When will GTA 6 be released? Rumors, release date, history and more

When will GTA 6 be released? Rumors, release date, history and more

When will GTA 6 be released? Rumors, release date, history and more

The expectation for the next title of the Grand Theft Auto saga is enormous. GTA 6 is one of the most anticipated games of recent times, and although there are many rumors and alleged leaks, we tell you everything we know about the expected Rockstar Games sandbox.

After the dizzying figures obtained by GTA 5, it is expected that Rockstar Games has been preparing the next installment of the saga for a while. Players around the world want to be able to get their hands on a title as soon as possible that promises to give us hours and hours of fun.

The rumors and leaks about this title are our daily bread, and although some are implausible, others may have some truth.

GTA 5 is selling more than Red Read Redemption 2

This information could be crucial for a possible GTA 6. Today, the fifth installment of the GTA saga sells more than Red Dead Redemption 2, the new title from Rockstar Games.

GTA 5 came out more than 5 years ago, and still continues to generate more in-game sales than RDR2 itself. As if this were not enough, last January GTA 5 was the fourth best-selling game on consoles, while RDR2 obtained eighth place.

With all this information on the table, a priori it seems that the fifth installment of the GTA saga still has life.

Does GTA V tell us something about GTA 6?

As already noted, there have been players who are looking for highs and lows in GTA V and its multiplayer GTA Online counterpart in hopes that Rockstar has left them some clues.

One of the most recent discoveries came through an in-game advertisement offering citizens of Los Santos the opportunity to earn "six figures" by flying to and from South America. Of course, it's an obvious joke about becoming a drug dealer, but developers have made similar jokes before with GTA IV.

As part of the GTA Online Diamond Heist update, fans also thought they might have figured out a possible October 2020 release date.

Release date and game map

Normally, there has been a difference of 5 years between each game in the GTA saga. However, with GTA 6 this has been broken, as it should have come last year. Some rumors suggest that the game will not come out until the next generation of consoles, so at least we will have to wait until the end of next year.

Rumors about the game map have long varied. London was first targeted as the city it would take place in, but other sources point to a return to Vice City, a union of Vice City with somewhere in South America and even the entire United States.

This latest rumor sounds absurd, but considering that many rumors point to the next generation of consoles due to the memory limitations of the current ones, we could find ourselves with the largest GTA to date (and with quite a difference, in addition).

Possible protagonists of the next GTA

Much has been said about the possible protagonists of the next installment of GTA. Some rumors suggest that the next title in the saga would star in a woman, although so far nothing has been confirmed. Other rumors point to a possible campaign mode with team missions, although for now it will be time to wait.

Rumors about the possible acquisition of Take-Two Interactive Software by Sony have been quickly cut by Sony itself, as a representative of the brand already commented at the time that "we have no plans to carry out that operation." As has already happened with RDR2, we will probably see the game first on Xbox and PlayStation, to make the leap later to PC.

GTA 6 delayed?

While November 2020 appears to be the earliest we can see GTA 6, rumors suggest that we may have to wait much longer before we can get the game in our hands. According to numerous stock analyst reports, Rockstar Games will not be releasing a GTA V sequel for at least a few years.

Giamio predicts we won't see GTA 6 in stores until 2022, two years after the proposed launch date in November, with Rockstar possibly choosing to fill the gap with smaller franchises like Bully or Max Payne.

Rockstar also released a list of jobs for an 'Environmental Artist' in July 2019, hinting at the potential for the title to come earlier in its development cycle than some might have anticipated, and reinforces the claims that Giamio made. in the same month.

Where will the GTA 6 map be set?

The location of the GTA 6 map has been a point of contention for fans in recent months. London was thought to be a possible candidate, but recent escapes and rumors have slowed this theory down.

The locations of the GTA 6 maps vary from the mentioned London, to a new version of Los Angeles and Miami, to a new location like Chicago. The next most popular theory for a destination is that GTA will finally return to Vice City, the franchise takeover in South Florida, for the first time since 2002.

However, this rumor comes with a twist, as many fans have suggested that there might be a travel element between Vice City and somewhere in South America. If this is the case, the open world without loading screens that we saw in GTA V can be difficult to replicate. The leak also claimed that the game would be established in the 1970s or 1990s, although some have dismissed this rumor as false.

Of course, there is also a rumor that Rockstar plans to recreate the entirety of the United States. Usually, we'd say this is nothing more than crazy speculation, but GTA developers have never been able to run away from a challenge!

A Glass door review has hinted that GTA 6 will be made up of previous Grand Theft Auto locations to create America. With all the information available today, and the fact that GTA 6 is rumored to only appear on next-gen consoles due to memory limitations, GTA 6 is comprised of several past Grand Theft Auto locations.

What will be the history of GTA 6? Who are the characters? 

An alleged leak suggests that the game will follow a low-level drug dealer named Ricardo, and his journey to become a drug trafficker in Vice City, but of course, this has not been confirmed and its validity is unknown.

Another rumor, reported by Techno Bezz, suggests that Rockstar could move away from the Co-Op campaign and instead switch to Team Campaign missions, which could bring a new competitive gameplay element to story mode in GTA 6.

Has there been any leak on GTA 6?

Information on GTA 6 is sparse on the ground, but a Reddit user who claimed to have friends working for Kotaku, PC Gamer, and Rockstar posted a list of alleged leaks about the title, though none of them can really be verified for its accuracy.

Along with the news that it will take place in Vice City and an unnamed version of Rio De Janeiro, the filter suggests it has been largely inspired by Netflix's Narcos series, and will feature major weather elements like hurricanes and floods.

Another leak from an anonymous Reddit user on August 13 almost seems too detailed, with the Reddit post explaining how GTA 6 will go international and that "the game will start in the 1970s in Liberty City while playing at a low level."

According to the source, the campaign will include three acts: the prologue (set in 1978), the main story (set in 1980) and the epilogue (set today). If this holds, this will have huge implications for how you will interact and communicate in the game.

Supposedly, the first GTA VI screenshots leaked on Reddit on September 11, and the user quickly removed the post. Like many 'screenshots' claiming to be real, the images looked blurry as if taken in a hurry.

One of the images showed who could be the protagonist of the game, although it is difficult to see his face clearly, since it is taken from a side angle. The background is a night urban landscape, which corroborates the rumors of the Vice City environment. It looks like another picture was taken from a game movie scene and shows a police car in the rain.

A screenshot of the actual game was also leaked, and shows what is possibly the UI and the mini map of GTA 6.

There's a good chance it will be released on the new PlayStation 5 console and also on the Xbox Scarlett Project, although even that has yet to be confirmed. New rumors point out that it could appear in Sony's The Game Awards or PlayStation Awards.

It is not clear which of these leaks we can really believe. We will have to continue to have patience.

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