Grand Theft Auto 6 has been lacking in motion since its debut trailer final yr, however it’s nonetheless reportedly set to come back out subsequent yr, based on a brand new report.
In the report, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier confirmed that GTA 6 remains to be “on monitor” for its Fall 2024 launch window, regardless of lacking “a number of deadlines,” which he referred to as a “widespread observe at Rockstar.” However the recreation’s writer Take-Two says it’s again on schedule to launch in its beforehand introduced window.
Schreier referred to as GTA 6 “probably probably the most profitable leisure product of all time,” although the sport has not been seen or heard from since its debut trailer over a yr in the past regardless of being in growth for 10 years. This might imply GTA 6 began its growth in 2014, a yr after GTA 5’s preliminary launch, though he stated it kicked into full growth mode in 2018 after Purple Useless Redemption 2’s launch.
It was then, based on Schreier, that stories of poor office tradition like excessive crunch pushed Rockstar to enhance itself, like promising a extra affordable schedule. However after an enormous hack of Rockstar in 2022 that exposed GTA 6‘s existence, the workforce was compelled to maneuver again to the workplace 5 days every week.
With the debut trailer final yr, Rockstar introduced the 2025 launch date for the highly-anticipated open-world motion recreation. That hasn’t modified—no less than not but—and if GTA 6 is to final as lengthy and be as profitable as GTA 5 ultimately, the wait can have been price it. GTA 5 has bought 205 million items since launch on a number of platforms, using GTA On-line and microtransactions to spice up gross sales and maintain the title going for over a decade.
Within the report, Schreier additionally famous that GTA 6 will probably be “much less crude towards transgender individuals and different minorities, the widespread targets of throwaway gags in earlier variations,” as was requested of the writers by Rockstar Video games’ higher-ups.
The information will doubtless not go over nicely with some within the gaming neighborhood, and name into query whether or not or not Rockstar has gone “woke” in present occasions. Trying again on earlier titles within the collection, many jokes doubtless haven’t aged nicely since, which can be forcing the studio and its writers to be a bit extra selective with its punching luggage as society itself has taken a extra crucial stance on what we used to name a parody.
With GTA 6 presumably lower than a yr away barring any unannounced delays, it’s attainable that extra of the sport might be proven quickly, together with an official launch date.
