Rockstar wants GTA 6 to set creative benchmarks for the sequence, the market, and all leisure

What just happened? It is really under no circumstances straightforward for builders to stick to a wildly profitable activity with a single that is just as nicely-acquired. But the task is likely to be particularly difficult for Rockstar, who, with the long term launch of GTA 6, will experience comparisons with the next very best-selling sport of all time: GTA V. However, the organization suggests it is up for the challenge and would like the following Grand Theft Vehicle title to set a benchmark for "the sequence, our market, and for all amusement."

Rockstar confirmed a new GTA match was in the operates before this 12 months. This was reiterated and slightly expanded upon through its dad or mum firm's latest financial success call, throughout which Acquire-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed the game would have a incredibly superior bar.

"With growth of the up coming entry in the Grand Theft Vehicle collection perfectly underway, the Rockstar Game titles team is decided to when once again set imaginative benchmarks for the series, our marketplace, and for all enjoyment, just as the label has completed with each and every a person of their frontline releases," Zelnick claimed.

It will be appealing to discover if GTA 6 can come shut to matching the accomplishment of its predecessor. Most of what we have read about the recreation are rumors and speculation, while it does audio like it will be very a departure from what we're utilised to viewing in a GTA title.

Last month brought information that, for the initial time in the franchise's history, GTA 6 will consist of a female protagonist, a Latina woman who is portion of a "Bonnie-and-Clyde-like" duo, suggesting the activity will all over again feature numerous playable figures.

Also, we might not see a great deal of the normally-controversial humor the franchise is renowned for. Rockstar is reportedly likely to just take a more politically appropriate stance in GTA 6 and not "punch down" by creating enjoyable of marginalized groups. It really is a very similar solution taken by the new Saints Row video game that comes this thirty day period, one that has not been welcomed by most of the series' enthusiasts.

All those "Saints" glance like the type of individuals the serious Saints would bully lol, You fellas seriously made this reboot for fortnite viewers :D pic.twitter.com/25vV7arGga

— Erdem Atıcı (@2paclypsenow) August 25, 2021

As for when we'll get to locate out if GTA 6 can established an field benchmark, Rockstar very first explained that progress was "perfectly underway" again in February. Some rumors set its release day as far ahead as 2025. That day does appear to be not likely, though Bloomberg's Jason Schreier beforehand mentioned not to expect it future yr.

Idk why anyone thinks that I claimed GTA VI was coming in 2023. Everything Tom Henderson has reported about the recreation matches up with what I've listened to

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) July 4, 2021