Every official detail about GTA 6 – the biggest game of 2025

It’s been implicit a decennary since GTA 5 launched successful 2013, and aft respective re-releases and much than $8.5 cardinal successful revenue, Rockstar Games and Take-Two are yet gearing up for the merchandise of GTA 6.

At this point, Grand Theft Auto is the biggest accepted (i.e. not Minecraft oregon Roblox) video crippled franchise successful history, and that makes the caller crippled arguably the astir anticipated 1 of each time. If you privation impervious conscionable see the announcement trailer, which garnered much than 50 cardinal views successful little than a day.

Although the 2nd trailer hasn’t been released yet, determination has been a batch of speculation astir the long-awaited sequel.

With everyone anxious for much information, we’ve compiled each the important accusation Rockstar has officially confirmed astir GTA 6 and each the galore rumours that person followed…

GTA 6 merchandise date: erstwhile does the crippled travel out?

GTA 6 is presently scheduled to motorboat successful autumn 2025, as confirmed by Take-Two successful its astir caller fiscal results.

The crippled whitethorn beryllium deed with a hold though, which could propulsion it into December oregon adjacent 2026.

As a reminder, GTA 5 was initially scheduled for outpouring 2013, but coiled up not releasing until that September. Any specified hold for GTA 6 apt won’t beryllium announced until aboriginal adjacent year, arsenic astatine the infinitesimal it’s astir apt not wide whether it needs much clip oregon not.

GTA 6 formats: what consoles volition the crippled beryllium disposable for?

GTA 6 volition beryllium disposable connected the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. There are nary plans to bring it to last-gen platforms (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) so, if you’ve yet to upgrade to either of the existent consoles, you’ll request to if you privation to play GTA 6.

There’s nary notation of erstwhile GTA 6 volition travel to PC, but Rockstar has traditionally ever been dilatory to enactment the format. In a November 2024 net call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said: ‘I bash deliberation PC volition proceed to beryllium a much and much important portion of the console concern going forward, and that isn’t analyzable for america to enactment astatine all.’

GTA 5 didn’t get connected PC until 2015, astir 2 years aft its archetypal console release, but it’s wide assumed GTA 6 volition beryllium a spot sooner than that.

One extracurricular anticipation is that GTA 6 could besides beryllium released for the Nintendo Switch 2. Rockstar has ever had a amazingly bully narration with Nintendo and the lone limiting origin is whether the caller console volition beryllium almighty capable to tally the game.

GTA 6 story: what is the crippled about?

Exact communicative details for GTA 6 are incredibly slim, but the uncover trailer did supply a wide outline for what to expect. GTA 6’s main protagonist is simply a young pistillate named Lucia, who commits crimes arsenic portion of a Bonnie and Clyde-style duo with a presently unnamed antheral spouse (although he’s wide believed to beryllium called Jason).

Despite what you whitethorn think, GTA 6 won’t people the archetypal clip you’re capable to play arsenic a pistillate successful the series. The archetypal 1997 game, the Game Boy Color mentation of GTA 2, and GTA Online person had options for playable pistillate characters. These options ne'er impacted the story, though, truthful GTA 6 is inactive breaking caller crushed for the bid successful that regard.

GTA 6 setting: wherever does the crippled instrumentality place?

GTA 6 volition beryllium acceptable successful Leonida, a fictional mentation of the authorities of Florida. What makes this peculiarly breathtaking for long-time GTA fans is this means Vice City volition beryllium making a return.

Based connected the real-world metropolis of Miami, Vice City was initially a level successful the archetypal GTA but is amended known for its open-world depiction successful GTA: Vice City (2002) and its prequel, GTA: Vice City Stories.

Vice City has agelong been a fashionable locale with fans, truthful overmuch truthful that determination person been respective instrumentality efforts to recreate the city, specified arsenic modding it into GTA 5. It besides speaks to the size of GTA 6’s representation that the mounting of a PlayStation 2-era crippled volition lone beryllium a information of it.

GTA 6 trailers: erstwhile does the adjacent trailer release?

So far, there’s lone 1 trailer for GTA 6, which doesn’t diagnostic immoderate existent gameplay footage. Fans person travel up with their ain (often bizarre) theories connected erstwhile a caller trailer volition drop, but neither Rockstar nor Take-Two person formally confirmed anything.

A caller trailer could upwind up debuting astatine The Game Awards 2024, which takes spot connected December 13. It’s the past large gaming lawsuit of the twelvemonth and has typically hosted large crippled announcements.

However, past year’s trailer debuted conscionable a fewer days earlier The Game Awards 2023, which suggests Rockstar isn’t funny successful sharing the limelight with anyone else.

That means the champion conjecture for erstwhile Trailer 2 volition beryllium released, if it does hap this year, is sometime betwixt present and the 2nd week of December.

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