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GTA 6 elease da e es ima e, aile s, a d la es Rocks a Games ews

He e's wha we k ow abou he Rocks a Games GTA 6 elease da e, he ew GTA 6 aile , a d all s o y a d gameplay de ails evealed so fa .

Dave I wi

Published: Ap 29, 2024

Whe is GTA 6 comi g ou ? Give how ma y yea s i akes o c ea e ope wo lds of he same calibe as GTA 5, i ’s o su p ise ha Rocks a Games has al eady spe yea s developi g GTA 6. Howeve , like mos develope s, Rocks a p efe s o keep i s sec e s close o i s ches u il hey’ e close o he e d of developme – a d ece   epo s sugges ha he elease da e is soo e ha  you migh hi k.

The G a d Thef Au o 6 elease da e has ce ai ly bee a lo g ime comi g. Ea ly gameplay leaks of GTA 6 su faced o li e las yea , alo g wi h li es of sou ce code a d developme  foo age fo he ope -wo ld game. The e’s bee ple y of  umo s a d specula io su ou di g he elease da e si ce he , bu you ca ca ch up wi h all he co fi med de ails su ou di g he s o y a d se i g i he GTA 6 aile igh he e o PCGamesN. He e’s all he la es o he GTA 6 elease da e, ews, a d gameplay.

GTA 6 elease da e es ima e

The GTA 6 elease da e is expec ed o fall be wee Ja ua y a d Ap il 2025 fo Xbox Se ies X|S a d PlayS a io 5. Rocks a Games evealed a 2025 lau ch wi dow i he GTA 6 aile , a d a Take-Two i ves o call a owed i  dow o Q1 2025. The GTA 6 PC elease is happe i g la e , a d will likely be as fa as Q1 2026.

While he fi s GTA 6 aile co fi ms he elease yea is 2025, a follow-up p ess elease f om Rocks a PR cla ifies ha his is a co sole-specific elease da e. Refe i g o Rocks a Games’ oad map fo Red Dead Redemp io 2, we expec he GTA 6 PC elease da e will fall o e yea la e .

Ou qua e es ima e is based o Take-Two I e ac ive’s a ge s fo fiscal 2025. I a Take-Two I e ac ive i ves o call, chief fi a ce office  Lai ie Golds ei  s a ed, “We a e posi io i g ou busi ess fo a sig ifica i flec io poi i fiscal 2025 ha will culmi a e i us delive i g ew eco d levels of ope a i g pe fo ma ce ex yea a d beyo d.”

While a ece Ko aku  epo sugges ed ha Rocks a may miss his elease wi dow “as p oduc io epo edly falls behi d,” Bloombe g’s Jaso Sch eie   efu ed hese claims as a “ove blow co ce .” Acco di g o Ko aku’s sou ce, a y delay o 2026 would be co side ed a “fallback pla ,” hough a “fall 2025 lau ch seems mo e plausible a d feasible.” Sch eie poi s ou ha all upcomi g PC games a e ech ically behi d schedule. Ei he way, we may see Rocks a u de go a c u ch pe iod i a a emp o avoid GTA 6 slippi g i o 2026.

The compa y said ha “ac ive developme fo he ex e y” is “well u de way” a d ha i will e e i s “ ex phase of g ow h i fiscal 2025.” While his may be subjec o cha ge, GTA 6 is u ques io ably  he p ope y ha will allow Take-Two o mee i s a ge of “ove $8 billio i e booki gs a d ove $1 billio i adjus ed u es ic ed ope a i g cash flow.” Take-Two’s s ock  eceived a massive jump i sha e p ice as a esul of he GTA 6 lau ch de ails bei g a ou ced, a d we expec ha e d o co i ue as mo e is evealed.

