GTA 5's Lester Actor Thinks GTA 6's Humor Might Not Hit the Same Way
Jay Klaitz questions whether Rockstar Games’ trademark satire can still hit as hard when real life already feels absurd. He does not sound worried ...
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Ray Ampoloquio
Ray was an instant fan of the GTA universe as a kid, ever since he first heard the iconic line “Hmm...nice bike.” He has subsequently spent countless hours in GTA worlds — warring, joyriding alongside Niko Bellic, and hanging with cousin Roman. Of all the GTA titles that have consumed Ray’s gaming life for over a decade, he insists GTA IV reigns supreme. His articles and analysis provide diehard fans a mix of nostalgia for GTA’s golden age alongside hype about what’s new and what’s next. While Ray loves to debate franchise favorites, his passion for all things Grand Theft Auto from the early 3D era to today is unmatched. For entertaining coverage celebrating GTA’s past, present and future from a day one devotee, read Ray’s stories.
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Leaked GTA Online Data Explains Why Rockstar Is Making PC Gamers Wait for GTA 6
Rockstar Games’s leaked platform data points to PC contributing only a small share of Grand Theft Auto Online microtransaction revenue. This might ...
Rockstar Data Dump Reveals Why GTA 6 Is Taking This Long to Release
The leaked Rockstar analytics point to a simple reason developing Grand Theft Auto 6 can take many, many years. Apparently, Grand Theft Auto Online...
The Rockstar Ransom Deadline Expires Today and GTA 6 Fans Are Panicking
Rockstar Games is heading into the April 14 ransom deadline with no sign that the breach has changed its plans for Grand Theft Auto 6. The confirme...
Rockstar Got Breached Again but This Time GTA 6 Is Safe
Rockstar says a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed through a breach at a third-party analytics vendor. The company say...
A Leaker Claims GTA 6 on PC Could Arrive as Early as February 2027
A leaker claims Rockstar is targeting a February 2027 PC release for Grand Theft Auto 6, far earlier than the late 2027 window many players expecte...
A Rockstar Job Listing Just Revealed GTA 6's Long-Term Future
Rockstar job listings point to GTA 6 being built with a creator platform strategy in mind, tying together FiveM, RedM, GTA roleplay, and references...
A Former GTA 6 Artist Said Trailers Are "Madly Polished" and Half the Internet Got the Point Backwards
A former Rockstar artist did not say GTA 6 will look worse than its trailers. He described a normal trailer workflow where the camera-facing areas ...
GTA 6 Online May Launch in Time for Christmas According to a New Leak
A leak claims GTA 6 Online could arrive within a month of GTA 6, putting it on course for late November to mid-December 2026 and potentially before...
HipHopGamer Says GTA 6 Will Make Millionaires and Feature Freddie Gibbs
Freddie Gibbs is being linked to a possible GTA 6 side mission after HipHopGamer pointed to a rapper who once left CM Punk bloodied by accident. Gi...
The Dumbest GTA 6 Delay Rumor Yet Claims Rockstar Forgot How to Save
Rockstar Games has pushed back on a rumor that Grand Theft Auto 6 was delayed because its save and load system was broken after one developer left,...
GTA V Source Code Reveals Ghost from Rockstar Games' Past
A dataminer has linked an unused character model in the leaked Grand Theft Auto V source files to Rockstar Games's long-canceled spy game Agent. Th...
Former Rockstar Dev Expects GTA 6 to Borrow Heavily From Red Dead Redemption 2
Former Rockstar audio designer Rob Carr expects GTA 6 to carry over major ideas from Red Dead Redemption 2. The strongest candidates are deeper wor...
GTA 6 Could Be the Last AAA Game Built Entirely by Human Hands
Strauss Zelnick argues AI cannot deliver the human creativity and emotion behind Rockstar's writing, direction, atmosphere, and world-building, eve...
Just Cause Creator Says Competing With GTA 6 Is "Impossible"
Christofer Sundberg says competing with GTA is impossible and is pitching Samson as a smaller, leaner action experience instead. It launches on PC ...
A Former Rockstar Dev Thinks He Knows Why GTA 6 Took So Long
A former Rockstar developer says the long wait for GTA 6 likely comes down to a ground-up rebuild of the RAGE engine, with Rockstar spending years ...
Take-Two Cuts Entire AI Division Ahead of GTA 6 Launch
Take Two has cut its Head of AI and what appears to be the wider AI team just weeks after publicly talking up broad use of generative AI across the...
GTA IV Prototype Hype Gets Reality Check from Ex Rockstar Dev
A former Rockstar technical director has pushed back on the idea that the leaked GTA IV development build proves the game is missing huge amounts o...
