The reveal of Grand Theft Auto 6 was a lot more boring than the internet thought it would be.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most heavily rumored games ever, and before February 4, 2022, it was never officially acknowledged by Rockstar Games. Our only indication of its existence was through an April 2020 Kotaku article and a series of rumors dating back several years. That’s why it’s so comical that its announcement came in the way of a footnote in a Rockstar Newswire post about the GTA series. After years of expecting some sort of elaborate alternate reality game or event to reveal GTA 6, it was an extremely anticlimatic moment. While fans seemed to expect more from Rockstar’s reveal of the next Grand Theft Auto, the actual confirmation demonstrates how Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, was always more concerned with the financial implications of its announcement, rather than the fan reception. Grand Theft Auto fans have convinced themselves that a new entry in the series has been on the way for some time. As far back as February 2015, less than a year-and-a-half after GTA V ‘s launch, speculation about a new entry in the series has existed online. From theory posts to bad 4Chan leaks trying to pass as real, we’ve seen plenty of speculation about GTA 6 and how Rockstar would go about revealing it. The rumor to gain the most traction was “ Project Americas. ” This leak claimed that GTA 6 is set in both Vice City and a Rio de Janeiro-inspired location in the 1970s or 1980s. Lots of other potential leaks continued to build on top of what this rumor established, so Project Americas has been the lifeblood of the hype cycle behind GTA 6. We still technically don’t know whether or not this leak is true, but there’s no doubt that it added a substantial amount of fuel to the GTA 6 anticipation fire.