Bloombe g epo s ha GTA 6 is se o e e  “ he fi al s ages of developme ” i Ap il 2024. Rocks a is also maki g a co ce ed effo o quash a y fu u e secu i y b eaches by eques i g employees e u o he office fo five days a week du i g his busy pe iod

Ubisof CEO Yves Guillemo also old i ves o s ha he expec s he GTA 6 elease da e o fall “close o ou fi a cial yea ’26 ha ou fi a cial yea ’25” i a ece ea i gs call. This would place he GTA 6 elease da e close o Ap il 2025, hough Guillemo we o o qualify ha Ubisof “do o k ow exac ly whe i is goi g o happe .”

A ece job pos i g fo a Rocks a localiza io es e has also bee spo ed by Reddi use Twis LT, ga e i g heavy specula io as fa s a emp o a ow dow he GTA 6 elease da e. The localiza io posi io is a fixed- e m 12-mo h co ac a Rocks a Li col , he develope ’s i -house quali y a d assu a ce s udio. Acco di g o he pos i g, a successful applica io mus  “e su e fi al p oduc quali y is as high as possible,” a d some fa s have ake his o mea ha we may see ha fi al p oduc wi hi a yea .

Rocks a i side s claimed back i 2022 ha he GTA 6 lau ch da e was “a leas wo yea s away” a d p ovided ea ly de ails su ou di g he c ime game‘s leadi g cha ac e s a d he e u o Vice Ci y.

A ou d he 20 h a ive sa y of GTA: Vice Ci y’s elease da e, ac o B ya Zampalla pos ed a pho o of himself o social media wi h palm ees i he backg ou d a d a Hawaiia shi . Zampalla’s umo ed ies o GTA 6 caused specula io ha his was a ease a GTA 6 ews. Howeve , fu he pho os have led ma y o wo de if he umo ed GTA 6 voice ac o  is simply aki g he oppo u i y o oll vigila GTA 6 fa s.

GTA 6 aile s

The fi s GTA 6 aile was  eleased ea lie ha a icipa ed due o widesp ead leaks. I was o igi ally scheduled o d op o Tuesday, Decembe 5, 2023, bu Rocks a Games has si ce made i available o view followi g he leak.

Rocks a Games p eside Sam House co fi med o he Rocks a Games X (fo me ly k ow as Twi e ) accou ha he GTA 6 aile  would a ive i “ea ly Decembe ”. A ew aile was ho ly a icipa ed af e a GTA 6 aile playlis  sudde ly appea ed o he official YouTube cha el, bu his u ed ou o be a au oma ically ge e a ed playlis .

T aile 1 co fi ms he GTA 6 elease da e yea as 2025. I ’s app oxima ely 91 seco ds lo g a d ve ifies umo s ha he se ies is  e u i g o Vice Ci y. I fea u es seve al p omi e GTA 6 loca io s, i cludi g he Malibu Club a d Ocea D ive. We see ou wo mai p o ago is s, Lucia a d Jaso , h ow oge he i u usual ci cums a ces a d fo ced o wo k oge he i a mode -day Bo ie a d Clyde si ua io .

Cu e umo s sugges ha GTA 6 T aile 2 is expec ed some ime i May o  Augus his yea . This p edic io comes f om X (fo me ly k ow as Twi e ) use s Sy hPo a o a d GTAVI_Cou dow , a d is based o Rocks a ’s p e- elease ma ke i g fo hei p evious games as well as Take-Two CFO Lai ie Golds ei ’s comme s co ce i g he compa y’s fo ecas fo fiscal yea 2025. “The umbe is acki g a li le above $7 billio fo e booki gs fo he yea ,” Golds ei   evealed i a ece ea i gs call, easi g ha he “pipeli e is g ou db eaki g fo ex yea a d beyo d.”

If his p edic io holds, we may see a  hi d GTA 6 aile d op i Decembe 2024 – a yea af e he fi s aile – followed by a mo e subs a ial gameplay aile i Feb ua y 2025 ahead of he GTA 6 elease da e.

