General Gaming Grand Theft Auto VI (PS5/Xbox Series, 2025) - Digital Foundry technical analysis of Official Trailer 1 (36 minutes)

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’

 

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Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., plans to announce the next highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto game as early as this week, according to people familiar with its plans.

 

The company plans to then publish a trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI next month to celebrate Rockstar’s 25th anniversary, said the people, who asked to not be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. A spokesperson for Rockstar didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment sent after business hours.

 

 

[Firewithin]

God I hope the rumors/leaks are true about who and what the leads are for the absolute chud meltdowns

[stepee]

I guess eventually it does have to just happen 

[stepee]

9 minutes ago, Firewithin said:

God I hope the rumors/leaks are true about who and what the leads are for the absolute chud meltdowns

 

Im also very excited for this

[Keyser_Soze]

2 hours ago, stepee said:

Im also very excited for this

 

Then excited to see them give into the chuds and about face on the game after the backlash.

[SoberChef]

...to coincide w/ the 25th anniversary of ... what is it, either Rockstar or the IP itself being celebrated. All I have to say is its about freaking time. Also, furthermore, I shall NOT fall for any type of "guaranteed post-release DLC single player content" as we saw how that worked out before. Yes, I'm still holding onto that grudge god dammit.

 

(This way my opinion sticks in either thread!)

[Dodger]

I am excite 

[Brick]

Trailer in December is almost assuredly at The Game Awards. 

[Remarkableriots]

51 minutes ago, SoberChef said:

...to coincide w/ the 25th anniversary of ... what is it, either Rockstar or the IP itself being celebrated. All I have to say is its about freaking time. Also, furthermore, I shall NOT fall for any type of "guaranteed post-release DLC single player content" as we saw how that worked out before. Yes, I'm still holding onto that grudge god dammit.

 

(This way my opinion sticks in either thread!)

Rockstar studios started in December of 1998 while GTA started in November of 1997.

[SoberChef]

1 hour ago, Brick said:

Trailer in December is almost assuredly at The Game Awards. 

Didnt even dawn on me until you said it ... BUT ... you really think? GTA has always done it's own thing when they wanted to it. Never had premieres at any E3's or anything. I mean it would be a HUGE get for Geoff, just not entirely sure yet.

[XxEvil AshxX]

Why don't they just announce it in December with the trailer?

[Keyser_Soze]

Now official:

 

[best3444]

So is there a possibility of a 24' release?

[Bacon]

10 minutes ago, best3444 said:

So is there a possibility of a 24' release?

I'm saying Spring of 25

[best3444]

49 minutes ago, Bacon said:

I'm saying Spring of 25

 

That would be fine. I just want to see this thing. 

[Biggie]

I hope the lead character is trans 

[best3444]

38 minutes ago, Biggie said:

I hope the lead character is trans 

 

Why? 

[eventide11]

Rockstar has always pushed the envelope to the edge so to speak so I'm curious to see how they will approach things this time around. Those that can't wait to be offended will have some good times I think

[Keyser_Soze]

33 minutes ago, eventide11 said:

Rockstar has always pushed the envelope to the edge so to speak so I'm curious to see how they will approach things this time around. Those that can't wait to be offended will have some good times I think

 

I think they're attempting to punch up these days so those who can't wait to see the people that can't wait to be offended won't have good times I think.

[Brick]

10 hours ago, SoberChef said:

Didnt even dawn on me until you said it ... BUT ... you really think? GTA has always done it's own thing when they wanted to it. Never had premieres at any E3's or anything. I mean it would be a HUGE get for Geoff, just not entirely sure yet.

 

Yeah I thought about that too, but given Geoff's relationship with all the different game studios, I'm willing to bet he could get them on the show. If not the reveal trailer then maybe something else. 

[gamer.tv]

I mean, I’m not excited (I don’t think I so get excited about games in that way anymore) but I’ll be getting it! 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

To illustrate the cultural force that GTA represents, this relatively insignificant story is effectively "front page" news on the sites for CBS, BBC, Reuters, etc.

