GTA 6 news and rumors: when will Grand Theft Auto 6

If you just can't stop thinking about GTA 6, take comfort in knowing that you're far from being alone. The next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise may not have been formally announced by developer Rockstar Games yet, but there's no shortage of people keen to know more about it.  

Why are people keen to know more about a game that's not technically been acknowledged by its developer? Well, there have been convincing reports that GTA 6 is in the early stages of development. Besides that, another GTA game feels like something of an inevitability, particularly after the enormous success of Grand Theft Auto 5.

GTA 5 has been around for a long time—believe it or not, it launched at the tail end of the PlayStation 3  generation of consoles nearly eight years ago—so it feels like we're due a new Grand Theft Auto game, even if the series is thriving with the success  

With all this in mind and the tight-lipped nature of Rockstar, we probably shouldn't expect to see any sort of reveal any time soon, unfortunately. 

A Kotaku report has claimed that GTA 6, or at least "a new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series," is early in development as of April 2020. Additionally, it suggests that Rockstar's internal plan for the game is to release a slightly smaller game and then expand on it through regular updates. This suggests GTA 6 will build on the success of GTA Online by integrating more live service options