GTA 6 release date, news and rumours


When Will GTA 6 Release?


If this job listing hints to what we think it does, we could see GTA 6 released as early as November 2020.
The listing also reads "Join our team to create next-generation worlds". Naturally, one would have to assume they are talking about Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Project Scarlett. It would an interesting development to go from hearing nothing to having a date set in stone so soon with very little being revealed about the next generation of consoles; we do also need to be open minded that the term "next-generation" could be an expression and not necessarily hint at the new console line-up.
GTA 5 primarily released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 before being rereleased on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 a year later - would we see something similar occur?

What Is The Job Role And Why Is It Relevant To GTA 6?

A new job advert, which was posted on recruitment website Monster, states that Rockstar Leeds are looking for an "Environment Artist". The job spec requires that those who apply will be responsible for "creating and texturing enviornment assets for the biggest and best open world environment in the industry".

Rockstar Leeds have been well known for their supporting work on the GTA PlayStation Portable titles such as Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories and Chinatown Wards. They have also assisted Rockstar North with the development of GTA 5. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume this role will work directly with the development of GTA 6, given the studio's history.

With other titles such as Red Dead Redemption 2 and Bully 2 looming, it would be naive to rule these games out of the running for the role.

Will there be a GTA 6 PC release?

GTA 5 and GTA 4 both eventually made their way to PC, so you'd hope that a GTA 6 PC port is on the cars. It may well be that it's not a simultaneous launch, but that extra bit of polish and development time has paid off so far, so hopefully PC fans are willing to wait a little bit again. 

Map Leak

Another leak emerged from the GTAForums, where once again the notion of working across Vice City and Liberty City came up; focusing heavily on drug smuggling and Cartels across multiple time periods.

The locations that the game is rumoured to be set in are:

  1. Liberty City (Limited Area) 
  2. Vice City (Main City) 
  3. Rio de Neve, South America (Rio de Janeiro, Main City) 
  4. Republic of Castellano, South America (Mix of Bolivia and Colombia, Main City) 
  5. Minor Cities 
  6. People's Republic of del Castro, Central America (Fictional Central American island based on Panama and Cuba, Island) 
  7. Mexico (Mexico, Limited Area)
  8. Prologue: 1978 
  9. Main Story: 1980s 
  10. Epilogue: Present Day