You probably could’ve guessed this part: GTA 6 will bring back the series’ wanted system. You’ll still build up stars as police try to take you down ever more aggressively, but Rockstar’s making some notable tweaks to the system in order to encourage players to play in different ways. “The wanted system in GTA 6 […]
Netflix survived the GTA 6: An Extended Look, but Twitch did not

Netflix held up surprisingly well when the GTA 6 Extended Look dropped earlier today. Twitch, however, took a nosedive about an hour after, robbing everyone of the frame-by-frame analysis from their favorite streamers. Twitch didn’t specify what exactly caused the issues, but acknowledged them in a post on X: “We are aware of issues impacting […]
2019Lanterns star Kelly Macdonald was told to tone down her “Gotham accent” because she watched The Penguin too much while filming

Kelly Macdonald says she watched The Penguin to prep for Lanterns, and picked up the wrong accent along the way. “Within the first couple of months of the shoot, as well, I was watching The Penguin at the same time,” Macdonald told Entertainment Weekly. “Sometimes I’d been over-watching The Penguin, and I’d be going through […]
2019Rockstar considered giving GTA 6 four protagonists before deciding it would suck: “We worried about diluting the amount of player time with each”

Since its last Grand Theft Auto game featured three playable protagonists, Rockstar wondered if its next one should offer the same, or better – four playable protagonists. But the developer seems to have quickly decided that would be an awful fate for GTA 6. Co-studio head Rob Nelson explains to IGN, “After doing GTA 5, […]
2019How long is GTA 6? About 80 hours, according to one Rockstar dev’s playthrough

A playthrough of GTA 6 could last you around 80 hours, if one Rockstar developer’s fairly recent playthrough is any indication Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson spoke to the New York Times about the making of GTA 6. One key detail is casually slipped into the report: Nelson played through GTA 6 in February […]
2019Like Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 6 is “a whole other world” where “there’s a whole lot of stuff that you discover emergently”

GTA 6 finally got its big (and official) extended look on Netflix today, giving fans their most indulgent preview yet of Rockstar’s upcoming open-world behemoth. A bunch of different locations, gameplay systems, and characters were showcased, previewing what’s sure to be a sprawling adventure jam-packed with unintended interactions, moving the benchmark for open world interactivity […]
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