New information has come to light about the next GTA Game.
According to a new report, Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature a female playable protagonist and will take place in and around Miami, aka Vice City. According to Bloomberg, a Latina woman will be one of the game's two "leading" characters, and the plot is inspired by the infamous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.
According to the report, the original plan for GTA 6 was for it to be "more vast" in size than any previous GTA game, with "early" designs indicating a map that could cover "large swaths of North and South America." The project was reportedly codenamed Project Americas at the time.
However, management chose to focus on a single city, in particular, a fictitious version of Miami and its suburbs. None of this comes as a complete surprise, as leaks and rumors indicated that GTA 6 would return to Miami—dubbed Vice City in GTA's world—and feature a female protagonist.
According to the report, Rockstar will "continuously update" GTA 6 over time, adding new missions and even entire cities on a "regular basis." While the rumored Miami map in GTA 6 may be smaller than the original Project Americas concept, it is still expected to be large, according to the report. It was also revealed that GTA 6 will have even more interior locations than previous GTA games.
In terms of the story for GTA 6, the report offers nothing more than a possible riff on Bonnie and Clyde. According to the report, Rockstar's developers are taking care not to "punch down" with jokes about marginalized groups, which would be a departure from previous games that made fun of everyone.
In terms of when GTA 6 will be released, the report stated that development is taking longer than some developers anticipated. According to the report, the pandemic caused production delays, but another factor causing the slower development was changes at Rockstar to help improve culture and working conditions. Furthermore, the design department was said to have been restructured in order to help employees avoid excessive overtime. With all of this in mind, developers told Bloomberg that GTA 6 is likely at least two years away, with a release date in 2024 being the most likely.
Source @gamespot.com
