GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto) could be in the early stages of development at Rockstar Games and won’t be hitting shelves anytime soon. The latest report by Kotaku suggests that while the studio’s next title will take the Grand Theft Auto series forward, it’s still in early developments squashing all rumours about the release of GTA 6 later this year on PS5, Xbox Series X, PC and more.
Kotaku’s Jason Schreier recently spoke to a bunch of developers at Rockstar Games and states in his report that the studio aims to push a “moderately sized release” of GTA 6 and then expand it with regular updates. Schreier’s report about how the company is dealing with the fallout of widespread criticism that ensued when the company’s work culture was put in the spotlight with developers having to follow an “extensive overtime” lifestyle, is the basis of why the studio is looking to launch the GTA 6 in this way as it would help ensure there’s no crunch.
The company is looking to improve it’s technological prowess and making plans accordingly to reduce crunch.
The successor to GTA V one of the most iconic games of all times that made over 1 Billion dollars in the first 72 hours of its release, is much-anticipated from a while now with tons of purported leaks and rumours surrounding the game’s development popping up on the Internet regularly. But this latest report puts all those speculations to rest suggesting that the GTA 6 is still ways off from launch.
Having said that, we wouldn’t be surprised if we get the first look of GTA 6 sometime in 2021 or 2022, based on whether the studios have started working on the project.
With PS5 and Xbox Series X set to launch later this year, the gaming ecosystem is eyeing a great boost in adoption, especially now, when people are being forced to stay at home to curb the spread of Coronavirus disease. As such many events like Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020, E3 2020 and Gamescom have either been moved online or completely scraped off from this year’s schedule.
Anyhow, we’ll keep an eye out on developments regarding GTA 6 and in the meanwhile, you can check out our list of the best PS4 games.