The most believable GTA 6 rumors to date

On February 4, 2022, Rockstar Games officially confirmed work on a new installment of the Grand Theft Auto series. On November 8 this year, Sam Houser, president of Rockstar Games, announced the release of GTA 6 trailer in early December . The exact release date for the first trailer - December 5 at 9AM ET - was announced on December 1. A few days before this high-profile event, it will not be superfluous to remember what preceded it.

But first it should be clarified that was announced "the first trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto", that is, in fact, the game may be called differently, or it will be a remaster or remake of the conventional GTA 4, but the chances of such developments tend to zero. Let's hope and believe that it is GTA 6!

We won't go through the countless speculations and fantasies from all corners of the internet. Instead, we'd rather focus on information from notable journalists, such as Jason Schreier and Tom Henderson, and take into account information from dataminer Tez2. The main source, however, will be the massive leak of GTA 6 gameplay that took place on September 18, 2022.

GTA 6 Release Date

Apparently, GTA 6 will be released in 2024 or 2025 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The PC version will probably be released at a later date.

What we know about GTA 6 today

• The time of action. Our time.
• Place of Action. We will most likely find ourselves once again in sunny Vice City, Florida. In addition to the city, there will also be countryside and natural landscapes. The possible appearance of South America has been mentioned.
  • If the place of action will really be Vice City, we can expect an in-depth development of weather phenomena, including storms, so inherent in Miami.
• Map Size. The area of the map will not yield to the size of GTA 5, but rather surpass it already at release. It is expected that the map of GTA 6 will be the most elaborate in the series of GTA games. With the release of add-ons may appear new locations.
  • Let's specify that in GTA 5 the land area is ~50 km², water ~60 km².
• Main characters. This is a Latina Lucia and a guy of European appearance Jason. You can switch between them at almost any time, as in GTA 5.
• Plot. It is probably inspired by the story of Bonnie and Clyde . Heroes will start from the very bottom to build their criminal empire by robbing banks.
• Game mechanics. The protagonist will be able to drag enemies, move by squatting and crawling, which was seen in the leaked videos. It is also assumed that we will see many mechanics and features from Red Dead Redemption 2, only in the manner of GTA. For example, enhanced interaction with non-player characters.
• Censorship. Nowadays it's hard to imagine a new game with the same level of satire as before. Part of the modern public will not appreciate the humor and may sue the company. Hence the assumption that Rockstar Games will have to smooth the edges to avoid unnecessary problems.

Our guesses

Here will list our expectations for GTA 6.

• Vehicle physics. The resounding success of GTA 5 is unlikely to motivate Rockstar to make driving more difficult. We hope at least for something between GTA 4 and GTA 5: that the ride remained dynamic, but at the same time added realism.
• GTA Online. We believe that in the near future GTA Online will receive less new content, but its support in one form or another will definitely continue.
• Virtual Reality. It's great if GTA 6 will be playable in VR. This will be a new level of immersion in the game world. Such an opportunity may not appear immediately, and may not appear at all.
• Cities. We would like that in addition to Vice City in the new part appeared already familiar to us cities: Liberty City, Las Venturas, San Fierro, Los Santos, and maybe Carcer City from Manhunt, because it is in the same universe with GTA. Ideally, new cities should appear gradually with updates.

GTA 6 Failure

There is an opinion that GTA 6 may not be the best game in the series, and the reason for this is called the dismissal of several significant figures from Rockstar Games. Thus, in January 2016, it became known about the resignation of Leslie Benzies from the position of the president of Rockstar North studio.

And in February 2020, Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, announced the departure of Dan Houser, co-founder, head writer and creative vice president of Rockstar Games. A little later, in April 2020, producer and writer Lazlow Jones left the company. This name may be familiar to you, as the GTA games feature a character of the same name, voiced by Lazlow himself.

All of them worked at Rockstar Games for a long time, creating games of Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and more. Only time will tell whether this will affect the innovative ideas in the future game.

On the other hand, old people leave, new people come, and this is a normal process. If we go by the principle of "there are no irreplaceable", then nothing terrible has happened. In addition, Rockstar Games has a well-tested basis for creating excellent games, collected during the work on Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. And all we have to do is wait for the result.