We’re now more than a decade past the launch of Grand Theft Auto V, and the long-awaited sequel GTA VI still doesn’t have an official release date yet. But we’re finally learning more about Rockstar Games’ eagerly awaited crime sim through official channels.
On Wednesday, Rockstar Games officially confirmed that—after many years of waiting—the next Grand Theft Auto game will finally be revealed via a trailer in early December. People online are understandably going wild over the news and it marks the end of a bizarre era of endless speculation and hijinks.
An entire decade after the release of ‘Grand Theft Auto V,’ Rockstar has finally told us when we can expect to see the long-awaited sequel.
It’s been nearly a decade of rumors, leaks, and speculation about the next Grand Theft Auto game. In just a few short weeks, all of that will be put to rest.
Rockstar Games somewhat unceremoniously announced on Twitter on Wednesday morning that the next GTA, which is almost certainly called Grand Theft Auto VI, will get its desperately awaited reveal trailer in December. The missive came from company co-founder Sam Houser, who didn’t say much other than confirming there will be a trailer very soon.
While it’s not confirmed yet, don’t be shocked if this trailer airs at The Game Awards, which will take place on Dec. 7. That event has played host to numerous big game reveals over the years, though Rockstar is certainly capable of stealing its thunder by airing the trailer on its own time, too.
As for what to expect from the game itself, a huge leak in late 2022 gave us a basic idea of what Rockstar is cooking. All signs point to the setting returning to Vice City, a Rockstar-tinged take on Miami that last appeared in 2006’s Vice City Stories. There will most likely be multiple playable characters, including a series-first female protagonist. Anything else will have to wait until the trailer comes out, though.
These next few weeks might feel like 10 years.
Possibly the most anticipated video game reveal ever is just weeks away. Rockstar Games president Sam Houser confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI will get its big trailer reveal in December, showcasing the next game in the hit open world series after massive hacks, insider reports, and years of rampant fan speculation.
GTA 6 release date rumors and leaks. Here’s everything we know about the next Grand Theft Auto game, which could be set in Vice City.
The world has changed a lot since 2011. We’ve been through a pandemic, a new King in England, and the death of Twitter. And through all of that, the only constant that’s remained is Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V. The first trailer for Rockstar’s genre-defining game was released 12 years ago, and since then, fans have been clamoring for the studio’s next installment, Grand Theft Auto VI.
There have been several leaks for what is shaping up to be a massive gaming experience. So we’ve gathered everything we could find on the internet about when fans can expect a release date, trailer, and more for Grand Theft Auto VI.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but don’t expect a GTA VI release date anytime soon. The only official announcement from Rockstar about GTA VI came in the form of an “it exists” statement from the developer in February 2022. Since then, nothing.
Some on the internet, like this Redditor, have looked into recent statements by GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive’s CEO Strauss Zelnick. Speaking about the company’s quarterly financial reports in August, the CEO stated that Take-Two would see a “significant inflection point” in fiscal 2025. Which, in Wall Street speak, means a big change is coming — like perhaps a new GTA.
Next year is not off the cards, however, thanks to Microsoft. In July 2022, Jason Schreier of Bloomberg reported that “current and former Rockstar staff” expected GTA 6 to be at least 2 years away. On top of that, during its, at the time, ongoing acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft wrote to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that “The highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to be released in 2024.”
Beyond that, don’t expect Rockstar or Take-Two to drop a release date for GTA 6 in the near future, as it looks like we’re at least a year away from any news on that front.
Despite not even being close to a potential release, we do have a lot of information on some of the basics of the game, thanks to some leaks. In September of last year, we covered a massive dump of an in-development build of GTA 6 that gave us plenty of juicy information. The biggest of which is that, for the first time ever, GTA will feature a playable female protagonist named Lucia.
On top of that, it seems that the series may be making a return to the Miami-inspired Vice City and that buildings will be enterable, with the game placing an even bigger focus on heists and robberies.
The leak was unprecedented and massive and was scrubbed from the internet. You’d be hard-pressed to find any of the footage on Reddit or the official GTA forums, and if you ask for it you might get banned. A 17-year-old UK citizen was arrested last year in connection to the Rockstar hack, and it seems he was affiliated with the known hacker group “Laspus$.”
These are all rumors, of course, and leaks of in-development gameplay are subject to change. Grand Theft Auto VI is still a long way away from being playable, but at least we know that Rockstar is shooting for the moon on this one, which is enough to excite any fan.
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