Rockstar shares a first look at GRAND THEFT AUTO VI: but doesn’t mention a PC version
The last few months have been a bumper time for games, but the cherry on top was our first look at Grand Theft Auto VI. The next entry in Rockstar’s crime-’em-up openworld series will arrive in 2025 and is a return to Vice City, aka the neon-soaked strips and flamingodotted marshlands of Florida. The first trailer’s a scene-setter, heavy on vibes and low on detail, though what it does show suggests a lot of the earlier leaks were accurate.
It sure looks like GTA VI’s singleplayer side is built around two protagonists, a Bonnie and Clydestyle setup with Lucia and her as-yet-unnamed compadre. The trailer’s framing of the city emulates Instagram and TikTok-style social media posts, and in many cases directly references real-world viral videos. There’s an abundance of nice cars, scantily-clad women, glitter, grime, and bad behaviour throughout. This is definitely Grand Theft Auto.
THIS SEEMS TO BE HEWING CLOSER TO REALITY THAN EVER BEFORE
But there’s a tonal shift: this seems to be hewing closer to reality than ever before, perhaps not surprising in a post-Trump America that seems to constantly parody itself. Twerking on the roof of a car for a TikTok video while driving really fast is a good encapsulation of this moment in American culture. GTA VI seems to handle an age where everything is content by doubling down on the chaos, with people in the trailer either having the hedonistic time of their lives or committing crimes. There’s no chill here, and even the pool party has alligators.
