Fans have been waiting for the release of GTA6 for years. After the first trailer for the upcoming game finally dropped late last year, rumors started circulating that the release could be delayed until early 2026. Now, Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, has decided that the time has come to bring attention to these rumors. bed.
On May 16, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed in an earnings call that GTA 6 would be released in the fall of next year, shortening its release window for the first time ever. “We are confident that we will perform [GTA 6] in the fall of 2025,” Zelnick said in the earnings call.
While long-held rumors suggest GTA6 has been in development since 2014, we finally got a first-look trailer in December 2023, coinciding with Rockstar Games’ 25th anniversary. The trailer broke records on YouTube, receiving 93 million views on the platform in 24 hours.
The official trailer took us back to a modern, sun-drenched Vice City and introduced us to protagonist Lucia and her currently unnamed partner. Soundtrack to Tom Petty’s ‘Love is a Long Road’, the GTA6 The trailer is filled with neon lights, speedboats, jumbo jets, pool parties, strip clubs, flamingos and short TikTok-inspired vertical shots, leaving fans more excited than ever.
So, what do we know about it GTA6? When could the game be released? And how much could it cost? We have all the details about the upcoming installment in the franchise.
‘GTA 6’ release date and trailer: when could the game be released?
While no firm release date has been announced yet, the first-look trailer back in December gave fans a release window – at the end of the 90-second teaser, when the titles appear on screen, they’re listed below in bold white letters the words “Coming in 2025”.
Since the trailer’s launch, the 2025 release date has been removed from marketing materials. But on May 16, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick reconfirmed that GTA 6 will release in 2025, stating that the company is confident of a fall 2025 release window.
But could there still be delays? It’s worth looking at the release schedule of Rockstar’s most recent game: Red Dead Redemption 2, for more clues about the release date. Red Dead Redemption 2The game’s first teaser trailer was released in October 2016, and the company said the game would be released in the second half of 2017.
It was then delayed twice, first to early 2018, before finally getting an official release date of October 26, 2018 – two years after the teaser trailer dropped. Like the next one Grand Theft Auto The game follows the same release strategy and takes delays into account. The last we could see is that the game will launch in 2026.
In March, rumors began to circulate about a postponement of the GTA6 Publication date. A report published by Kotaku in March 2024, it emerged that Rockstar insiders believed the game would be delayed until late 2025 or even early 2026.
In February, Rockstar mandated that its employees return to the office five days a week. Kotaku says that while safety and quality were reportedly the main reasons, the publication was told by its sources that development was continuing GTA6 had started to “fall behind”, with sources claiming that leadership at Rockstar was nervous about the game missing its 2025 window.
Kotaku added: “While early 2025 was possible at one point, this is no longer the goal Grand Theft Auto VIs launch”. That became clear when Strauss revealed in May that the new target for GTA6 it is autumn 2025.
‘GTA 6’ Location: Where is Vice City?
In September 2022, a hacker leaked 90 videos and screenshots of GTA6. The footage and screenshots were described as early development, but it all but confirmed that the game would be set in Vice City. This was then officially confirmed in the first-look trailer.
Vice City is heavily based on the coastal city of Miami. In the trailer, we see news packets and road signs with location names, suggesting that the Vice City map will be significantly larger than the original 2002 game. Reddit users have already recreated maps of Vice City based on the leak.
The trailer gives us confirmation that Leonida is the state in which Vice City is located, with a social media post stating: “Only in Leonida, a crotch grab is an apology for bad driving.” Other road signs read VCI Airport, Catalan Boulevard, Kelly County, Vice Beaches and Port VC/Keys.
‘GTA 6’ story and characters: who will be the main characters in the new game?
Like it GTA V, the latest title will feature more than one protagonist. The 2022 leak introduced us GTA6‘s new protagonists, with much of the footage showing a Latin American woman named Lucia and a man named Jason.
The latest game is rumored to be based on real-life criminals Bonnie and Clyde, according to someone familiar with the game’s development. We got a better look at Lucia in the first-look trailer. The opening shot shows her wearing a prison uniform and talking to what we assume is a parole officer. However, the man is not mentioned.
New York actor Gregory Connors would play Jason GTA6. Although casting has not yet been officially confirmed, Connors mentioned in a recent resume update a “leading role” in a 2025 Rockstar game. The speculation comes days after Troy Baker, the famed video game voice actor best known for his starring roles in The last of us And Not mappedconfirmed that he did not play any of the leads GTA6.
GTA V was the first in the series to introduce three playable protagonists, Michael, Trevor and Franklin, and the upcoming game is expected to follow a similar pattern, allowing players to switch between characters between missions.
How much will ‘GTA 6’ cost?
It’s not often you see online discussions about the price of a game years before release, but with leakers and insiders suggesting the game has a budget of $1 billion to $2 billion, fans are speculating that this could make the game more expensive become. The main rumor suggests the game will cost $150 (£120).
However, we consider this very unlikely. Most AAA games start from around £69.99, while deluxe editions cost up to £100. We didn’t expect this to change, even if the budget was around $1 billion.
What console is ‘GTA 6’ on and is ‘GTA 6’ cross-platform?
At the moment the only one has been confirmed GTA6 platforms include the PS5 and the Xbox Series
Both the PS5 and Xbox Series X will be five years old by then GTA6 is being released, so it is not certain that the older consoles will be supported. Rockstar also hasn’t indicated whether it will support cross-platform play.
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