GTA 6: New Updates Revealed

GTA 6 Updates

2025

March 24, 2025

• A GTA 5 mod recreating GTA 6's playable map has encountered legal challenges after Take-Two issued copyright takedowns against the creator's YouTube content.

Read more: Modder putting GTA 6's map in GTA 5 hit with Take-Two copyright claim (Euro Gamer)

February 11, 2025

• Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick addressed concerns about GTA 6 potentially influencing real-world violence, stating entertainment reflects rather than shapes behavior during a CNBC interview.
• Zelnick explained GTA 6's lengthy development cycle emphasizes Rockstar's pursuit of creative perfection, dismissing theories about AI replacing human creativity.

Read more: GTA 6 Publisher is 'Not Worried' About the Game Influencing Violence in the Real World (Insider Gaming)
Read more: GTA 6 Boss Discusses Long Wait And How AI Won't Replace 'Creative Genius' Of Humans (Game Spot)

February 10, 2025

• Take-Two's CEO highlighted growing PC gaming importance in an IGN interview, suggesting Rockstar's staggered platform release strategy while noting Civilization 7's simultaneous multi-platform launch.

Read more: Take-Two seemingly hinting at eventual Grand Theft Auto 6 PC release (Video Games Chronicle)

February 5, 2025

• EA acknowledged potentially adjusting Battlefield's release schedule due to GTA 6's impending launch, emphasizing strategic timing considerations.

Read more: With GTA 6 looming, EA says it's willing to delay its 'biggest ever Battlefield' to make its launch 'all it needs to be' (Euro Gamer)

January 29, 2025

• Steven Ogg confirmed he won't reprise his Trevor role in GTA 6, though humorously suggested a brief cameo death scene would have been fitting.

Read more: Trevor's voice actor says he won't be in GTA 6, though would've liked a cameo where he got 'killed at the beginning' (PC Gamer)

2024

December 7, 2024

• Former Rockstar developers suggest strategic silence regarding GTA 6's second trailer release timing serves as an effective marketing approach.

Read more: Rockstar Could Easily Announce the GTA 6 Trailer 2 Release Date but It's Staying Quiet 'On Purpose' Because 'It's a Really Good Marketing Tactic,' Ex-Dev Says (IGN)

November 7, 2024

• Take-Two confirmed GTA 6 and Borderlands 4 won't release concurrently despite sharing the same fiscal year window.

Read more: Take-Two Boss Insists It Won't Release GTA 6 and Borderlands 4 Close to Each Other (GameSpot)

November 4, 2024

• A former Rockstar developer praised GTA 6's development, describing it as setting new industry standards for realism and gameplay innovation.

Read more: GTA 6 Raises The Bar and Delivers on Realism Beyond Expectations

September 15, 2024

• While Take-Two maintains GTA 6's 2025 release target, ex-Rockstar developers suggest final confirmation may come mid-2025.

Read more: Obbe Vermeij on the release date for GTA 6 (X)

August 10, 2024

• Take-Two's CEO tempered expectations for GTA 6 appearing on Xbox Game Pass at launch, prioritizing premium retail distribution.

Read more: Take-Two CEO shoots down GTA 6 Game Pass launch hopes (PCGamesN)

July 23, 2024

• Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij advised fans to maintain realistic expectations about GTA 6's evolutionary rather than revolutionary advancements.

Read more: Former Rockstar Dev Warns To Lower Your Expectations for GTA 6 (Screenrant)

May 22, 2024

• Rockstar reaffirmed commitment to polishing GTA 6 for a 2025 release focused on delivering a refined experience.

Read more: GTA 6 Release Will Be 'Perfect' as Rockstar Games Takes Their Time

May 20, 2024

• Take-Two's fiscal report officially confirmed Fall 2025 as GTA 6's target window while acknowledging potential development delays.

Read more: GTA 6 Release Date Set to Fall 2025 in Recent Fiscal Report

2023

December 5, 2023

• GTA 6's debut trailer broke YouTube records, becoming the fastest non-music video to reach 90 million views and setting new benchmarks for game trailer engagement.
• Rockstar officially unveiled Grand Theft Auto VI's first trailer after years of anticipation.

Read more: The GTA 6 Trailer Has Dropped, And Its Breaking Records (Forbes)
Read more: Grand Theft Auto VI - Watch Trailer 1 Now (Rockstar Games)