Rockstar Games has announced that it will be releasing the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI in early December.
Sam Houser, co-founder and president of Rockstar Games, shared the news in a letter to fans today, explaining how the trailer would be dropping on the very same month that Rockstar will celebrate its 25th anniversary:
In 1998, Rockstar Games was founded on the idea that video games could come to be as essential to culture as any other form of entertainment, and we hope that we have created games you love in our efforts to be part of that evolution.
We are very excited to let you know that in early December, we will release the first trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto.
Houser goes on to say that Rockstar will be sharing such experiences with fans for many more years to come, although that seems like a given, with GTA V being the second best-selling game of all time, sitting at over 180 million copies sold:
Thanks to the incredible support of our players worldwide, we have had the opportunity to create games we are truly passionate about — without you, none of this would be possible, and we are so grateful to all of you for sharing this journey with us.
News of the GTA VI announcement was originally broken by Bloomberg last night, whose sources were apparently right about Rockstar’s plan for a trailer in December.
And while Rockstar hasn’t said anything about what the trailer might include, leaks from last year would suggest that players will be introduced to a new city in the form of a fictional Miami, a location that harkens back to 2002’s GTA: Vice City.
Those leaks also revealed that there would be two playable protagonists, including a female character—a first for the series.
Take-Two shares rose to a high of $149.43 in trading before New York exchanges opened on Wednesday thanks to the news.
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I can now in hindsight honestly say that I've hated GTAV, it was GTA with all the fun drained from it. I loved GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA4, and played all of them far beyond completing their campaign once. CP2077 felt more like GTA than GTAV did.
I see GTA VI as an opportunity for them to get back to form, but I also see equal chance of it doubling down on everything I hated about V.
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Can't wait for another crime drama game! I've enjoyed the single player of just about every GTA. So I'll be giving this one a go.
Now the issue is... are the release dates going to be a year between PS5 and everyone elses version?
Trailer suggests it will be the latter rather than the former, shame. Graphics also not that impressive even by today's standards, let alone when it finally comes out on PC.
Which we all know will be years after the console release, as usual.
I get the sense that it will be out on PC on release day. 1. It's supposed to be Xbox on day 1. When they do that it's normally also PC day 1.
2. They want that sweet sweet subscriber money for the open world part of the game. Or recurring revenue through ongoing transactions. I say that because they sure as fuck are not micro transactions any more.