GTA 6 news and rumors: when will Grand Theft Auto 6 be announced?
Is GTA 6 on the way? While the next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise is yet to be formally announced by its developer Rockstar Games, that doesn't stop those of us hungry for more trying to figure it out.
It's been a whole seven years since GTA 5 launched on consoles, so we're expecting GTA 6 to be in the pipeline, and the latest news and rumors suggest that it could be on its way sometime soon.
Although 2020 is still in its early days, a release this year doesn't seem likely, especially without any kind of development announcement. But, with the PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles coming at the tail end of the year, hopes are increasing that we might hear something from Rockstar some time soon - even if a release date is likely to be a long way off.
Details may be thin on the ground, but that doesn't stop us gathering together the best pieces of gossip, rumor and fact for your personal pleasure. Here's everything we know so far about GTA 6.
[UPDATE: March 25 has come and gone without an announcement and a GTA 5 voice actor has asked fans to stop believing "clickbait" leaks.]
- Why would Rockstar release GTA 6 soon? GTA Online is a gold mine
Cut to the chase
- What is it? The highly-anticipated next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
- When it is out? That’s the internet’s biggest mystery (but we're pretty sure it won't be 2020)
- Will it launch on PC? Both GTA 4 and 5 made their way to PC (eventually), so fingers crossed
- Where will GTA 6 be set? Unknown, but some rumors have suggested a move to South America
GTA 6 release date : when can I play it?
Red Dead Redemption 2 has now been in the wild for nearly two years now, which means we're hoping a GTA 6 announcement isn't far away – even though we're likely to be waiting a while to play it.
According to some rumors, we could see the next Grand Theft Auto announced in 2020, with a potential release in 2021, which would make sense considering we're heading into a new console generation at the end of 2020. However, Rockstar has been focused on getting Red Dead Online up and running - and GTA Online is still raking in the dough - which may have diverted attention, not to mention the delays potentially caused by Dan Houser's departure from Rockstar.
However, according to reputable industry analyst Michael Pachter, the game's actual release could be as far away as 2022. In an interview with Gaming Bolt, Pachter said that he thinks a 2020 announcement with a 2021 release would be the best case scenario, while a 2021 announcement with a 2022 release or later would be more likely.
Given 2020 is still in its infancy, expecting any news of GTA 6 in the immediate future is unlikely. But the Xbox Series X and PS5 are due to launch at the end of the year and if GTA 6 followed the release pattern of its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto 5, it'd be released at the very tail end of the current generation, comfortably released on the new generation and straddle both for the widest install base possible.
With no announcement thus far that seems optimistic but, hey, anything could happen.
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GTA 6 trailer: when can I watch one?
The thing about Rockstar Games is that it’s an incredibly secretive games publisher. No trailer is getting out of that studio unless someone seriously screws up.
Just look at what Rockstar did with both GTA 5 and Red Read Redemption 2. It teased an announcement a few days before dropping the first trailer for either game.
If there’s a GTA 6 trailer, you’ll know about it because the internet will explode – and we'll let you know too, of course. But we're not expecting one anytime soon.
GTA 6 news and rumors: what do we know so far?
Below we've collected together all of the latest leaks and rumors that hint at when GTA 6 might be launched – and what we can expect from the new game. As always, take these details with a pinch of salt – some are old, some are from now deleted sources and others might just be keen fans getting carried away.
March 25 leaves no announcement
After leaks, website updates and unlisted Rockstar videos fuelled suspicions that there would be a GTA 6 announcement on March 25, nothing has appeared. The game is still considered an inevitability but with this heavily-rumored date having now passed, at the moment there's no clear sign on when we'll hear anything from Rockstar so the waiting game continues.
GTA 5 voice actor calls for fans to stop believing 'leaks'
After a fairly calm stretch, rumors around Grand Theft Auto 6 have been creeping up more often over the past month. Very recently there were serious suspicions that an actual game announcement was imminent and fans are hungry for new information.
GTA 5 voice actor for the character Michael de Santa, Ned Luke, has been getting questions about the series' next steps for a long time and he's taken to Instagram Stories (via GameSpot) with Franklin Clinton voice actor, Shawn Fonteno, to tell fans to stop believing "clickbait" rumors and leaks, saying "if you hear it from Rockstar, then you know."
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