GTA 6 Update: 5 Things We Know About Grand Theft Auto 6 Right Now
09.11.2023 - 02:11
/ tech.hindustantimes.com
GTA 6 Update: Rockstar Games Inc. is preparing to reveal plans for its next entry in the seminal Grand Theft Auto franchise as soon as this week, with a trailer to come in December. As we await further details on GTA VI, here's a look back at its pedigree and why its release is among the most hotly anticipated events on the games calendar.
Grand Theft Auto VI will be the next major release in a series of action video games initiated in 1997, where the player takes on the role of an antihero avoiding police and driving and shooting across a simulacrum of a real-world city. It was one of the earliest and best attempts at creating what's become known as an open-world game, where players can choose their own path and missions through the game.
Over the years, GTA games have grown into a wider cultural phenomenon reaching beyond gaming, as its distinctive style earned loyal players and fans from across the entertainment industry. The series has sold more than 405 million copies, Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said in August.
Previous entries in the series have involved running around recognizable recreations of cities like Miami, Los Angeles and New York. Back in 2022, people familiar with Rockstar's plans said early designs for the game had called for the inclusion of territories based on large swathes of North and South America. But the company curtailed those ambitions and cut the main map down to a fictionalized version of Miami and its surrounding areas. The game will feature two protagonists, a man and a woman.
A number of clues to the new game were gleaned from an extensive leak of videos and screenshots posted to the web by a hacker in September 2022. People familiar with the game's development said the cache showed pre-release footage of the game and Rockstar moved quickly to scrub the images from the internet. Gaming site Games Radar reported that the leak pointed to a modern-day Vice City setting (from the game bearing the same name, based on Miami), fresh gameplay mechanics and improved AI.
In 2022, industry analysts expected GTA VI would be out sometime in Take-Two's 2024 fiscal year, which runs from April 2023 through March 2024, but even then developers were skeptical. Video games are notorious for release delays enforced by hitches in development, as highlighted by the ambitious Cyberpunk 2077's tortured path to release.
As of now, we have no idea. The leaked gameplay footage last year was rough and riddled with bugs, with Rockstar promising to introduce the game to players properly “when it is ready.” Rockstar doesn't appear in desperate need to rush out the game: its GTA Online service hosted more users in June this year than in any other June outside of the