GTA 6 leaks

O Sep embe 18, 2022, 90 videos showi g off 53 mi u es a d 26 seco ds wo h of es foo age we e leaked i o e of he bigges da a b eaches i his o y. I he ea ly es foo age, we ca see he playe aki g he ole of a male a d a female cha ac e as pa of a Bo ie a d Clyde-like duo amed Jaso a d Lucia, as epo ed by Bloombe g ea lie ha yea .

O e of he s a dou clips shows he playe co olli g Lucia as she a d Jaso hold up a di e , like he couple a he e d of Pulp Fic io . O he videos show Lucia s a di g o a s ee co e , wa chi g he affic go by i b oad dayligh , while Jaso visi s a igh club. Si ce he foo age became public, he GTA 6 leake has bee a es ed.

A fu he GTA 6 leak occu ed o TikTok jus days befo e he GTA 6 aile elease da e, which i cluded a b ief glimpse of he map. Howeve , his leak was quickly ove shadowed by  he GTA 6 aile i self, which leaked o X (fo me ly k ow as Twi e ) less ha 24 hou s p io o he official elease. Rocks a Games espo ded by eleasi g he aile wholesale sho ly af e he discove y of he leak, s a i g, “Ou aile has leaked, so please wa ch he eal hi g.”

GTA 6 ews

Despi e he majo se back of leaked game foo age, Rocks a eleased a s a eme   o cla ify ha  while i is “ex emely disappoi ed” ha ea ly foo age has leaked, wo k o “ he ex G a d Thef Au o will co i ue as pla ed”. The develope s also assu e fa s ha hey “will upda e eve yo e agai soo a d, of cou se, will p ope ly i oduce you o his ex game whe i is eady”.

A he ve y leas , Rocks a has bee developi g GTA 6 si ce he commu i y upda e o Feb ua y 4, whe Rocks a co fi med ha “ac ive developme fo he ex e y i he G a d Thef Au o se ies is well u de way”. Wha eve i is, we ca es assu ed i will be “special”. As pa of he s udio’s a ou ceme ha i was wi di g dow suppo fo Red Dead O li e, Rocks a co fi med ha mo e esou ces we e bei g dive ed o “ he ex e y i he G a d Thef Au o se ies” a d ha i wa s o e su e he ew game “exceeds playe s’ expec a io s.”

Take-Two I e ac ive CEO S auss Zel ick sugges s, i a 2019 i e view wi h GamesI dus y.biz, ha be e developme ools a d bigge eams could sho e he gaps be wee game eleases. I could also mea ha “games may be a bi sho e ” while s ill bei g obus ly suppo ed pos -lau ch.

Mi iga i g GTA 6 c u ch  ime is a o he easo he ex GTA 6 could be sho e . As Ko aku says i i s epo i 2020, “O e pla ha ma ageme has laid ou fo he ex game, a ew e y i he G a d Thef Au o se ies, is o s a wi h a mode a ely sized elease (which, by Rocks a ’s s a da ds, would s ill be a la ge game) ha is he expa ded wi h egula upda es ove ime, which may help mi iga e s ess a d c u ch”.

Rocks a employees a e speaki g ou abou he posi ive cha ges he compa y is maki g af e he sc u i y i a ac ed followi g he c u ch ime ove Red Dead Redemp io 2.

GTA 6 s o y

The GTA 6 aile gave us co c e e de ails su ou di g he GTA 6 s o y. I ’s quickly appa e ha GTA 6 is se i mode -day Vice Ci y a d o he ‘80s, ha ks o he p olife a io of social media pos s ha p ovide quick s apsho s of eve yday life i Rocks a ’s exagge a ed ve sio of Miami, i cludi g alliga o -w a gli g, d ive-by we ki g, a d a middle-aged woma i a igh ie a d slippe s wieldi g wo hamme s. While he p ospec of i -u ive se social media has appea ed p eviously i GTA 5, his la es ep ese a io of Vice Ci y al eady p oves ha he mo e hi gs cha ge, he mo e hey s ay he same.

