GTA 6 – release, price, news. If these rumors turn out to be true, gamers will be furious

Nov 17th, 2023 release date
It’s going to rock the gaming world, surprise of the century. Believe . I know this is the release date for 100%. They’ve been feeding fake info to pissed of devs to weed out leaks in their own company.
The leaked gameplay in 2022 was from early 2020.

– Budz (@Budzcario) July 13, 2023

It’s better to restrain potential enthusiasm, because the author of the rumor is a whistleblower who has no track record of verified leaks. It also doesn’t help that he’s convinced that Rockstar Games will announce its game at some industry gala – the past shows that the said studio tends to prefer sudden surprises. Regardless of the circumstances, the news has caused quite a stir, which can be seen primarily on the Reddit.

The informant also commented on earlier leaks. According to him, the unofficial footage dated back to 2020 and is supposed to be an action by Rockstar, which thus wanted to stop potentially more problematic leaks.

What will GTA 6 be about? Plot and setting

Version 1 – in the climate of Pablo Escobar

According to the aforementioned rumor, the action of the GTA 6 game will take place on the territory of two continents – the Americas. It is reported that we will be relocated to the 1970s and 1980s, and the plot will revolve (closer or further) around the characters of the Pablo Escobar. This would fit in as well as possible with the gangster vibe of the Grand Theft Auto series.

From the same potential leak, we learn that in GTA 6 (codenamed Project Americas) the protagonist is to be one. He is to be a man known as Ricardo, who wants to become a drug boss. And it is this mission that the plot will focus on.

Version 2 – the life of a gangster in the present day

At the same time lives another rumor. According to it, the GTA 6 game will be set in the modern world and will show what gangster life currently looks like. In this case, we would get four protagonists: two law enforcers and two who do not particularly respect the latter. There are also reports online that we will take control of a woman for the first time.

Version 3 – a story surrounded by drug trafficking

According to the version of the plot provided by Matheusvictorbra, the title is supposed to tell the story the story of two protagonists – twins (a sister and a brother). They were separated after A drug cartel killed their parents. Many years later (in the 1920s) they meet again, although they operate on two different sides of the barricade. The brother is a DOA agent (the equivalent of the Drug Enforcement Agency in the GTA world). The sister, on the other hand, has stepped into the role of an assassin in the cartel responsible for the death of their parents, in order to work it out from the inside and exact revenge. The entire game is expected to focus on the topic of drugs and drug trafficking to a degree never before seen in the series. The production will also try to give a good representation of the modern level of technology and weaponry.

Version 4 – smuggler, boxer and policewoman

According to what we can read in a purported marketing document, the plot of GTA VI will have a three main characters – Ricardo, a Colombian special agent who becomes a smuggler in Vice City (the first act of the story will focus on him), Casey, a former boxer unafraid to use violence (the second act of the story will focus on him), and Rose, a policewoman in despair after the death of her husband, Arthur McClane, who falls in love with Ricardo (the third act of the story will focus on her). A number of familiar faces from GTA IV are expected to appear in the production, such as Little Jacob, Niko Bellic and Gay Tony. It is expected to take about 80 hours to complete the whole thing.

Version 5 – the new Bonnie and Clyde

A leak from Jason Schreier says about the two characters whose fates would be inspired by the story of the criminals known as Bonnie and Clyde. One of the protagonists is to be a woman of Hispanic descent and the other a man. The plot of Grand Theft Auto 6 is also to be devoid of the series’ characteristic satire ridiculing minorities, among others. The decision is said to stem from studio representatives’ concerns about how a similar direction might be received today. And as some of the employees admit: “Today’s America cannot be described satirically, because it is itself already a satire“.

GTA 6 – the map and everything related to it

Last year, Grand Theft Auto VI became famous for a map published by a certain Reddit user. It suggested that we would return to the vicinity of Vice City, which longtime fans of the series would certainly take positively. Unfortunately, it is not known how true this information is, after all, we are only talking about rumors. What adds credibility to the matter, however, is the fact that the author of the leak has already revealed news that turned out to be authentic. It’s also worth bearing in mind that this coincides with previous reports about GTA 6. Several visions emerge from them, and according to the most likely one… Rockstar will invite us to the a huge open world, which in the north will start right from Vice City, while in the south it will go all the way to Brazil (via Mexico, Cuba and Colombia).

Another leak has been forwarded to by a Twitter user nicknamed Matheusvictorbr, who is interested in Rockstar productions and is occasionally quoted by industry media. According to his information, in GTA VI players will be able to visit as many as five locations – Carcer City (known from the Manhunt series), Vice City, Cuba, Colombia, and Brazil (in the prologue).

