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Exactly 3,730 days ago, Rockstar games released GTA V, one of the highest-grossing games in human history. It continues to funnel in heaps of cash for the company, but we’re all talking about the successor; GTA VI. After years of speculation, massive leaks, fake news, and praying to whoever, Rockstar finally dropped the trailer to GTA VI.
Many of you reading this have played GTA Vice City when it launched back in 2002. Well, as per the rumors, GTA VI will take place in this sprawling Miami-inspired metropolis. And, in case you were wondering, yes, there will be tons of guns, cars, gang violence, and other things that this franchise is known for.
Rockstar just launched the trailer for GTA VI
Let’s cut the crap, you’re going to want to watch the trailer before reading another word, so here it is.
Epic, right?! Right off the bat, we can tell that this trailer doesn’t show any gameplay as far as we can tell. It’s all about setting the stage and giving us starved GTA fans something to let us know that it’s not a figment of our imaginations.
At the beginning of the trailer, it shows a major first for the franchise; a female character. This is something that people were waiting for Rockstar to get off of its butt and do. It looks like our Lucia is a tough cookie who’s gotten into some trouble of the “prison” variety. In the trailer, it looks like she’s served her time and she’s given a new lease on life. How does she use it? Uh… this is a GTA game, remember? We see her and her romantic partner getting into some serious trouble en route to their ultimate goal, which we’ll know only when we play the game.
While the trailer focuses on Lucia and her lover, it also does a fair amount of world-building. We see the Vice City life; parties, street races, drugs, and lots of twerking. It’s a snapshot of the city you’re going to be navigating, which should be larger than what Tommy Vercetii was navigating back in 1986.
It also shines a pretty harsh light on Florida with what would be news stories and social media posts depicting many things people associate with Florida life… Seriously, Rockstar, a gator walking into a store? Really?
When is this game coming out?
If you were able to wipe the tears away from your eyes enough at the end to see the screen, you’d see that it’s not slated to come out until 2025. That’s quite the wait, but it will be worth it. The game has been in development for who knows how long? In the meantime, Rockstar will be able to milk a few more billions of dollars from GTA Online.