The Rockstar Ransom Deadline Expires Today and GTA 6 Fans Are Panicking
The clock is running out on ShinyHunters' ransom threat against Rockstar Games, and the entire Grand Theft Auto community is holding its...
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Ray Ampoloquio
Editor and News Writer
Ray Ampoloquio is a GTA BOOM editor and news writer who began playing the series with San Andreas around 2006 before going back to GTA III and Vice City. GTA IV became his favorite after he built his first gaming PC in 2010, and he has followed every mainline release since. He covers GTA 6 announcements, trailers, characters and setting, Rockstar Games and Take-Two business news, GTA Online updates, editorials, explainers and franchise history. Ray prioritizes official Rockstar and Take-Two sources, including Newswire posts, trailers, investor calls and earnings reports. He labels leaks and fan theories as unconfirmed, traces claims to original sources and distinguishes verified facts from speculation.
- Playing GTA since
- 2006
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
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Rockstar Got Breached Again but This Time GTA 6 Is Safe
What is it with Rockstar Games and data breaches? They're either the most vulnerable big-name video game developer out there or just the most...
A Leaker Claims GTA 6 on PC Could Arrive as Early as February 2027
The PC release window for Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the biggest questions in the gaming world today...
A Rockstar Job Listing Just Revealed GTA 6's Long-Term Future
Job listings are not exciting. They are usually the least interesting way to learn about what a game studio is working on...
A Former GTA 6 Artist Said Trailers Are "Madly Polished" and Half the Internet Got the Point Backwards
A comment from a former Rockstar Games environmental artist about how Grand Theft Auto 6 and its first and second trailers were made went viral...
GTA 6 Online May Launch in Time for Christmas According to a New Leak
A leaker who is primarily known for Call of Duty information, not Grand Theft Auto, has shared a claim about Grand Theft Auto 6.
HipHopGamer Says GTA 6 Will Make Millionaires and Feature Freddie Gibbs
There is a particular type of Grand Theft Auto 6 rumor that is not quite a leak, not quite speculation, and not quite fabrication, either.
The Dumbest GTA 6 Delay Rumor Yet Claims Rockstar Forgot How to Save
There are believable Grand Theft Auto 6 rumors, rumors that need some digging to debunk, and rumors so magnificently stupid that the only...
GTA V Source Code Reveals Ghost from Rockstar Games' Past
Rockstar Games has a graveyard of canceled projects and one of them is a ghost story that the community has tried to piece together for over 15...
Former Rockstar Dev Expects GTA 6 to Borrow Heavily From Red Dead Redemption 2
Rob Carr keeps talking, and he keeps saying things worth listening to. The former Rockstar Games audio designer, who worked on Grand Theft Auto V...
GTA 6 Could Be the Last AAA Game Built Entirely by Human Hands
In March 2026, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick sat down with The Game Business and called the idea that AI could create a game like Grand...
Just Cause Creator Says Competing With GTA 6 Is "Impossible"
Christofer Sundberg, the co-founder of Avalanche Studios and the creative director behind the Just Cause series and Mad Max...
A Former Rockstar Dev Thinks He Knows Why GTA 6 Took So Long
Why has Grand Theft Auto 6 taken the longest of any Rockstar Games title to develop and release?
Take-Two Cuts Entire AI Division Ahead of GTA 6 Launch
Three weeks ago, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick sat in front of a camera and told The Game Business that AI making Grand Theft Auto is...
GTA IV Prototype Hype Gets Reality Check from Ex Rockstar Dev
The Grand Theft Auto IV development build that surfaced from a £5 car boot sale and was subsequently DMCA'd from the Internet Archive caused quite...
GTA V Is Leaving Game Pass Again and the Timing Is No Coincidence
Microsoft confirmed on April 2, 2026, that Grand Theft Auto V is among the batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month.
The £5 GTA IV Dev Build Has Vanished From the Internet Archive
The GTA IV development build that we covered earlier, the November 2007 Xbox 360 prototype discovered on a Rockstar North\-labeled dev kit bought...
Former Rockstar Dev Reveals Development Philosophy Behind the Success of GTA Games
There is a reason why Rockstar Games open-world titles feel like they exist on a different plane than every other game in the genre and a former...
