Recap: What might be essentially the most anticipated recreation of all time, Grand Theft Auto 6, will reportedly be revealed by Rockstar Video games as early as this week, with an official trailer for the sport set to reach in December.
There have been loads of earlier claims that an official GTA 6 announcement was imminent, however this one comes from Bloomberg‘s revered Jason Schreier, who cites individuals acquainted with the matter.
The timing of the announcement and trailer does match right into a timeline. November 3 marks 12 years because the GTA 5 announcement, whereas the December trailer, which might probably seem at The Sport Awards, would coincide with the twenty fifth anniversary of Rockstar Video games.
Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Rockstar Video games’ father or mother Take-Two Interactive, confirmed that improvement of the subsequent entry within the Grand Theft Auto collection was underway final yr. He mentioned the developer was decided to set creative benchmarks for the collection, business, and all leisure.
A few of what we have heard about GTA 6 embrace that it’s going to, for the primary time, characteristic a playable feminine fundamental character, a Latina lady who’s a part of a “Bonnie-and-Clyde-like” duo, suggesting the sport will once more characteristic a number of playable characters. It can even be set in the identical fictionalized model of Miami because the 2002 Vice Metropolis recreation, with doubtlessly extra cities added over time.
There have additionally been claims that the often-controversial humor the franchise is legendary for could be much less prevalent in GTA 6. Rockstar is reportedly going to take a extra politically right stance within the subsequent recreation and never “punch down” by making enjoyable of marginalized teams. An analogous method was taken in the latest Saints Row recreation, which was largely panned by critics and avid gamers.
GTA 6 was the topic of one of many largest recreation leaks of all time. In September 2022, a hacker posted a swathe of content material that included take a look at construct movies and screenshots, most of which had been eliminated after Take-Two issued copyright strikes towards the hosts. He additionally tried to barter a cope with Rockstar, asking for a five-figure sum in return for not leaking its recreation’s supply code. In July, {the teenager} allegedly behind the hack was declared unfit to face trial.
Take-Two has twice hinted that GTA 6 might be launched subsequent yr, additional suggesting that now can be the proper time for an official reveal. We’ll have to attend and see if the successor to the second-best-selling recreation of all time can reside as much as the hype.
