GTA 6: Leaks, Rumors, Release Date, Gameplay, Map, Characters, and More

9 years. Yeah, as of 2022, it has been 9 years because the preliminary launch of GTA 5, and its sequel continues to be nowhere to be discovered. That is probably the most monumental hole that the Grand Theft Auto franchise has ever taken between launching two important titles. But when we imagine the leaks and hints, the delay in GTA 6’s launch ought to be effectively well worth the wait. This entry to the GTA franchise will characteristic an enormous however acquainted map, a genuinely distinctive protagonist, and an homage to a preferred GTA basic. So, let’s cease beating across the bush and unfold every little thing we find out about Grand Theft Auto (GTA 6) to this point.

Grand Theft Auto 6: Every little thing We Know So Far (September 2022)

We’ve got coated every side of Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA VI), together with its launch date, storyline, characters, and more. You should utilize the desk beneath to discover the sections that curiosity you probably the most.

Be aware: This publish was final up to date on nineteenth September at 7:00 AM PST with particulars in regards to the large gameplay video leak, attainable new places, character names, and different leaked data.

GTA 6 Launch Date: When is GTA 6 Coming Out?

Rockstar Video games, the developer of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, first confirmed that the “subsequent entry within the Grand Theft Auto sequence is effectively underway” in February 2022 by way of an official Newswire publish. This publish was made to announce group updates round GTA V however ended with a refined notice in regards to the franchise’s future.

Then, later in June 2022, Rockstar Video games shared an official assertion stating they’re investing all their assets in direction of the event of GTA VI. It undoubtedly displays the builders’ seriousness in direction of the GTA franchise. This announcement places their different tasks just like the GTA 4 and Pink Useless Redemption remaster on maintain till additional discover. As you would possibly anticipate, RDR followers weren’t rejoiced by the information.

Sadly, neither of those dedication-filled bulletins will get us near a launch date. As a substitute, we now have to thank Chris Klippel, a well-known GTA leaker, for added details about the GTA 6 launch date. In line with Klippel, GTA 6 received’t launch earlier than the final months of 2024. He isn’t straight affiliated with Rockstar however has made dependable GTA 5 leaks prior to now.

Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier additionally supported this launch window in a separate Twitter thread. Preserving the speculations and lack of official bulletins in thoughts, we imagine that GTA 6 might be launched in late 2024 or early 2025.

GTA VI Potential Launch Delay

An enormous knowledge breach hit Rockstar Video games on the 18th of September, 2022. This breach led to a GTA 6 leak with 90+ gameplay movies and items of the sport’s supply code turning into accessible to the general public. As a result of similar, the sport’s launch date might be closely pushed again by months and even years.

Our total crew extremely condemns this occasion because it doesn’t solely have an effect on the corporate however your complete gaming group. You may learn our in-depth evaluation of the up to date GTA 6 launch date article to get a brand new sensible estimate of its launch.

GTA V Thank You Web page Goes Reside!

With an goal to acknowledge the success of GTA V and the potential finish of an period with the brand new entry of the subsequent title, Rockstar has launched a “thanks” web page for GTA V and GTA On-line. Right here, as you possibly can see, Rockstar thanks the gamers for the large success of their titles whereas sharing credit with each single one who labored on them.

Such pages of gratefulness are normally adopted by the announcement of the subsequent title. So, we now anticipate Rockstar Video games to announce the brand new GTA and the alternative of GTA On-line inside a few months.

Why Is Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) Delayed?

Very like another AAA online game title’s improvement, GTA 6 has a number of parts affecting its progress and launch. Amongst them, the most important one is the COVID-19 pandemic, which halted your complete world, and the inner conflicts at Rockstar Video games made them rethink their firm insurance policies and re-shuffle their crew.

Although, many gamers additionally suspect that Rockstar Video games is making an attempt to take advantage of the success and recognition of GTA 5 (and its on-line title) earlier than bringing out its successor. And searching on the large income of GTA 5, it isn’t stunning that the studio isn’t able to shelf its best product simply but.

