Rockstar Games has always been a master of hype. After all, all it took for the company to light the internet on fire in 2016 was a change of the company’s Twitter logo from yellow to red (forRed Dead Redemption 2). No one’s challenging the idea that Rockstar has plans to break the internet again with aGrand Theft Auto 6announcement at some point, but many are conflicted when it comes to figuring out when Rockstar will finally show its hand. AlthoughGTA 6rumorshave been swirling for years now, recent rumor-mongers have posited that March 2020 will finally be the month when Rockstar reveals all.
Released in 2013,GTA 5is somewhat of an anomaly for the franchise. It’s true that every title in the series has seen massive success starting withGTA 3in 2001, butGTA 5’sonline mode,GTA Online,has made the game the third best selling video game of all time, with over 120 million units sold. That is way more thanGTA 4(the second best sellingGTAgame) which sold over 25 million units, meaning Rockstar is likely to change its strategy up forGrand Theft Auto 6.
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GTAForums Leaker
A user who goes by the name of gonnaenodaethat has been posting cryptic messages on the forum site regarding news onGTA 6.which has subsequently caused a bunch of speculation on both that site and Reddit. Most notably, the user started a post that was called 0320, and immediately, people started to assume that this is the reveal date(March 20) forGTA 6and that Rockstar fans should have all hands on deck for an imminent announcement. A Reddit thread on the matter compiled a few reasons as to why some believe the cryptic messages to be hints ofGTA 6’sreveal date.
There are only two reasons that give the supposed leaker any credibility. First, they supposedly knewRed Dead Redemption 2was coming to PC before it was announced. Although the originalRed Dead Redemptionwas only released on consoles, it wasn’t a hard prediction to make that the sequel would remedy the absence ofRed Dead Redemptionon PC. Second and more importantly though, moderators on the forum seem to be supporting this leaker, and this is uncharacteristic of the usually strict mods that run the site. This fact alone is significant, but at the end of the day, the leaker could just be saying things that people want to hear with some solid speculation in some scenarios.
The RDR2 March 25 Leak
4chan is notorious for its abundance of video game leaks and grains of salt make up the entire bedrock of the site’s credibility. Yet, users on the site have still correctly predicted or leaked information on games in the past which is why YouTuber MrBossFTW has analyzed a particular post on the site and is curious to see it through. The supposed leaker claims thatRockstar will revealGTA 6on March 25, five days after the date predicted by the GTAForums user. Whether or not one or both parties are lying, it’s interesting to see that the two users have landed their predictions within one week of each other.
Other Possibilities for GTA 6
The only thing that people can be certain of at this point is that Rockstar will eventually announceGrand Theft Auto 6at some point (which itself isn’t a guarantee, even if the chances are astronomically high). However, the chances of Rockstar announcingGTA 6anytime soon are fairly slim.RDR 2was just released more than a year ago, meaning the company is still probably in pre-production on its next game. Additionally, the continuing success ofGTA Onlinecould makeGTA 6take a different turn in development, as it’s possible Rockstar would want to focus on that some more. Also, with series co-creatorDan Houser leaving Rockstar, it’s not clear how his departure will affect futureGTAgames.
Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s parent company, did hold an investors call recently in which executives teased that more games from the company’s blockbuster franchises would be coming soon, but that could mean anything as Take-Two puts out everything fromBioshocktoBorderlands.It’s possible thatGTA 6could be shown off at the PS5 reveal event, which has seen rumors rise up and die down over the past few weeks. However, it’s more than likely that Rockstar will stick to revealing games on its own watch. All in all,GTA 6probably won’t be revealed for at least another couple of years.
Grand Theft Auto 6is rumored to be in development.
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