GTA 6 – Live updates as release date ‘delayed’ to 2026

Could previous characters return?

Reddit user Negative_Let6967 has asked the GTA 6 Subreddit if other users think any characters from GTA 4 or GTA 5 could return and who people would like to see return.

A theory about Michael, one of the main protagonists in GTA 5, is going down well.

WhiteDeathStudios said: “I imagine Michael appearing as a famous movie producer and you can watch his movies on the in game TVs.”

Others have shared their thoughts too.

TXNOGG said: “Luis as a Vice City club owner would be cool.”

Boho_Asa said: “Michael being in VC (Vice City) on a yacht someplace or on the tv for a late night show marking his new movie. Luis as a club owner with Tony and Yusuf.”

Technical-Buyer-4464 said: “Trevor is the Florida man that’s not from Florida so I can see him as an npc drunk on vacation or something.”

TomDH_9991 said: “I want Luis so bad. I’ve had enough of the GTA V trio, i don’t want to see them anytime soon.”

BurningEbriates said: “Luis is my favorite protagonist in the series.”

Luis is a supporting character in GTA 4 and the main protagonist in the story DLC The Ballad of Gay Tony.

What antagonist gamers want

Gamers are discussing on Reddit what kind of antagonists they want to see in GTA 6.

ExpressAsked posted: “I felt like the GTA 5 antagonists were a bit underwhelming other than Steve Haines.”

Some users said why they felt that was the case in GTA 5, along with comments on the type of person that could play a villain in GTA 6.

LongLiveEileen said: “The villains in GTA V weren’t a big deal because the conflict of the story was internal. It was about the struggle between Michael and Trevor, with Franklin being caught in the middle of their craziness.”

Ok_Stable_334 said: “The only answer, being Florida we better be going against some meth king pins, crazy Cubans, and the Loch Ness monster.”

WhiteDeathStudios said: “Someone similar to to Gus Fring (from Breaking Bad) in terms of intelligence and level of threat to Jason and Lucia would be perfect imo. Maybe a Haitian or Cuban meth kingpin.”

How trains could feature in GTA 6

A Reddit thread is asking if there will be a train in GTA 6.

Slvg_565 asks ‘will it be able to be derailed or like RDR2 (Red Dead Redemption 2) the front control area is destroyed but not derailed?’

And while most users think there will be a train or maybe even two in the game, theories on how they work differ.

Responsible-Bite-176 said: “I think it will have an indestructible train that goes across the whole map just like GTA 5, possibly even 2 trains since the map is gonna be massive.”

Pleasework94 said: “Used to love controlling the train in GTA SA (San Andreas), seeing how quick I could go before derailing.”

Tay860 said: “I doubt it, it’ll be nice to use public transportation in online without it constantly getting destroyed. Maybe it’ll be different between solo and online but whats the point when it can be a good way to fast travel.”

SeethaSulang36 said: “Definitely, trains have been in it since GTA San Andreas.”

‘Vice City should be last place story takes us’

Reddit user Recent-Dust6564 said they would like the big city to be one of the last locations visited in GTA 6.

In the post, the user said: “I think that the game should start us in The Boondocks, and the last missions should be in Vice City & The Keys. This change of scenery would reflect the ‘Rags-to-Riches’ narrative. This would also make the city more special to players, because the city itself would feel like a reward for the work that was put in earlier in the game.”

The comments got a lot of people talking on the social media platform.

Pir-o said: “I think the game will start from small store robberies in the countryside and later they will move to VC. But I disagree that it should be literally the LAST place you can explore. That would take too much time and most people would explore it on their own anyway.”

tonybinky20 said: “Considering how dense cities are in Rockstar games, combined with the fact that a modern city is much larger than one in 1899, the city should be introduced fairly early. It’s still an interesting idea to have the first few hours of gameplay in the countryside though.”

SUPERJ9494 said: “First ‘Act’ is probably in prison.”

Latest gameplay leak appears online

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella spoke with Gamesindustry.biz about the forecast fall in games spending in 2024 and says because of so many ‘uncertainties’ in the industry, GTA 6, scheduled to release in 2025, will be pivotal.

He said: “This is going to be a tough year, but if you look towards 2025, if interest rates come down and money becomes a little bit more free-flowing to developers and publishers, we should get a boost in the development cycle again.

“We’re going to get a renewed batch of interest with GTA 6 in particular.

“There’s probably never been a more important thing to ever release in the industry, so no pressure.

“The uncertainty level this year is probably the highest I can recall – and I’ve been around since 2005 – with the uncertainty of what’s going to get us to the finish line because we don’t have those big games announced that we know.”

‘GTA 6 map update’

Heists to be scaled back?

A Reddit discussion is getting users’ thoughts on what they think the main ‘underlying theme’ of the game will be.

mrfetusman posted: “I remember when GTA 5 was announced/released, the big underlying theme was heists. Especially once GTA Online dropped, everyone was ready to do cool, intricate heists.

“We’ve seen clips of Jason and Lucia robbing a gas station, but I doubt Rockstar would go with heists as the big money making method for a second game in a row. I feel that they will switch it up and make it more diverse.”