In any case, we’ve already waited for a decade, which is twice so long as the hole of 5 years between GTA IV and GTA V. Now, hopefully, the wait will solely final for 2 more years. Hopefully! If the massive new leak doesn’t have an effect on the developer’s plans.

GTA 6 Supported Platforms

The gaming business has modified drastically inside the decade-long hole between GTA 6 and GTA 5. And since Rockstar Video games is understood for pioneering the business, we solely anticipate the GTA VI to have an preliminary launch on PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S. So, it’s truthful to imagine {that a} PS4 model of GTA 6 received’t be seeing the sunshine of day. So sure, there’s a very good probability that GTA VI might be unique to PS5 and not be accessible for PS4 customers. It won’t be unique to Sony’s console, although, and most probably be accessible on Xbox as effectively.

Furthermore, like GTA 5, the builders would possibly later improve and port the sport to PC customers. Sadly, that may imply that GTA 6 will attain PC customers solely in late 2025 or early 2026. For comparability, GTA 5 was launched on consoles in 2013 and on PC later in 2015. In any case, it’s lower than the time it took Marvel’s Spider-Man to launch on PC.

Nevertheless, we might be unsuitable if we go by the latest leak, the place GTA 6 was being examined on RTX 3080 and different graphics playing cards. The sport might launch on PC and consoles on the similar time.

GTA 6 Would possibly Be Known as Simply “Grand Theft Auto”

Due to the most important give attention to the DLC-based enlargement of the world, many followers are speculating that Rockstar would possibly use GTA 6 to restart the franchise. So, as a substitute of a “GTA 6” title, we is likely to be getting a sport known as “Grand Theft Auto”. To not neglect, Rockstar continues to be referring to their upcoming sport because the “subsequent entry within the GTA franchise” as a substitute of calling it GTA 6.

This hypothesis bought stronger when, in final August 2022, Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive eliminated sport designer Mike Dailly’s movies round GTA 1, popularly often known as “Grand Theft Auto”. It’s extremely unlikely that GTA 6 will take any story parts from the 2D world of GTA 1, however its title would possibly nonetheless maintain some worth. Although, we must look ahead to the official announcement to clear our doubts.

Potential Grand Theft Auto Teaser

Only a day of the standalone title of “Grand Theft Auto”, Rockstar Video games tweeted a picture selling a brand new automobile for GTA On-line customers. The picture doesn’t stand out at first look. However many followers have identified that, if appeared intently, the picture teased the quantity “6” subsequent to the “GTA” title. It would simply be a coincidence, however contemplating Rockstar’s playful historical past, we will’t dismiss something.

Playable Characters in GTA 6 (Names Leaked)

In line with a Bloomberg report, Rockstar Video games is on a spree of cleansing its picture, and its efforts aren’t restricted to the actual world. A number of ex and present workers at Rockstar Video games have raised the difficulty of gender hole within the pay scale of their builders. If we take a look at the GTA franchise, the state of affairs isn’t splendid there both.

Together with the enlargement packs, we now have sixteen video games within the GTA franchise. Solely two of those titles, the primary two GTA video games, had playable feminine characters. Males have totally dominated each different iteration of the sport. Luckily, Grand Theft Auto 6 is planning to offer us a feminine protagonist in GTA 6 together with a intently associated male lead – a duo to play out the story. Bloomberg’s report additional claims that this playable feminine character is a Latina, one other optimistic step in direction of illustration.

[UPDATE | 19th Sept 2022]: After the massive September 2022 leak, a number of Twitter customers with entry to the leaked footage have revealed that the 2 fundamental characters will allegedly be named Jason and Lucia. They may most probably work as impartial characters however would possibly help one another within the storyline and even share elements of the stock.

The Storyline of GTA 6 (Leaks and Rumors)

The primary protagonist duo of GTA 6 is meant to be associated in a roundabout way. This duo’s story, as per the report, is impressed by the real-world crime couple – Bonnie and Clyde – from the early 1900s. However don’t fear, the upcoming sport might be set in trendy instances, as revealed by Tom Henderson, a sport leaker with a dependable document.

