Some games arrive as quiet anticipation rather than as a finished object, and Grand Theft Auto VI is living in that space now. Rockstar has confirmed only that development is underway, leaving the rest to a September 2022 leak, reporting, and the careful inference of a fanbase that has waited more than a decade since its last entry. What it will be, where it will take place, and when it will reach players remain open questions, and the first trailer promised for early December may finally give the wait a shape.
Everything We Know About GTA VI: Vice City, Two Protagonists and a Trailer Due in December
Rockstar has confirmed development and a trailer date, and little else
Mark
Why does this guide matter if so little is official?
Mimi
Because the gap is the story. Rockstar has confirmed development, a December trailer, and little else, while the leak filled in the rest.
Luke
And that leak is unverified by Rockstar. Vice City, the two leads, the gameplay details all come from leaked footage and reporting, not the studio.
Mark
What about the 2024 release window?
Mimi
Take-Two projected $US8 billion in 2024 against about $US5 billion the prior year, which implies a big release.
Luke
Implies, yes. Take-Two never named the game. Microsoft's filing says 2024 too, but it cited TechRadar, so that's secondhand.
Mark
Will the new Vice City resemble the old one?
Mimi
Probably not exactly. The old map was limited by PS2 and PSP hardware, though GTA V did bring back some San Andreas landmarks.
Luke
Fan lists of returning locations like Malibu Club are inferences from footage, not confirmed.
Mark
And the DLC talk?
Mimi
It comes from the leaker Tez2 on GTAForums, who suggests episodic story content.
Luke
That's one person's claim. Rockstar hasn't said anything about expansions, and the title and platforms are still unknown.
Le Pouls
- Rockstar has said almost nothing officially, so nearly every detail circulating now rests on a single leak from September 2022.
- Fans are piecing together a likely Vice City setting, a crime duo modeled on Bonnie and Clyde, and familiar gameplay from scattered footage.
- Publisher earnings expectations and a Microsoft filing point toward a 2024 release, though neither offers firm confirmation.
- A first official trailer is set for early December, expected to settle the title, the platforms and possibly the release window.
Some games arrive as quiet anticipation rather than as a finished object, and Grand Theft Auto VI is living in that space now. Rockstar has confirmed only that development is underway, leaving the rest to a September 2022 leak, reporting, and the careful inference of a fanbase that has waited more than a decade since its last entry. What it will be, where it will take place, and when it will reach players remain open questions, and the first trailer promised for early December may finally give the wait a shape.
On February 4, 2022, Rockstar Games announced on X that development had begun on a new Grand Theft Auto. The studio promised to go significantly beyond its past work. More than a decade has passed since Grand Theft Auto V, and that brief post remains one of the few things Rockstar has said about the game itself.
Since then, the picture has been assembled largely from elsewhere. A September 2022 leak of gameplay footage supplies nearly all the images, and it points to Vice City, the series' Miami-inspired city, with Florida scenery and a train car bearing the city's name. It also suggests a pair of protagonists, a white man and a Latina woman in a Bonnie and Clyde mold, who can be switched between as in GTA V. Event names, strip clubs, airboats, animals and a more dynamic police system all hint at familiar territory, with some new touches such as going prone.
The timing is still unsettled. Take-Two's projected revenue jump for 2024 suggests a new Grand Theft Auto is needed to get there, and Microsoft's regulatory filing mentions 2024, though it cites a press report rather than confirming anything. Downloadable content is unaddressed, though a known leaker speculates story updates will come episodically, possibly easing the crunch Rockstar has been working to reduce.
What the fans most want to know will likely come in the early December trailer, which should clarify the title, the platforms and perhaps the release window.
On February 4, 2022, Rockstar Games posted a short statement on X, then still called Twitter, confirming that active development was underway on a new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series. The studio said its goal with every new project is to move significantly beyond what it has delivered before. It has now been more than a decade since Grand Theft Auto V launched, and that post remains one of the few things Rockstar has said about the game on its own.
The most recent official word came on November 8, 2023. Bloomberg reported, and Rockstar confirmed, that the first trailer will arrive in early December, timed to the studio's 25th anniversary. There are still no official screenshots. The images circulating online are all pulled from gameplay footage in a large leak from September 2022. The platforms are unannounced, and it is not certain the game will even carry the name Grand Theft Auto VI.
The release window is also unconfirmed, but 2024 looks likely. In May, publisher Take-Two said it expected to earn $US8 billion in 2024, against roughly $US5 billion in its most recent fiscal year. GTA Online still performs well, but a jump of that size would plausibly require a new Grand Theft Auto. Separately, on page 24 of its 2022 response to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority during the Activision acquisition review, Microsoft wrote that the game was expected in 2024. Microsoft cited a TechRadar piece for that claim, so it is not independent confirmation.
Nearly everything else comes from the leak. The game appears to be set in Vice City, the series' version of Miami. Leaked screenshots show Florida-style scenery, and at least one shows the city's name on a train car. The series last visited Vice City in the PSP title Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, built on the 1980s map from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which starred Ray Liotta as Tommy Vercetti. The new map is not expected to match the old one, which was limited by PlayStation 2 and PSP hardware, and the series has since moved to a different universe that reuses place names with new characters and events. Still, GTA V brought back San Andreas spots like Grove Street, and fans have listed possible returning locations from the footage, including Malibu Club, South Beach and Redhill Forest.
The leaks and Bloomberg's reporting point to a crime duo as protagonists: a white man and a Latina woman who appear inspired by Bonnie and Clyde. Neither has been named. Leaked footage suggests players will switch between them with the d-pad, as in GTA V. The game would not be the first in the series with a playable woman, though the leak prompted a loud reaction online.
Gameplay appears familiar. Event names spotted in the leaks include "DUI Test," "Scarface Crime Scene," "UFO Animal House," "Voice in a storm drain," "warehouse sex robots" and "fishing." Other leaked elements include strip clubs, scuba diving, driveable airboats, and animals such as dogs, alligators and raccoons. Police encounters seem more dynamic, with prompts suggesting the vehicle you drive matters when evading cops. Characters appear to carry firearms on slings rather than from an infinite inventory, may be able to drop weapons, and can go prone, which would be new to the series.
Downloadable content is unaddressed by Rockstar. On GTAForums, the known leaker Tez2 claims story content will arrive episodically over the game's life rather than as one-off expansions like those for GTA IV or Red Dead Redemption, and speculates this could ease crunch, which Bloomberg reported in July 2022 that Rockstar had been working to reduce. That is speculation, and the form of ongoing support is undecided.
The trailer in early December should settle the most basic questions: the title, the platforms, and perhaps a release window.
Citations marquantes
Active development for the next entry in the series is underway.— Rockstar Games, February 4, 2022
Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to be released in 2024.— Microsoft, 2022 response to the UK CMA
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