And users have lots of various theories on what they think the main focus will be, which include ‘trust’, ‘a love story embedded in crime’ and ‘change’.

One user said: “Considering we know the inspiration for Jason and Lucia is Bonnie and Clyde I’m assuming they at least start as small-time store and restaurant robbers. IDK if Rockstar is going to abandon the heist format for it, because with a Bonnie and Clyde inspiration, I don’t expect it to be a GTA IV style game with gang conflicts.”

BiscottiHoliday5975 said: “A love story gone horribly wrong. Something bad happening with Jason/Lucia getting entangled in a mess with some powerful people who should never have been trifled with.”

HearTheEkko said: “Love. Most specifically, how far you’ll go for someone you love.”

‘Florida man’ Easter eggs in GTA 6?

Fans are hoping an Easter egg that will be included in GTA 6 will be parodies of infamous ‘Florida Man’ or ‘Florida Woman’ headlines.

They’re headlines of articles that focus on absurd or unique news stories in Florida about what people have been up to there.

Genuine examples include ‘Florida Man driving car full of stolen mail crashes into trailer full of alpacas’, ‘Florida man arrested for trying to get alligator drunk’ and ‘Florida man attempting to time travel crashes into strip mall’.

Given that GTA 6 is set in a fictional version of Florida called Leonida, DOUGL4S1 asked in the GTA 6 Subreddit what news headlines people want to see parodied, posting a screenshot of an article with the headline ‘Florida man parks Smart car in kitchen over fear Hurricane Dorian would blow it away’.

One user noticed that there’s already been a parody in the trailer.

stefanone said: “Idk if anyone else on here has noticed, but in the trailer during one of the news shots (1:03), the graphic at the bottom says ‘Leonida man sucked up in waterspout demands the city buy him a new suit’.”

To note, the comment says 1:03 but it can be seen in the trailer at 1:07.

XxXxShSa said: “This would be a funny Easter egg. Or side quest if they put real hurricanes in the game or even someone that thinks the big one is coming.”

New gameplay video leak

Hope for physical maps with GTA 6 release

Rockstar Games has a history of including physical game maps with their releases.

The developer has done all the way up to, and including, Red Dead Redemption 2.

However when GTA 5 released on current generation consoles, only the disc was included.

Reddit user TurkyParty asked the question in the GTA6_NEW Subreddit if there will be one with GTA 6.

Comments include ‘I hope so. The maps are cool to own’, ‘unlikely but I would prefer to have em’ and ‘I honestly and am so excited by the fact that is also likely as I’m just a bit weird when it when comes to game maps in particular. Love em.’

Police chase footage included in leaked gameplay

‘Best route’ to drive on leaked map

A Reddit user has drawn what they say is the ‘actual best route’ on the leaked GTA 6 map.

It goes from a starting point in fairly central mainland and around Lake Leonida before then sticking to the coastline of the map, through Homestead and Port Gelhorn, across the top of the map before then coming down the east coast through Vice City ending at Gator Keys.

Meatballs5666 has got hundreds of upvotes on the post, with loads of people commenting too.

Zealousideal_Cook248 said: “YOU ARE MAKING ME HYPED I CAN’T WAIT TO DO THIS.”

Risky_Squirrel_599 said: “This will be the route of 90 percent of GTA 6 Online missions.”

MRSHELBYPLZ said: “The online races are gonna be a complete massacre with unmatched carnage. Can’t f*****g wait lol.”

FromWestLondon said: “I just hope we get a safehouse on the very last island of the Gator Keys.”

Nicholas7907 said: “I hope there will be many different roads to travel from south to north of Leonida. GTA V has decent map, but this one big highway going around entire map wasn’t the best idea.”

GTA 6 ‘here no doubt 10 years but quite possible 15+’

A Reddit user posted in the GTA 6 Subreddit asking if GTA 6 will ‘be able to keep us entertained for at least 10 years’.

And the most popular comment has come from aj-shar69, who thinks it could be around and stand the test of time for even longer.

They posted: “Strongly believe they are building this game off longevity. GTA 6 will be here no doubt 10 years but quite possible 15+. Especially if the rumors regarding map expansions are true then buckle in everyone. I’m 25 currently and do not expect GTA 7 till im around 40s.”

k63fuzz said: “I’d be fine with 10+ years of GTA 6 if it means we get map expansions, especially if we get cities like San Fierro, Las Venturas, etc. One of the reasons why I’m not as interested in GTA 5 like I used to be is because I’m tired of Los Santos. I understand software limitations at the time but it would’ve been cool to have another place to free roam such as North Yankton.”

S0lti said: “This will be the game I will play for the rest of my life, I don’t need anything else from this industry.”

ShastaMite said: “Easily. I’ve been playing GTA Online for the last 7 years and while I am definitely getting bored of it after like 1-2 hours of playtime I still play it twice a week. GTA 6 and Online will have a metric amount of stuff to do.”

TrackHead130 said: “Idk about how entertained we’ll still feel a decade down the line but it does seem pretty likely we won’t be getting another GTA within the next 10 years.”