Again in 2020, a just lately deleted Reddit publish revealed more in regards to the storyline that matches with the present data. As per the Redditor, GTA 6 was first codenamed “Challenge Americas,” which might happen over each American continents. However as religion would have it, this plan was solely an early design that builders later scrapped. The protagonists who’re supposed to construct a drug empire, just like the GTA Vice Metropolis Tales, would possibly nonetheless make it into the sport.

Chapter Primarily based Tales

In March of 2022, Michael Pachter from Enterprise Insider acknowledged (by way of YouTube) that Grand Theft Auto 6 would possibly cowl a number of cities in 500+ hours value of storyline. Regardless that there’s not a lot proof to again Pachter’s declare, will probably be a dependable redressal to gamers’ complaints about GTA 5 being too quick.

Furthermore, in the event that they use a chapter-based storyline, identical to RDR2, we would get many new missions, places, and characters because the chapters unfold. This may additionally go well with the location-based DLCs we talk about within the subsequent section. Every new place can carry new chapters and, in flip, new missions and characters to the sport.

GTA 6 Will Set Inventive Bars For All Leisure

Take-Two, the father or mother firm of Rockstar, reassured the franchise’s followers of an vital factor in regards to the upcoming GTA VI sport of their 2022 monetary update. They launched an announcement claiming — “With the event of the subsequent entry within the Grand Theft Auto sequence effectively underway, the Rockstar Video games crew is set to as soon as once more set inventive benchmarks for the sequence, our business, and for all leisure, simply because the label has executed with each considered one of their frontline releases.”

With such a daring declare, GTA 6 is ready to compete in opposition to films, reveals, and different main gaming titles, suddenly. And we definitely hope that GTA 6 lives as much as the inventive mark. Although, solely time will inform if Take-Two’s large assertions come to life.

GTA 6 Graphics and Gameplay (Rumored)

New Recreation Engine

Each online game’s story is very impacted by the potential of the engine used to develop that sport. A sport engine is the bottom platform on which the sport’s world masses, features, and interacts with the participant. Preserving that in thoughts, Chris Klippel, the leaker who gave us GTA 6’s launch timeline, has claimed that Grand Theft Auto is being developed utilizing the new Rage engine.

This new engine is stronger than its counterpart, which powers GTA 5 and RDR2. If this declare is legitimate, then we can’t solely anticipate jaw-dropping graphics but additionally more elaborate missions. With highly effective platforms and a better sport engine, GTA 6 may give us greater than the “go and kill” missions at present dominating the franchise.

GTA 6 Will Function Photorealism

All Grand Theft Auto video games have captured actual life effectively by way of characters, physics, and frame-by-frame places. However now, with GTA 6, the franchise is planning to supply photorealistic graphics. Not less than, in response to the leaker Tez2, who claimed in a group publish that “VI might be very a lot into photorealism”.

Photorealism is the method of rendering online game graphics in a particularly sensible method. It consists of ray-traced lighting, sensible water results, and more. Although, as a result of heavy efficiency, these sensible graphics would possibly solely make it into the PC model of GTA 6 and never the consoles.

Will GTA 6 Have Multiplayer On-line Mode?

If the present GTA On-line multiplayer (primarily based on GTA V) sport’s large success is any indication, then GTA 6 On-line is unquestionably going to occur. However we don’t simply must depend on speculations. A number of new listings on Rockstar Video games’ job openings web site have additionally talked about “on-line” gameplay of their descriptions. This key element signifies the event of potential GTA 6’s on-line multiplayer content material. Although it might additionally imply new content material for GTA 5 On-line, which is very unlikely conserving their present crew in thoughts.

Upcoming Single Participant DLC with New Cities

Fueling the rumor of increasing maps, Tez2, a leaker with a dependable monitor document, has claimed that GTA 6 would possibly characteristic story-based DLCs. Tez2 claimed in a GTAForums publish, that as a substitute of offering stand-alone content material, the GTA VI DLCs will add new missions and cities that increase the prevailing tales. Furthermore, the publish additionally states that these cities might be within the type of explorable islands that includes single-player missions. Although, it received’t be stunning to see them increase into GTA On-line multiplayer missions.

