Rumor: GTA 6 will be set in both the US and South America When asked if GTA will ever return to Vice City, Benzies stated, "It is always a possibility." Not a lot to go off of exactly. Inside Gaming points to a Digital Trends interview with Leslie Benzies, the now-former president of Rockstar North, to further probe this rumor. But as Inside Gaming mentions, Miami also technically exists within the GTA universe. Rumor: GTA 6 will be set in Miami or Vice Cityīack in 2018, an "inside source" allegedly told Inside Gaming that GTA 6 will be set in Miami-likely meaning Vice City, given GTA's history with fictionalized cities based on real ones. We just haven't found the right game for it yet, but it's one of the things that we always think about."īut Rockstar has yet to comment on anything regarding GTA 6's story or characters in any official capacity, so we'll just have to wait and see. In an interview with The Guardian back in 2013, Rockstar co-founder Dan House expressed the studio's interest in exploring a female character at some point, stating, "In the future, could we do a game with a lead female character? Of course. Promotional art for GTA Online's Lowriders: Custom Classics content update. If this rumor is true it would be huge for the series.
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And yet, the series has never featured a woman as a playable protagonist beyond the ability to customize your character in GTA Online. GTA 5 did something new for the series with its trio of playable characters, ranging from a retired career criminal living in luxury to a trailer park weapons dealer to a young gangbanger looking to make it big. Grand Theft Auto protagonists have encompassed a variety of fictional criminal archetypes-Vice City's hot-tempered Tommy Vercetti, GTA 4's mature, yet cynical Eastern European refugee Niko Bellic, and the naïve but good-hearted street gang underboss Carl "CJ" Johnson of San Andreas, to name a few.
In January 2021, rumors about GTA 6 featuring a playable female character began to make the rounds after Tom Henderson (known for his Call of Duty leaks) posted on Twitter, "For the first time ever in a GTA title, GTA 6 will have a playable female and male protagonist." Rumor: GTA 6 will feature a female protagonist Remember that none of the rumors discussed in this article have been verified by GameSpot, and very few have been verified by other news outlets as coming from reputable sources-they should be treated strictly as rumors and fan speculation and not official information from Rockstar, unless otherwise stated. In lieu of any official information about Grand Theft Auto 6, here's a history of every major GTA 6 rumor and supposed leak from the last couple of years. En gros, GTA VI, c'est prochainement quoi.