GTA 6 updates: Release date rumours swirl as former Rockstar Games animator speaks out
RUMOURS are swirling around GTA 6 – the most hotly anticipated title in gaming history.
Former Rockstar Games developer Mike York sparked speculation after speaking out on Kiwi Talkz about the state of the studio's newest blockbuster.
The next earnings call from Take-Two, Rockstar's parent company, is on February 6 when there is expected to be an update on the game.
GTA 6 is slated to come out later this year.
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Three years since Rockstar confirmed GTA 6 – with new announcement expected soon
It's three years to the day since Rockstar confirmed GTA 6 would be released in 2025.
Take-Two, Rockstar's parent company, holds its earnings call on Thursday (February 6).
That is likely the day we find out if GTA 6 will hit its 2025 release window, or slip to 2026.
How popular was GTA 5?
Grand Theft Auto – also known by its abbreviation GTA – is one of the biggest video game franchises in the world, with GTA 5 selling over 160 million copies across various Xbox, PlayStation and PC consoles.
When will GTA 6 release?
GTA 6 is officially confirmed for a 2025 release date, but financial data can help us narrow that down further.
A press release from publisher Take Two confirmed that it was planned to launch between April 6 2025 and April 5 2026.
In pictures – GTA 6
GTA 6 is expected to bring gaming to another level. Here are some of the best pics released from the game so far:
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Credit: ROCKSTAR 'We'd play the game all day every day'
Former Rockstar Games developer Mike York has given a fascinating insight into how the game is created.
In his interview, he said that during his time working on GTA 5, below, the team "played the game all day, every day for, like, eight-to-10 hours a day".
Credit: Rockstar Games Vice City – from Redhill to Domed Hills
Some of the names of different locations on the GTA 6 map were also discovered.
The full list includes:
- Port Gellhorn
- Ambrosia
- Redhill
- LO
- Sundown
- Copperhead
- Yorktown
- Lake Leonida
- Ekanfinika
- Hamlet
- Domed Hills
What we know so far about the GTA 6 map
The map was one of the first things revealed. The new map of Vice City will apparently be almost twice the size of GTA 5’s Los Santos.
It cuts off to the north side, leading fans to believe it could be even bigger than what we can see.
GTA 5’s Los Santos is one of gaming’s largest at around 30 square miles.
This is the same size as Rockstar’s other popular game, Red Dead Redemption 2.
Speculation mounts after no updates since December 2023
The only official content from Rockstar Games itself so far is the first, and so far only trailer, and there has not been any updates from the studio about it since.
This has added to worries that GTA 6 may be postponed for yet another yet,
Fans, however, are trying their best to remain hopeful even if it means finding comfort in the small pieces of content they have received so far.
Trailer launched after leak
Rockstar decided to launch the GTA 6 trailer earlier than expected after it leaked online.
While fans were only blessed with 90 seconds of new footage, there was a lot of information for people to dissect.
'There's probably a ton of bugs'
Former Rockstar Games developer Mike York, who has credits on GTA 5 and Red Dead Remption 2, sparked an online frenzy after speaking about the new game. Here is what he had to say:
"They're probably still making a few new things here and there or adding to things here and there, of course, but I would assume that the game's probably playable now, and a bunch of people are testing the whole thing all the way through," he guessed. "There's probably a ton of bugs"