GTA 6 Map: Going Again to Vice Metropolis (Confirmed)

Inspecting all of the GTA video games thus far, we now have 2 full-scale video games primarily based in Los Santos, a number of totally different titles in Liberty Metropolis, and just one main title in Vice Metropolis. Primarily based on that, it received’t be stunning to see GTA 6’s story play out within the iconic Vice Metropolis (map depicted above). The stated rumor additionally matches Bloomberg’s report, which describes the placement of GTA 6 to be primarily based in Miami and its neighboring areas.

Following the leaked movies shared by a hacker, many customers shared the leaked footage pointing towards places like Malibu Membership and Ocean’s View Resort making a nostalgic return with GTA Vice Metropolis. If that comes true, it received’t be stunning to see places like Starfish Island may also make a comeback.

Caribbean Island Missions

Again in GTA San Andreas, there was a mission known as “Saint Mark’s Bistro”. It’s most likely probably the most distinctive mission within the sport as a result of it makes us take a flight to Liberty Metropolis to kill a personality. Apart from this particular mission, that location wasn’t accessible within the sport. Now, as per a well known leaker, Matheusvictorbr, Rockstar is likely to be seeking to repeat this in GTA 6. He defined that part of GTA VI will happen within the Caribbean islands, which received’t be part of the primary open world.

Rockstar did one thing comparable by introducing a secondary location known as Guarma in Pink Useless Redemption 2. Once more, identical to it was the case with GTA SA, you can solely entry this location throughout particular missions. Now, at this level, it will be too early to make an assumption as to why this location received’t be accessible in the primary sport. However we hope that it nonetheless makes it into GTA 6. As historical past displays, more explorable locations solely enhance the gameplay expertise of open-world video games.

GTA 6 Would possibly Function Liberty Metropolis and Carcer Metropolis

A latest report from Xfire claims that GTA 6 will characteristic Carcer Metropolis and Liberty Metropolis after the discharge of the sport. Liberty Metropolis is a beloved fictional metropolis primarily based on the real-world New York; it has already been featured in GTA 3, GTA San Andreas, and GTA 4.

In the meantime, Carcer Metropolis is the place the place the sport Manhunt relies. It’s a grotesque horror sport revealed by Rockstar Video games and concluded in 2007. Manhunt couldn’t sustain with the success of different Rockstar video games, nevertheless it nonetheless managed to develop a dependable fan following. Furthermore, it has been confirmed that Carcer Metropolis is positioned someplace close to Liberty Metropolis in the identical universe as GTA video games. So, it will be attention-grabbing to see GTA 6 revisiting this darkish however nostalgic location.

It’s also value noting that the identical report claimed that each Liberty Metropolis and Carcer Metropolis received’t be a part of the primary GTA 6. As a substitute, they’re going to be separate places that the gamers would be capable to go to, most likely, after a aircraft experience. If we join this report with the rumor of DLC-based places then Liberty Metropolis and Carcer Metropolis is likely to be the primary places that make it into the sport after the discharge of GTA VI.

GTA VI: Three Cancelled Places

We already know that GTA 6 has shifted away from its plan of making “Challenge Americas” on its map. However as per Stephen Totilo, co-author of Axios Gaming’s e-newsletter, this scrapped plan was way more formidable than what meets the attention. He claims that, as per his supply, GTA 6 was purported to have 4 protagonists unfold throughout three totally different cities.

In comparison with GTA V, it will have been an improve within the variety of playable characters and explorable places. However as Rockstar Video games would have it, we’re down to 2 protagonists from three within the final title.

Is GTA 6 Going Worldwide?

As talked about earlier, the plans to increase GTA 6 to areas exterior the USA have been mentioned early within the sport’s improvement however scrapped. So, you received’t be touring to Brazil or Cuba-like places. Not less than, not on the time of launch.

