Written by Mariko AoiBusiness reporter
The decade-long wait for the sixth mainline game in the Grand Theft Auto series under Rockstar’s name is over Trailer released.
The film takes place in Vice City, inspired by Miami, and tells a story of love and crime between its first heroine, Lucia, and an unnamed hero.
The developer released the trailer 15 hours earlier than expected, after releasing it first leaked online.
The trailer teases a 2025 release window which means fans will still have to wait to play it.
This game will be a sequel to the 2013 hit GTA V, which became the second best-selling video game of all time, after Minecraft.
There have been endless rumors and leaks over the past decade about GTA VI.
The mere confirmation of the arrival of a trailer – a teaser of a teaser, if you will – was enough to spark global headlines in November as fans desperate for any information about the new game.
Originally developed in Dundee in 1997 by DMA Design, later known as Rockstar, GTA was as critically and commercially successful as it was controversial.
Questions were even raised in the House of Lords about the violent content of the first game.
The trailer shows people racing cars, people partying on boats, and a man pulling an alligator out of a swimming pool.
It took a long time to release the new game, and James Baines, president of the gaming media company Network N, said that this can be explained by the huge success of GTA V, which sold 190 million copies worldwide.
“It’s one of the biggest games in the world and it’s now maintained through GTA Online, which is an online game where you rob banks and gang up,” he said.
“This means it’s at the top of the playlists most weeks now for Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
“They’ve spent over a billion dollars on it, so it’s going to be epic in scale… and it’s going to be the most expensive game ever.”
Formerly a gaming giant said President Sam Hauser The December trailer release was intended to coincide with its 25th anniversary.
Rockstar has It separately announced a deal with Netflix to bring many of its titles to the streaming giant’s game shows.
GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas – all highly beloved games by gamers – will be available to Netflix subscribers on mobile devices on December 14.