GTA 6 will probably be years away.
Now new gameplay details for the upcoming Rockstar game are said to have been leaked.
However, you should view the alleged leak with a healthy pinch of skepticism!
First things first, it's no longer a secret that GTA 6 is in development.
In February 2022, Rockstar Games officially confirmed development of the next Grand Theft Auto.
With every new project we embark on, our goal is always to significantly move beyond what we have previously delivered — and we are pleased to confirm that active development for the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is well underway.
Official blog post
The alleged leak to GTA 6 comes from the Reddit user with the fitting name GTA_VI_Leak. In several key points he describes various aspects that should play a role in the new Grand Theft Auto.
According to his own statement, the potential leaker does not work at Rockstar itself, but at an advertising agency that works for the development studio. For two years now he has been posting posts that are supposed to be insights into the story and gameplay of GTA 6.
Since GTA_VI_Leak uses a disposable account and Rockstar generally does not comment on rumors and alleged leaks, the information is difficult to verify. Accordingly, it remains opaque whether GTA_VI_Leak actually has tangible insider information or whether everything just made up.
GTA 6 should take up and continue ideas and elements from Red Dead Redemption 2, among other things.
Since numerous details are based on previous posts by GTA_VI_Leak, I have summarized the most important information for you in the following list.
Please note, however, that these are unofficial and unconfirmed details that do not necessarily correspond to the truth!
There will be three playable protagonists named Ricardo, Kacey and Rose - a drug smuggler, a petty criminal and a policewoman.
The map should be as big as the maps of GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 and include the cities of Vice City, Liberty City and Carcer City.
In the course of the story we are supposed to switch between the three playable protagonists, whose stories initially act relatively detached from one another. Later there is more overlap and according to GTA_VI_Leak all three characters regularly work together to pursue a lucrative criminal career.
Each of the three playable characters should behave slightly differently when dealing with NPCs: Ricardo is polite, Kacey aggressive, Rose impatient.
NPCs should react more strongly to the player's behavior. For example, if we sprint near them, civilians are irritated, and for police officers this can even lead to a wanted level.
According to GTA_VI_Leak, NPCs ogle and film daring maneuvers or unusual player behavior, which can be shared on the in-game platform ChiSpy - the GTA equivalent of TikTok.
Each character reportedly has their own health bar, which is affected by factors such as temperature, stamina, damage, hunger and stress - similar to the cores from Red Dead Redemption 2.
Players are said to be able to influence this by sleeping, eating or relaxing while the characters who are not playing at the moment try to meet their basic needs themselves.
The consumption of drugs should have a long-term effect on the characters and, for example, can only be shaken off by sleeping and not starting missions.
The weather and temperature should affect the characters and NPCs - characters dress according to the weather and, for example, use umbrellas when it rains.
The casinos of GTA 6 should have numerous different gambling options - including blackjack, poker and others.
GTA 6's multiplayer is said to have a Battle Royale in which up to 100 players compete against each other.
What speaks against the authenticity of the information:
A large part of the alleged information simply looks like a logical consequence of ideas and elements that already played an important role in GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2. It would make sense for Rockstar to delve deeper into ideas like multiple playable characters, more complex NPC behavior and interactions with them, or the needs of your character.
However, the fact that the game world of GTA 6 is larger than the two maps of Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 combined and even offers three major cities - including the New York counterpart Liberty City - sounds too good to be true. This is in direct conflict with an insider report by journalist Jason Schreier, according to which the GTA 6 map will be smaller than that of GTA 5 and will be worked out after the release.
Also, I find it overall questionable that Rockstar is sharing detailed information about GTA 6 with an outside PR company well ahead of the game's potential release. Currently there is not even an advertising campaign for the game. In the level of detail described by the Reddit user, this material would simply not be relevant at the current time and at the same time the risk of it becoming public would be too great.
It is also noticeable that the Reddit user and his posts have been active for two years now and have not been removed. As vehemently as publishers like Take-Two usually take action against unwanted leaks, GTA_VI_Leak should have been removed from the network long ago.
What we know about GTA 6 so far
Official and specific information about the next Grand Theft Auto is currently very limited.
So far, Rockstar Games has only let us know that the next installment in the series is actually in development. It could be a while before GTA 6 is released.
Most insiders and industry experts agree that the game won't be released until 2024-2025.