By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
29.11.2023 - 11:01 / fortressofsolitude.co.za / Dan Houser
An old rumour from 2015 claiming that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are involved in GTA 6 has resurfaced. Depending on who you follow, the rumours suggest that Mendes and Gosling will be voicing Lucia and Jason, the alleged main protagonists of the upcoming game. At the same time, other rumours suggest that instead of voicing Lucia and Jason, Gosling and Mendes’ characters in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) will act as inspiration for the game’s main characters.
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Rockstars’ recent announcement that a new Grand Theft Auto trailer will be released in December sent shockwaves throughout the gaming world. The rumour mills went into overdrive and dug up this old supposed leak mentioning the Hollywood couple were involved in the game. Neither Gosling, Mendes or Rockstar Games have ever confirmed the rumour.
It’s been ten years since GTA 5 dropped. While GTA Online has kept players warm these many years, fans have had to wait until breaking point for a new Grand Theft Auto; recall that Rockstar still needs to mention if the upcoming game will be titled GTA 6. Anyway, fans have been waiting patiently, and news about a new game only came early last year when Rockstar confirmed long-held rumours of a new GTA in development.
GTA fans and players went into overdrive last year after a massive leak occurred, revealing many aspects of an upcoming GTA release. Rockstar confirmed the leak was legit, and the FBI was involved. The leak revealed many aspects of the game, including combat, character details, and even voice-over dialogue.
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The leak also revealed that the game’s two main protagonists are Jason and Lucia. From that sprung the notion that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes inspired these game characters.
Bloomberg also ran a story two months before the leak, which mentioned that Rockstar will feature their first female lead, Lucia, who joins Jason, and together, they make up the duo protagonists of the game. The Bloomberg report mentioned that Lucia would be Latina and, together with Jason, could be compared to robbers like Bonnie and Clyde.
The leaks also reveal that Jason and Lucia will have a dynamic relationship system that will affect their romance, friendship, and general interaction based on player choices and actions. The Gosling and Eva Mendes rumour has not been confirmed by either the actors or Rockstar, but it is doubtful that the actors had direct involvement in the game. Rockstar Games’ co-founder Dan Houser revealed to Vulture magazine in 2018 that the company will no longer work with well-known Hollywood talent.
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By Andrew Webster, an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
Game developers have a problem with this year’s Game Awards.
As a storytelling medium, games are strange. In my day job, I tell students that the medium-specific dimension of games is that they respond to our choices in real time: you press a button, Mario jumps. You choose a line of dialogue, and a scene can suddenly turn violent or comedic. This means that games, especially narrative-focused ones, are simultaneously a way for us to tell a story and a way for us to be told a story. Clara Fernández-Vara and Matthew Weise, in talking about world-building, call the world of a game a “story engine”: by creating a fleshed-out and engaging world, the designer builds story potential, which the player then “actualizes” through their play.
The Game Awards has faced a slew of criticism about its format as developers were urged off stage. Its creator, director and figurehead Geoff Keighley responded and recognized the widespread frustration the next day on social media.
If you were impressed by how good the first GTA 6 trailer looked, you were far from alone: even developers who previously worked at Rockstar were blown away by the level of detail shown.
If you missed The Game Awards 2023 livestream, as it was on overnight here in the UK, and are looking for a one-stop shop on what the big celebrity cameos and new game reveals were during the three-hour-plus event, we’ve got you covered.
Larian Studios and Remedy led The Game Awards last night, with Baldur's Gate 3 winning six awards including Game of the Year, and Alan Wake 2 taking home three of the eight it was nominated for.
If Alan Wake 2 didn’t completely melt your face, Poets of the Fall are back to finish the job.
If The Outlast Trials isn’t enough horror, The Game Awards will also see Supermassive Games’ Dead by Daylight title appearing. A new tweet is available, featuring the message from studio director Steve Goss and executive producer Traci Tufte from May, which promised more details later this year. It seems we’ll finally learn more on December 7th.
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Rockstar Games released the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 on Monday — earlier than expected — officially revealing the next entry in the open-world crime franchise after years of anticipation. GTA 6 is the first brand-new Grand Theft Auto game in more than a decade, and expectations are high — GTA 6’s predecessor, Grand Theft Auto 5, has sold more than 190 million copies since its debut in 2013.