GTA 6: all the news and speculation about the latest Grand Theft Auto.
With Red Dead Redemption 2 out of the way, we can now start thinking about the inevitable game in the Grand Theft Auto franchise: GTA 6.
How can we be so confident about Rockstar’s next move? Grand Theft Auto 5 has been one of the most successful game releases in the world and even though we’re still enjoying GTA Online, it’s now been nearly six years since launch which means a new one is only a few years (or less) away.
What we can say for certain is that we won’t see a GTA 6 release date in 2019, so don’t get your hopes up. After a hoax release date in some fake pop-up ads spread across the internet, Rockstar came out to inform us that we wouldn’t be seeing the game during the next year.
Details may be thin on the ground, but that doesn’t stop us gathering together the best pieces of gossip, rumor and fact for your personal pleasure. So without further ado, here’s everything we know so far about GTA 6.
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With Red Dead Redemption 2 now released into the wild, we’re hoping a GTA 6 announcement isn’t far away – but we will probably be waiting a while to play it.
According to some reports, we could be waiting until 2020 for the next Grand Theft Auto, which would make sense. Rockstar has supported GTA Online, the multiplayer component of GTA 5, since the game launched back in September 2013 with regular content updates.
Now, Rockstar is busy focusing on getting Red Dead Online running smoothly – with the online mode currently in beta.
According to reputable industry analyst Michael Pachter, the game could be as far away as 2022.
In an interview with Gaming Bolt, Pachter said that he thinks a 2020 announcement with a 2021 release would be the best case scenario, while a 2021 announcement with a 2022 release or later would be more likely.
Basically, expecting any news of GTA 6 any time soon is optimistic. We think it would make sense if the game followed the release pattern of its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto 5, whereby it’d release at the very tail end of the current generation, comfortably release on the new generation and straddle both for the widest install base possible.
And with the next Xbox and PS5 right around the corner, it looks likely this could be Rocktar’s plan.
The thing about Rockstar Games is that it’s incredibly secretive. No trailer is getting out of that game studio unless someone seriously screws up.
Just look at what Rockstar did with both GTA 5 and Red Read Redemption 2. It teased an announcement a few days before dropping the first trailer for either game.
If there’s a GTA 6 trailer, you’ll know about it because the internet will explode – and we’ll let you know. But we’re not expecting one anytime soon.
Job listingsAt this point we’re probably just clenching at straws, but Rockstar have been hiring for a tonne of programming positions. We’re hoping they’re preparing to get development underway, but that is probably just hopeful thinking.
The Know report on Vice CityThe most significant Grand Theft Auto 6 rumor came from YouTube channel The Know. It stated that an inside source told it that GTA 6 is coming 2021-2022 and is being developed under the code name Project Americas.
The reason for this code name is apparently because players will be able to fly between the US and South America in the game, though the majority of the action will take place in the former. This in combination with the source’s assertion that the game will largely be set in Vice City (the Rockstar version of Miami) suggests there could be a focus on drug running which would draw on the popularity of shows and movies like Narcos and Tom Cruise’s Made in America.