Increasing Map in GTA 6?

GTA On-line’s large success teaches its builders that gamers love getting new content material in current video games. And Rockstar Video games appears to have been taking notes. Not less than, in response to freelance author and GTA insider Tom Henderson, who claimed that GTA 6 will characteristic an increasing map again in 2021.

If this declare comes true, we would see DLCs and event-based maps, increasing the world of GTA 6 over time. Contemplating how widespread aggressive FPS video games like Valorant carry new maps each few months, GTA, which focuses closely on open-world experiences and has a substantial finances, can certainly do the identical.

This potential characteristic additionally matches with Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s assertion from September 2013 in a Polygon interview. He claimed that “GTA’s DNA is contemporary-ish, American-ish, English-speaking-ish, as a result of that’s what it has been… however that doesn’t essentially restrict it to these, that’s simply what we’ve executed to this point.“

Detailed Interiors of Buildings

Again and again, GTA gamers have demanded higher and more explorable interiors within the franchise. GTA On-line was a large improve in that division however nowhere near overlaying even half of the in-game buildings. However, as per a number of stories, GTA 6 could have far more explorable interiors than another open-world sport.

If that’s the case, it will considerably clarify the decade-long delay in its launch. Primarily based on a few of the DLC-based location leaks, we would see many such interiors unlock after the sport’s launch.

Grand Theft Auto 6: Latest Leaks and Rumors

Be aware: All the knowledge on this part is sourced from social media posts circulating all the most important GTA 6 data of the September 2022 knowledge leak. We don’t have entry to the leaked materials, so please take all of the speculated options with a pinch of salt, and respect the builders to not obtain and reshare the leaked materials. Your complete crew of Beebom extremely condemns the state of affairs.

• The leaked clips, supposedly, characteristic references to Vice Metropolis. There are cop automobiles with VCPD (Vice Metropolis Police Division) on them, and a clip additionally confirmed a metro practice with Vice Metropolis written on its facet.
• Rockstar Video games’ RDR2 has a characteristic known as “eagle eye”, which permits a participant to see all of the interactable spots in a particular location. An analogous characteristic would possibly make it into GTA 6 to help its extremely interactive world and make it simpler for gamers to identify cues and gadgets.
• GTA 5 featured a useable cell phone and web system. Now, as per leaks, GTA 6 appears to be increasing on that, as some Twitter customers point out seeing a WhatUp! Messenger notification within the leaked footage. If that seems to be true, we would see chat-based communication between characters or on-line gamers.
• When it comes to motion, the leaked footage, supposedly, options crawling animations, together with current crouching and the flexibility to take cowl. Of those, solely the flexibility to go susceptible and crawl is totally new.
• Lastly, many Twitter customers additionally identified higher character motion in new GTA 6 leaks. They claimed that the NPC motion in GTA 6 feels more pure, identical to it was in GTA 4. Although, we’re uncertain if GTA 6 is bringing again GTA 4’s physics engine or has developed a wholly new one.

Weapons and Stock

Primarily based on the newest speculations and leaks, we anticipate the next weapons to be accessible to make use of in GTA 6:

• GTA 6 is predicted to characteristic restricted weapon storage with one slot for every sort of weapon. Although, some missions like heist-based ones can characteristic extra storage for looted gadgets.
• Following the development of earlier video games, we anticipate most GTA 5 weapons to make a return in GTA 6. However, as per customers with entry to the leaked movies, there may also be some new weapons within the sport, together with a torch, speargun, golf ball, tracker jammer, pool cue, and specialised golf sticks.
• Some social media customers additionally declare that the leaked footage featured the flexibility to shoot whereas swimming. It’s totally new for the GTA franchise, however, identical to Trendy Warfare 2, we anticipate it to be restricted to pistols solely.

GTA VI: Gameplay Trailers

As of July 2022, there’s no official trailer or teaser for GTA 6. However many stories recommend we would get one by the top of 2023 or early 2024. You should keep an eye fixed out or bookmark our Grand Theft Auto information to see the trailer or its leak first.