We also ge ou fi s p ope i oduc io o Lucia, he fi s of GTA 6’s wo mai p o ago is s, as she appea s i o a ge p iso  ga b, co ve si g wi h a p iso cou selo . Whe asked why she e ded up i p iso , she sh ugs: “Bad luck, I guess.” I ’s u clea whe he his cu sce e akes place a he begi i g o he e d of he s o y, bu he GTA 6 s o y is se o cha he cou se of he ime o he w o g side of he law.

We also ge a glimpse of Jaso , he seco d GTA 6 p o ago is , a d Lucia’s pa e -i -c ime, al hough he appea s o be a less p omi e figu e i he GTA 6 s o y ha Lucia. The wo have a i ima e ela io ship à la Bo ie a d Clyde, hough hei dep h of oma ic feeli gs fo o e a o he  is ye o be evealed. I a b ief voiceove , Lucia appea s o be add essi g him as she decla es: “The o ly way ha we ge h ough his is by s icki g oge he . Bei g a eam.”

This eamwo k is eflec ed i  a f augh cu sce e as hey flee he cops i a ge away ca , dolla bills clu ched i Lucia’s ha d. We also see mul iple i s a ces of hem s o mi g i o co ve ie ce s o es a d o he buildi gs, faces obscu ed a d gu s aised. O e hi g’s fo su e: his is o e c ime sp ee we do ’ wa o miss.

While leaks have show off Lucia i he pas , umo s we e ci cula i g abou a playable female cha ac e lo g befo eha d. Eagle-eyed use s f om GTA Fo ums picked up o some clues, keepi g ack of some of he voice ale . O e ac o , Na o ia Mo e , o igi ally lis s o he CV a pe fo ma ce as “Tama a” u de a p ojec k ow by he code ame “Fi eball”. This p ofile has si ce bee al e ed, bu as o e of hei use s poi s ou , “Fi eball” is he ame of a so g by Miami-bo a is Pi bull. As i u s ou , his may o be he mai cha ac e , as she is amed Lucia i he foo age

As fo he GTA 6 map i self, some fa s specula e ha if he calcula io s f om he GTA 6 leak we e ue, his ve sio of Vice Ci y a d he su ou di g a eas could be wice as la ge as GTA 5’s Los Sa os – al hough a fo me dev has sugges ed ha he GTA 6 map should be smalle  a d mo e de sely packed.

Rumo s also sugges ha he campaig ’s map will cha ge h ough DLC o i clude ew a eas o upda es o exis i g o es based o wha eve heme he DLC has. I ’s o jus he campaig map ha cha ges ei he , as  he ew GTA O li e mode may ake place o a ‘evolvi g map’ ha i cludes al e a io s a d weaks wi h eve y upda e, much like how he Fo i e map cha ges wi h eve y ew seaso .

GTA 6 gameplay

As fo wha GTA 6 gameplay we ca see f om he leaks, he e’s o much diffe e f om GTA 5. I o e of he leaks, we see Lucia – p esumably co olled by he playe – holdi g up a di e while yi g o keep he hos ages f om escapi g by shoo i g hem i he back as hey u . We also see Jaso a d Lucia evadi g he cops by s eali g o e of hei ca s a d d ivi g a ou d he block. Jaso also lea s ou of a movi g ca while shoo i g wi h a assaul ifle.

As you migh expec , d iveable vehicles i clude GTA 6 ca s a d boa s, while he Me o allows playe s o effec ively avel ac oss he ci y. I addi io , he ca s seem o allow playe s o adjus he wheel’s posi io , chai a gles, a d o he co ols.

Some aw es foo age shows mo e abou he moveme mecha ics, i cludi g a cove sys em, c ouchi g, a d c awli g. The playable cha ac e ca also cove hei face wi h hei ha ds o GTA 6 weapo s o p eve headsho s. A o e poi i he foo age, we see Jaso looki g i a co ve ie ce s o e while usi g a ew visio abili y. I looks simila o how Deadeye i Red Dead Redemp io wo ks, bu igh ow, we o ly see i adjus he colo of he foo age.

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