The Biggest Rumors About Grand Theft Auto 6 | Game Rant
Not much is currently known about Grand Theft Auto 6, but if Grand Theft Auto 5’s sales, which passed 100 million units, are any indication of the nature of its sequel then Grand Theft Auto 6 could be the biggest game of the PS5 and Xbox Series X generation. There have been plenty of rumors and supposed leaks as to the release date, setting, and characters of the hotly anticipated title but until Rockstar actually starts to publicly confirm details of the game, all of these rumors are in the end, just rumors. The two biggest rumors come from Reddit and Fireden.
As far as rumors for Grand Theft Auto 6 go, some are more credible than others but all must be taken with skepticism. One of the more popular leaks comes from Reddit and it claims that the story for Grand Theft Auto 6 will follow a plot inspired by the Netflix series Narcos. The game will supposedly follow one male playable main character (a split from Grand Theft Auto 5’s three playable protagonists) as he attempts to navigate the drug trade world that runs from Vice City to a fictional version of Brazil.
Besides the classic PS2 setting getting a make-over (much like Los Santos from GTA San Andreas to Grand Theft Auto 5), a fictional Brazil and a bunch of other cities are reported to be a part of this game. Interestingly, the same leak claims that the game takes place during the 1970s and 1980s, meaning that, if true, Tommy Vercetti from Grand Theft Auto Vice City is alive during this game and could even potentially make an appearance due to the game taking place right where Tommy is.
Other details from the leak include a car that has a storage mechanic similar to the horse in Red Dead Redemption 2. Considering the South American setting, the leak also claims that a significant amount of the story will not be spoken in English.
Leaks have claimed similar things in the past but what all leaks cannot seem to agree on is the setting. The Fireden rumor claims that the game takes place in another updated version of Liberty City with a story that involves drug kingpins building up their empires and the police officers that follow them. More specifically, the game is supposedly going to feature significantly more dialogue than Grand Theft Auto 5 and will have a Sims-like drug empire building mechanic to it. The police officers’ story is supposed to be the counterbalance to that, offering a more action-based mission structure that the series is known for.
Other details are scarce, but what is at least officially known of Grand Theft Auto 6 is that it is at least in existence. Rockstar executives have never shied away from the topic in the past and, right after the launch of Grand Theft Auto 5, have even hinted at multiple GTA cities being connected either in a future game or through some iteration of Grand Theft Auto Online. Most recently, there have been numbers translated at the game's release date, and other GTA Online trailers have suggest three possible locations: Cuba, Vice City, and Colombia.
Developers like Rockstar Games have taken the tradition of game reveals to the utmost extreme and can get away with it because of its fan base. Red Dead Redemption 2 was teased for the first time via Rockstar’s Twitter account back in 2016, two years before the game’s official release in the fall of 2018, though it was originally slated to be released a year earlier. All Rockstar did was tweet out its own logo on a red backdrop. The post immediately went viral and ended up on news sites beyond the gaming industry, simply because Rockstar has that level of clout.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is rumored to be in development.
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