Grand Theft Auto 6

No one is sure where   Rockstar   will make the setting of the extremely anticipatedGrand Theft Auto 6.Grand Theft Auto’slocation is undeniably one of the most important aspects of the car - steal franchise , and generate that the games have ever only be set in American metropolis ( aside from twoGrand Theft Auto : Londonexpansions ) there has been speculation over whether Rockstar will fall apart the mould and last choose an external location .

A written report released last year in March suggested the new instalment in the serial may take shoes in two disjoined locating – Vice City and South America ,   which has been dubbed theGrand Theft Auto : Project Americastheory . It stay unreadable if the storyline would give adequate weight to both locations , but it ’s muse that the game will bulge out off in Miami and then have several gravid missionary station take place somewhere in South America , perhaps even in multiple locations . Some rumor have even suggested Rockstar may debut a fresh city based on Rio De Janeiro , and thatNetflix’sNarcosis serving as thematic intake .

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Vice City is obviously nothing new for the series , as 2002’sGrand Theft Auto : Vice Cityis still well - beloved among fans . While the graphic will evidently be a significant advance two decades later , fans have expressed some disappointment over Rockstar dispense with a different major metropolis that the game has never explore before . Then again , considering the serial return to Los Angeles with the debut ofGTA 5,it ’s not out - of - fictitious character that they would revisit their roots with Vice City .

GTA 6 Is Going Back To Its Roots

As depict byPC Gamer , in the beginning this year Rockstar re - share a post onInstagramthat was originally posted by @NBAoncourt . The mental image boast a unseasoned Lebron James with acopy ofGTA : Vice Cityin front of him , leading many fan to wonder if the production company was foreshadowing the game ’s stage setting .   However , it turns out they ’ve been hinting at a return to Vice City for years . Back in 2013 , right after the release ofGTA 5,Rockstar hinted that they might revisit a cityGTAhas already explored in new installments .

“ We do n’t know what GTA 6 will be , but we ’ve dumbfound some ideas . We ’ve drive about 45 years ’ worth of ideas we want to do , ” Leslie Benzies , President of Rockstar North toldDevelop . “ We ’ll clean the right 1 . It comes from the idea first . Where it is going to be pose is the first question . That then defines the missions ; you ’re doing different affair in LA than in New York or Miami . The map and story get work up together , and the story is a canonic flow of how it exercise out so you’re able to layer the mission in . "

GTA 6’s Location Could Be Europe After All

South America and Vice City are n’t the only possible position that have been suggested . In 2013 , Dan Houser sound out he was concerned in exploring London as a possibleness .

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" I imagine for us , my gut spirit is , GTA London was coolheaded for the meter , but games were more limited then . These days I think we would love to set a game in the UK , set in London , whatever , but I do n’t live if it would be a GTA game , ” he toldThe Guardian . “ I opine there are plenty of neat stories we could tell about the UK , great environment to showcase , capital gameplay mechanics that could have a UK bent to them — I just do n’t think it would be a GTA inevitably . "

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GTA 6’s Location Likely Won’t Be Revealed Soon

Very few details are known aboutGrand Theft Auto 6,including when Rockstar plans to release the secret plan . What is known is that it likely wo n’t be on the market for another few class . Some reports suggest it may not be uncommitted until 2022 , a full two years from now . This , of course of action , almost assuredly means the game will be available on next - gen consoles ( and players can bear the graphics to be extra top - notch ) .

There is a heap of evidence suggestingGrandTheft Auto6will separate its fourth dimension between South America and Vice City , but until Rockstar officially give confirmation , any information about the game ’s setting remains purely guess .

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Sources : Develop , The Guardian(viaPC Gamer )

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