

The studio has seen drastic change in working conditions due to abusive managers removed, contractors become full time and things like that. More change is needed throughout the games industry too. It is positive to hear things at Rockstar Game have improved because they should never, ever have been like it was. We can only hope for the best and I’m sure the devs are doing the best job they can. With all this change, people in the report say they “wonder even what a Grand Theft Auto game looks like in today’s environment.” and are trying to figure out how to make games in this new era of Rockstar.

The company has made efforts to make working conditions better. Another major reason is how the culture of Rockstar Games has changed. The reason why progress on the game has been slow has largely been down to the pandemic. The development of the game was also detailed in the report. Troubled development but light at the end of the tunnel It is also being reported this game will have more interior locations than any previous GTA game. Despite the reduction in scope, Rockstar will update the map on a regular basis over time with apparently new cities. The report says we will see the return of the fictional Miami setting and “surrounding areas”. Now the scale has been cut back to focus on Vice City. The report says Rockstar previously had plans for it to be larger than any of its previous games featuring large areas of North and South America. The codename for GTA 6 has also been revealed to be Project Americas. We’ve spent the better part of a decade in GTA V’s San Andreas but it will be time to move on. Back in 2018, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser said he’s “thankful” to not be releasing GTA VI in the Trump era and “ unclear what we’d even do“. As for humour which has been highly speculated on, Rockstar’s developers also are said to be taking a more cautious approach when it comes to “making jokes about marginalized groups” a contrast to the previous GTA games. It will be interesting how this plays out.

Many liked the new take on story mode but plenty of others preferred sticking to just one character. The 3 way story mode in GTA V was controversial. The report also says “the woman, who is Latina, will be one of a pair of leading characters in a story influenced by the bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.” This suggests we will be getting 2 characters we will switch to in the campaign. In the new report with accounts from people close to Rockstar Games’ plans, the game will feature a playable female protagonist for the first time in the GTA series.
