GTA 6: 8 Biggest Rumours You Need To Know

Where the Dirty Harry game failed, Rockstar will step in.

by Ewan Paterson
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Though Rockstar Games' next title will be the hotly anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2, set to release October this year, fans are already looking towards the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto with baited breath. For those familiar with the mind-boggling success of GTA Online this shouldn't be a massive surprise, but still, John Marston and co. should feel just a smidge chagrinned that GTA is threatening to steal its thunder without even the slightest hint of an official announcement.

In any case, if rumours are to be believed, it's easy to see why fans are so excited. The next instalment in Rockstar's formidable action adventure franchise is set to be a big one, bringing improvements, innovations and series firsts - ostensibly - to the table. It certainly sounds impressive, and with the title still years away from release, it should (in theory) only get bigger and better.

GTA Online may have managed to dominate conversation both in the immediate wake of GTA V's release and for much of its lifespan following, but most of what we know about VI pertains to its touted single-player element.

Rumours of its potential setting - or settings - have hotted up considerably in recent months, and with the franchise having run into considerable criticism in recent years, could a number of series firsts soon follow?

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.