New GTA art hit with fans

A new artwork from an artist called Patrick Brown has been going down well on social media.

It features all of the main characters from GTA 4, 5 and 6.

Tweets include ‘this new GTA art by Patrick Brown is so cool’, ‘this is do dope’ and ‘Patrick Brown never misses with his GTA arts’.

The artwork has been shared on Reddit by a different user too and comments on that post include ‘he’s back again’, ‘yo this looks sick’ and ‘HELL YEAH!’

There’s a link to the artwork in the title of this post.

Hopes for ‘off-state’ mission

A discussion on Reddit that’s getting a lot of people commenting is the hope of an ‘off-state’ mission.

GeezerFilms posted on the platform, saying ‘we had North Yankton and Cayo Perico in GTA V and Liberty City in SA (San Andreas)‘.

Other users seem to be unanimous in the comments that Rockstar will have something in store with one theory about Cuba proving popular.

CaterpillarPuzzled50 said: “100% rockstar have something hidden under their shirt 😉 they won’t let us down.”

bruhsant said: “I would say close to guaranteed. But this time it would be cool to being able to visit the ‘off-state’-spot after introduction.”

brandonjtellis said: “Maybe South America. I feel like Cuba could be apart the main map because there’s still nothing in the lower right corner of it.”

EldritchTruthBomb said: “More like off-time. I’m betting we get an 80s mission.”

Nijee302 said: “Probably Cuba even though that would be pretty obvious.”

Driving trains in GTA 6?

It’s hoped a new addition to gameplay in the most recent GTA Online update will make its way into GTA 6.

Rockstar recently added story DLC to its popular online game, with the update called the Cluckin Bell Farm Raid.

Trailer 2 could be ‘any time now’

Speculation seems to be swirling that the second trailer for GTA 6 could be released very soon.

After Rockstar updated its website, where the first trailer has been added to a section in the videos tab called Videos from Grand Theft Auto VI, another theory has emerged on Reddit looking at the timeline of the GTA 5 content releases.

OK-Wait-5836 said: “GTA V Trailer 2 was also a year before the game release. And guess what? Right now we also MIGHT be a year from release – we had some clues pointing towards the game being out before April 2025.

“So I think that we might get the VI Trailer 2 any time now.”

Users were split in the comments.

Trainalf said: “People keep using GTA V as reference. Why not GTA IV, where trailers came out in spans of 3-4 months?”

Dezzy25 said: “I think we are close to Trailer 2 as well. GTA V was debuted way too early in its development so it’s not a good barometer. It’s worth noting that no previous marketing timeline actually holds any weight and this just serves as fun speculation.”

XxRobloxNobxX said: “Remember, GTA V was released 5 years after IV. GTA VI is going to be released 12 YEARS after V. That alone should be enough to point towards GTA VI not following the same pattern as previous GTA games.”

pinkfrenchtips said: “Agreed. A lot more points to them trying incredibly hard to avoid delay so Q1 or very early Q2 is more likely than anything else.”

Campaign length ‘disappointing’

A Reddit user has recently posted a screenshot of an article that says YouTuber LegacyKillaHD has claimed GTA 6’s campaign length to be 35-40 hours.

While the article Otherwise_Paint5859 posted is from December 2023, it sparked a new discussion on the GTA 6 Subreddit.

Vicius_Lucius said: “Waiting almost 12 years for a new GTA for the campaign to only last 35-40 hours is a bit disappointing and sad in my opinion, I hope the campaign hours are around 65-70 hours for all those years of waiting for a new game in the saga.”

OhNoMelon313 said: “I hope it’s at least around the length of RDR2 (Red Dead Redemption 2). That was perfect for me.”

AndyC_88 said: “Main story 35 hours is fine if it’s packed with other content, which will add a good few hours anyway. If the story is strong, it’ll be good regardless. Add all the none story stuff, and it’ll be fine.”

malyszkush said: “Even if this miraculously turns out to be correct, long doesn’t always equal good. If you can keep it unique or original enough for a roughly 40 hour long story, I have no issue with that. RDR2 being as long as it was worked tremendously simply due to the way the story was told and all of the character development. Of course, this is probably speculation but you never know.”

zDavzBR said: “I want at least 50h for the main campaign, with over 100h for all the side missions.”

Involvement with ‘woke’ Sweet Baby Inc explained

Rumours are flying around that Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games is working with a company called Sweet Baby Inc which has been branded ‘woke’ by groups online.

Sweet Baby Inc describes itself on its website as ‘a narrative development and consultation studio’.

A Reddit post shows Rockstar’s logo under the company’s clients section – this has been edited in and does not appear like this on Sweet Baby Inc’s website.

However 2K is listed on the website – American video game holding company Take-Two owns this developer along with Rockstar as the two major brands in their portfolio.

And as the GTA series is renowned for pushing the boundaries of satire, and even taste at times (think back to the torture scene in GTA 5), it’s led to speculation that developers of GTA 6 could be working with Sweet Baby Inc and are worried the game could be too ‘woke’.