Summary
New information in the Rockstar Games API may suggest an imminent drop of newGrand Theft Auto 6images. Rockstar first revealed the blockbuster title by way of a trailer back in December 2023, which broke several major viewership records on YouTube. Five months later, fans are clamoring for more news aboutGrand Theft Auto 6, and their requests could be answered very soon.
GTA 6is undoubtedly the game with the highest level of anticipation behind it. The next mainline entry in theGrand Theft Autoseries is set to release 12 years after 2013’sGTA 5and takes place in the gorgeous neon-lit streets of Vice City in the Florida-inspired state of Leonida. The reveal trailer, which currently sits at over 189 million views, showed breathtakingly realistic visuals, a huge open-world sandbox, and the game’s two protagonists, Lucia and Jason. Thelead actors for theGTA 6protagonistswere allegedly leaked recently, but Rockstar has yet to break its silence on the matter. However, new evidence implies it might be gearing up to talk more about the game.
A fan-made Twitter bot named when_vi that regularly scans Rockstar Games' API for mentions ofGTA 6recently discovered four new URLs on the backend that allude to new screenshots for the game, as well as a link for key art/cover art. The links all return data forGTA 6, particularly the synopsis that was released alongside the first trailer, thereby confirming their relevance to the much-awaited game. For now, opening the links results in a 404 error, meaning Rockstar hasn’t uploaded anything to them yet.Speculation aboutGTA 6’s next trailerhas been growing for months, and based on this new information, it seems fans may have to wait a bit longer for that.
Rockstar’s Instagram Page Offers More Clues
Supporting the notion of impendingGTA 6news is the fact thatRockstar recently scrubbed everything from its Instagram pageexcept the posts concerningGTA 6and the latest DLCs forGTA Online, as well as some other minor posts about GTA+ and music labels. The only other time Rockstar did this was before the release of thefirst trailer forGTA 6. Combined with the placeholder links and parent company Take-Two’s upcoming earnings call on May 16, the odds seem to be stacking up for more insight intoGTA 6soon.
If the leak holds true, Rockstar may be releasing new screenshots ofGTA 6, as well as its cover art, in roughly a week. It must be noted thatGTA 6’s first trailer was announcedright before Take-Two’s Q2 2024 earnings call in November 2023, so a pattern for the renowned developers' news cycles can possibly be discerned from this.GTA 6is officially slated for release in 2025.