 

And, of course, we have its impact on the stock price of Take-Two Interactive:

 

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[Biggie]

2 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

Why? 

why not?  tired of the black gangsta crap.

[best3444]

8 minutes ago, Biggie said:

why not?  tired of the black gangsta crap.

 

Yea. It will be really interesting in how they push the envelope in 2024. Game will be incredible. 

[TwinIon]

Rockstar effectively invented the open world game as we’ve come to know them, and they’re still very much masters of their craft. They’ve got a bigger pile of money than ever, and expectations to match, so I just hope that they take some big swings and innovate. The inevitable online component can stick with what works, but I want to see the single player do something new, or at the very least new to GTA.

 

 

There are plenty of things that other open world games do that would greatly benefit GTA. Better traversal is simple, but high up my personal list. It doesn’t need to be AC, but honestly it wouldn’t hurt if it was. I think there’s room in GTA for some kind of RPG system. Right now I think GTA can suffer from a lack of progression when you really only have money and weapon unlocks to work towards.

 

I also feel like maybe it’s time for GTA to lean a bit more towards the more cartoonish in a Fast and Furious or James Bond kind of way. Give us some crazy gadgets that become core to the gameplay loop. Give us some nifty things we can do in combat and maybe even to solve puzzles. Let players “break” the game in fun little ways. I don’t expect GTA to go full BOTW/TOTK, but both of those games have released since we last saw a GTA game and I’d love to see some of the creative gameplay from those games brought into a slightly more grounded R* game. They don't need to go full on Just Cause, but something to spice things up a bit.

 

I’m sure that Rockstar will put together a decent enough story with some memorable characters. I’m sure they can build out a nice campaign in a fleshed out environment that is right up there with the best we’ve seen. I would just really love to see GTA surprise us with gameplay creativity that matches the quality of its’ trappings.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

41 minutes ago, TwinIon said:

I would just really love to see GTA surprise us with gameplay creativity that matches the quality of its’ trappings.

 

For me personally, they don't even have to go that far at all!

 

I'll gladly settle for actual moment-to-moment gameplay control mechanics that weren't pure dogshit!

[Remarkableriots]

I want more options for building an empire, like not just buying businesses but improving and expanding them. I'm looking forward to GTA Online 2 that just improves on what the original did. It would be cool if the map was way bigger and had tons of players. I wouldn't be surprised if they combined both this time, though.

[stepee]

honestly I kinda hope this launches late next year or early 25 just so @Phaseknox has his ps5 pro in time for it

[Remarkableriots]

Just now, stepee said:

honestly I kinda hope this launches late next year or early 25 just so that we can buy @Phaseknox and @Remarkableriotsps5 pros in time for it!

Fixed 

[Biggie]

Make sure you buy the correct version @Remarkableriots

[AbsolutSurgen]

I think the formula/leaks for GTA allows us to guess a lot for this game:

1)  Modern day Vice City setting

2)  Multiple main characters (at least 2 who are expected to be a Bonnie/Clyde couple named Jason/Lucia)

3)  Lots of over the top caricatures as characters

4)  Dogshit controls

 

Sorry @Biggie, I don't see a transgender playable character.  The main characters are usually portrayed in a negative light, and I don't see that being something that will go over well.

[skillzdadirecta]

28 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

4)  Dogshit controls

I REALLY hope they update the controls for these games. I find them manageable but it's a HELL of an adjustment going from other 3rd person action games to these.

[Brian]

In these uncertain times, you can count on Rockstar having shit controls and Pokémon having shit frame rate. 

[Dre801]

Prepare for countless YouTubers dropping videos analyzing every frame of the trailer.   This will break the internet.

[Phaseknox]

5 hours ago, stepee said:

honestly I kinda hope this launches late next year or early 25 just so @Phaseknox has his ps5 pro in time for it

I’m predicting that it will come out holiday 2024, or sometime in 2025. I was planning on buying a PS5 late next year, so if Grand Theft Auto VI releases late next year then I will buy a PS5 along with it on launch day.