so this is something that we could look forward to in the future.

GTA VI Evolving Map: A Fortnite-Style Possibility?

What we know for sure is that Rockstar Games has made changes within their development culture and to their approach to launching games.

In order to avoid terrible crunch crises, last-minute changes, employee overwork, burn-out and such, Rockstar has decided to change their approach from a huge first-day launch, with a gigantic map and everything, to a post-launch oriented method.

This means that we’ll be seeing a smaller launch upon initial release, followed by many expansions that will add more locations and events to the game as time goes on.

This is partly due to Rockstar paying attention to their employees’ wellbeing, but it’s also useful from a strategic perspective.

Firstly, this change of development culture received positive reactions from the employees. Some staff members who went through crunch periods on earlier games took this change very well and decided to continue working for Rockstar because of it.

Another reason why this might be a positive change is that it will allow Rockstar to plan out its content more carefully. Since there’s no rush to finish a whole game by a certain date, they can focus on individual expansions and locations well after the initial launch and give them proper polishing.

In his GTA 6 video posted on the 27th of June, Tom Henderson confirmed some things we’ve already encountered in some other places online.

More specifically, he said that Rockstar has indeed made changes to their development culture and that we will be seeing a smaller initial launch, followed by several seasonal updates.

GTA 6 Characters and Protagonist

Here is all the information we have about the GTA 6 characters for all of you wondering:

Who will be the new GTA 6 protagonist?

For GTA 6, Rockstar Games decided to continue the trend of multiple playable characters that started with Grand Theft Auto V.  

It has been leaked that in GTA 6 there are two main protagonists: a male called Jason, and for the first time in the series, a female called Lucia. Their last names are currently not known.

Lucia, the female Latina protagonist, is the first playable woman in modern Rockstar history'. She will be one of two leading characters present in a story that is influenced much by the Great Depression-era bank-robbing couple, Bonnie and Clyde.

Like GTA V, GTA 6 will feature a character switch mechanic that you can use at any time by pressing "Down" on the d-pad. 

One rumor suggests that Grand Theft Auto 6 would actually have four playable characters! Out of these four, two would-be gangsters (aka, what we’re used to from a GTA protagonist), but the other two would be cops (inspired by a lot of GTA Online players roleplaying as cops and bringing in a new approach).

These rumors came with a lot of other information, not just about GTA 6 characters, and we will shortly discuss them below.

One thing to note - the links to these sources aren’t of much use anymore. A Reddit post made by JackOLantern1982 in 2019 has been deleted, and the Fireden link is simply non-functional at the moment.

stay tuned for more updates on Grand Theft Auto VI.