GTA 6 Live: Ex-Rockstar Dev Says AI Will Make Games More Affordable

‘GTA 6 will be here in no time’

July 06, 16:46

A Redditor feels as though "

GTA 6

will be here in no time" as it’s two months to the day since trailer 2, screenshots and more landed for

GTA 6

.

However others don’t quite share that same feeling.

Broke_Bad_Mountain said: "Felt like five months. This is going to take forever."

iCookieKing725i said: "Ngl my takeaway is ‘it’s only been two months??’"

Either-Amoeba8232 said: "Two seconds later: one week from the release "

‘GTA 7 might actually happen in our lifetime’

July 06, 10:51

A prominent X / Twitter account that regularly posts about

GTA 6

and Rockstar Games has said "

GTA 7

might actually happen in our lifetime" following comments from former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij.

Vermeij spent 14 years at Rockstar as a technical director, working on

Grand Theft Auto

projects such as

Vice City

,

San Andreas

and

IV

before leaving in 2009.

Speaking with Kiwi Talkz, he said it could be cheaper to make

GTA

games going forward with AI being integrated into its production and that

GTA 6

is likely to remain the most expensive game of all time.

‘The hype is real’

July 05, 16:16

GTA 6

trailer 2 has now surpassed the views for

GTA 5

trailer 1 on YouTube alone.

GTA 5

trailer 1 has 123m views at the time of writing and

GTA 6

trailer 2 now has 123.3m.

@GTAVI_Countdown spotted this and said: "The hype is real."

Former Rockstar developer predicts cheaper Grand Theft Auto games with AI

July 05, 11:57

Former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij has predicted "

GTA 7

will be cheaper to make than

GTA 6

" because of the use of AI.

Vermeij spent 14 years at Rockstar as a technical director, working on

Grand Theft Auto

projects such as

Vice City

,

San Andreas

and

IV

before leaving in 2009.

Speaking with Kiwi Talkz, he said: "It’s a bold prediction. We’ll have to wait 15 years to see if I’m right or not.

"Let’s say you do a cutscene, all the characters in the cutscene could just be rendered by AI including the conversation if you just describe the scene. That could be your first pass of a cutscene.

"You’ll still have artists to do the higher level creative stuff and there’ll be glitches to fix and all that stuff but I think the bulk of the work is probably going to be replaced."

Rockstar website update reaction

July 02, 17:13

Redditors have been reacting in the

GTA 6

Subreddit to Rockstar Games updating its website to include links to Wishlists on both the PS Store and Xbox under the title ‘Wishlist Now’.

YogurtclosetIcy4328 said: "Wishlisting is cool and all. But I wanna see a pre-order option on PS Store with different editions!"

OutlandishnessOk6696 said: "Makes me believe more that the game won’t get delayed again."

ScottRans0m said: "S*** starting to get real."

Pre-order speculation swells as Rockstar makes key website update

July 02, 08:21

Speculation is swelling that

GTA 6

preorders may be available soon after Rockstar Games made a key update to its website.

Recently,

GTA 6

was finally made available to Wishlist on Xbox, weeks after it appeared on the PS Store.

Rockstar’s website has now been updated to include links to Wishlists on both the PS Store and Xbox under the title ‘Wishlist Now’.

Because of this, speculation is growing online that preorders for

GTA 6

could land soon.

New Red Dead Online trailer

July 01, 16:46

Rockstar Games has dropped a new trailer for

Red Dead Online

, understood to be the first in four years.

A social media post said: "Embark upon four new adventures that require steely resolve and courage in the face of the odd, twisted and downright supernatural. Strange Tales of the West are now available in

Red Dead Online

."

There is speculation online this could hint that Rockstar is working on next gen support for

Red Dead Redemption 2

.

‘We actually got new Red Dead Online content before GTA 6’

July 01, 08:11

Perhaps somewhat unexpectedly, Rockstar Games is understood to have sent out a community email with details about an update for

Red Dead Online

.

@videotechuk_ posted: "New Red Dead Online content as part of the event month, announced in a community email: Strange Tales of the West includes a set of new Telegram missions, book author Theodore Levin (from the single player) needs help investigating ‘bizarre and unexplained’ mysteries. Players will be tasked tracking down beasts in the waters of Bayou Nwa and undead plagues."

This was also
confirmed by @GameRoll_
who said: "We actually got new

RDO

content before

GTA 6

."

Mobile companion app ‘confirmed’ in new job listing

June 30, 17:09

It seems

GTA 6

is all but confirmed to have a mobile companion app as a Redditor spotted Rockstar Games is hiring for a Mobile Engineer in the Online section of its openings.

This was initially spotted by Dry-Fault-5557 in the comments of the Marketing Localisation QAs

GTA 6

Subreddit post and reposted by Gerald19901.

Others have been commenting with what they’d like to see from the potential companion app.

Zuijd said: "Would be cool if we can call for a taxi with our companion app, and the taxi arrives in game."

ExecuteArgument said: "Can’t wait to not be able to feed Jason’s pet lizard in 2035 when the app stops working."

Soranether said: "We need to be able to scroll through Snapmatic and order cars through the phone, that would be so cool."

Rockstar Games co-founder’s first novel release date officially revealed

June 30, 14:50

The first novel from Absurd Ventures, a studio co-founded by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser and former Rockstar writer, producer and director Lazlow Jones, has an official release date.

A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath

is a novel based on the fictional podcast that released last year.

The novel will release on 14 October.

‘Enhanced’ screenshots reveal brand new details

June 30, 14:16

A Redditor has posted what are claimed to be "enhanced" screenshots by a member of the Mapping Project community that’s aiming to piece together what the speculated in-game map will look like.

And new details from them have been spotted in the comments.

Ashamed-Debt-2692 said: "If you look at Keys, cars seem really small. Map is gonna be huge."

Friendly_Bluejay7407 said: "Never noticed the huge skinny radio tower on slide six."

Either-Amoeba8232 said: "These in the distance are tornadoes? They are too big for skyscrapers…"

Ashtro_ said: "These are cool to look at for hidden details."

Emotional-Direction3 said: "Photo eight: in the background there seems to be a mega cloud dump or tornado forming if you look to the left of the helicopter "

‘This game is going to blow away expectations’

June 30, 10:28

A Redditor has referenced

GTA 6

‘s reported budget and graphics comparison to

GTA 5

in the

GTA 6

Subreddit and said "this game is going to blow away our expectations".

Others have been commenting with their thoughts.

Fetty_Wap_Official said: "It’s incredible how good looking yet outdated

GTA 5

is."

dodo-likes-you said: "Waiting for the folks claiming

GTA 6

is just slightly better than

RDR2

."

jdp117 said: "The money spent doesn’t necessarily equate directly to quality but in this case there’s no doubt that

GTA 6

will be a generational video game."

New Rockstar job ads good news for game’s development

June 30, 09:00

It’s been spotted online that Rockstar is hiring for Marketing Localisation QAs.

Marketing localisation refers to adapting the game to a specific location and culture by translating it and making sure it is culturally relevant and appropriate.

It’s understood this usually happens towards the end of a game’s development cycle.

This seems to have been first spotted on
X / Twitter by @Vinewood_motors
and highlighted again by @videotechuk_.

@videotechuk_ also spotted in the additional information section: "Rockstar is looking to pipeline candidates for eventual openings in localisation in the coming months."