We have more reports on GTA VI. An insider known for his extensive reporting on the Rockstar series has brought some good news and some bad news: The title is slated for release within the next two years, but it will come at a hefty price tag.
Grand Theft Auto VI leaks continue. Known in GTA fan circles, user Tez2 has submitted a possible approximate release date for the game. The date may signify Rockstar’s enforcement of a controversial policy. We’re talking about scaling back base game content in favor of paid DLC.
GTA VI: Story DLC or online development?
Tez2’s statement can be found on Reddit. Tipster questions whether GTA VI will be released in 2025 or 2026, as he thinks it would be more profitable for Rockstar’s management to speed up the work by cutting some of the game’s content for the benefit of future DLCs. After all is said and done, Tez2 thinks we’ll hear the first official information about the game later this year, and it’ll be released in the summer of next year or possibly early 2025.
If the Tez2 guess turns out to be true, it will mark Rockstar Games’ return to the politics of years ago. Recall that GTA IV received two major expansions: The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. In turn, GTA V didn’t get any single-player expansions, which drew a lot of criticism from fans. Potentially cutting back on content to develop story expansions for the sixth installment would allow the studio to extend the life of the single-player mode, satisfy “hungry” fans, and make money from DLC sales. However, it is not impossible that it also causes a wave of hatred.
The ability to retire content for later resale as DLC in the future could also mean, like GTA V, a desire for true multiplayer-only post-launch development. Don’t forget that GTA Online got a ton of content, including Heists and the Drug Wars DLC. After the great financial success that was and still is the multiplayer module of GTA V, we can be almost sure of the appearance of this mode in a future opus of the series.
dubious new information
Tez2 has proven to be an informant for years. In 2021, he published a hidden article on the Rockstar Games website. In January this year, the same user warned players about a dangerous exploit that could lead to account loss in GTA Online. The player regularly provides a lot of valuable information about his Bloodespecially in the network mode of GTA 5.
It is difficult to verify at this stage the veracity of previous reports, especially since the informant did not cite any sources. A long-awaited release like GTA VI can excite the imagination, even more since September of last year unofficial videos from an earlier version of the game emerged – these, by the way, we submitted to a analysis. There has recently been speculation that Rockstar has purchased the technology for the realistic recreation of water physics. However, such reports should be taken with a grain of salt.