Another of the leaks, a more than 100-page document purporting to be an instruction manual intended for the marketing department, said. the game will offer travel to the state of Liberty and the cities of Vice City, Carcer City and Cottonmouth. The prologue, in turn, is to be set in a fictional country in South America. At this point, it’s hard to judge how true this information might be, but given that much of it contradicts each other, it must be approached with great caution.

News in Grand Theft Auto 6

Based on circulating rumors, we can expect the following. weather will play an important role and there will even be phenomena such as hurricanes and floods. The landscape will also change over the years – we will notice it in buildings or cars.

The next elements most likely to make their way into GTA 6 are.

• an expanded economic system (e.g., with evolving commodity prices),
• multi-layered mechanics of building a drug empire,
• realistic equipment (i.e., you carry only as much as a person would actually be able to carry, and you can possibly keep the rest in the trunk of your personal car),
• introduction of truly erpy character development systems,
• Destruction system, allowing buildings to be demolished featured in the game. This is the most controversial part of the leak published by Matheusvictorbra, and this may indicate its low credibility. After all, it’s hard to imagine that there would be an option to raze the entire city to the ground. However, it is possible that it is only about individual buildings, the devastation of which, for example, will be part of any of the tasks.

On the other hand, according to what we can find in a supposedly marketing document, GTA VI is expected to feature such attractions as:

• improved exploration system (police officers are to be at least much more inquisitive to get to the perpetrator of a crime, even if the player has managed to escape from them),
• body hiding mechanics,
• the mechanics of managing your own organization,
• ability to arrest criminals and conduct investigations (as Rose),
• more interactive NPCs,
• The need to take care of basic physiological needs, such as sleep;
• mechanics of stress,
• the mechanics of taking drugs, which will affect gameplay;
• Mechanics for building sympathy and antipathy toward other gangs (those that don’t like the heroes, for example, can try to hunt them down),
• ability to listen to the radio via headphonesi, while outside the vehicle,
• climbing mechanics,
• business negotiation system,
• various types of ammunition,
• air travel.

Yet another leak comes from Jason Schreier, who on the Bloomberg website published another handful of details. He drew his knowledge from interviews he conducted with 20 anonymous Rockstar Games studio employees. Among the information about the setting of the action scrolls a city inspired by Miami. This would mean that we will end up in Vice City, a metropolis known from the older installment with such a subtitle. According to the latest reports, at first we would have access only to this city and its surroundings. As the storyline developed, we would also go to other places.

A chainsaw may appear in GTA 6

Those who played GTA Vice City, San Andreas or Chinatown Wars will surely remember the chainsaw available in those games as part of the arsenal. LinkedIn profile of one of Rockstar’s former employees the fact that this equipment may return in GTA 6. The man in question, while at work, was involved in creating, among other things, labels for items to appear in the game – among them was reportedly a chainsaw.

The employee’s profile has already been edited, so the description of his experience no longer mentions a chainsaw in GTA 6. However, nothing is lost on the Internet – the entry can be found at Reddit. Thus, we believe that this weapon will indeed return in the latest installment of the series. However, it is important to note that it may appear in a different form, not necessarily as a tool designed for combat.

GTA 6 the most expensive game ever?

A Youtuber known for his videos on the Grand Theft Auto series has prepared material on the budget of the highly anticipated GTA 6. According to him, the latest production of Rockstar Games studio will be the most expensive game ever. The cost of its production is expected to be $1-2 billion. So far, the most expensive games were Destiny 2 ($500 million), Star Citizen ($500 million), Cyberpunk 2077 ($330 million) or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ($330 million).

In addition, at Insider-Gaming a summary appeared showing the production costs of each installment of the series. In the case of the first three installments, the data is less certain – it was determined on the basis of “investigation” by the editors. In other cases (excluding the latest installment), the data is taken from official sources. The list is as follows:

• Grand Theft Auto (1997) – $1-2 million.
• Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) – 3-4 million
• Grand Theft Auto 3 (2001) – 5 million
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) – 5 million.
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) – 10 million
• Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) – 100 million
• Grand Theft Auto V (2013) – 250 million
• Grand Theft Auto 6 (2024?) – 1-2 billion

We can also expect a huge marketing campaign, which will further increase the cost of the game’s release. Grant Taylor-Hill of Insider-Gaming suspects that the total will be $3 billion. Of course, this is not certain information. So it’s best to wait with judgments until the marketing machine officially gets going.

American journalist saw GTA 6 in action

Well-known American youtuber and journalist HipHopGamer uploaded a photo to Twitter in which he stands next to Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive – the publisher of Grand Theft Auto 6. According to the information he provided, GTA 6 will be unforgettable.