Grand Theft Auto 6 reveal live coverage: breaking down the Netflix 'extended look' event
We're cataloging everything we learn about GTA 6 from the Netflix reveal, as well as reactions from around the internet.
We're 30 minutes away
It's almost time. The anticipation for this big reveal has perhaps been dulled by the leaks that preceded it, but I still find myself quite curious to see what Rockstar is going to show.
So far, we've gotten the impression that GTA 6 is going to be something of a hybrid between previous GTAs and Red Dead Redemption 2, and that may manifest in deeper ways than we've seen from the infamous vegetable's clips.
I don't expect to hear much, or possibly anything, about GTA Online, but even if it's omitted, the fact of its omission will be notable. Rockstar surely has big plans for its future, but given how closely GTA Online (and its roleplaying community in particular) is associated with PC gaming, I wonder if those plans will be withheld until the studio is ready to talk about the PC version of GTA 6 itself.
There are also rumblings about user generated content being a focus, and but I'm unsure if that will have anything to do with the singeplayer game—we'll see!
The GTA 6 reveal is 'rousing' and 'violent'
That's according to the descriptors Netflix has chosen for the reveal. According to the Netflix mobile app, the video will be 26 minutes long.
I still think it's quite poor form for Rockstar to make fans subscribe to Netflix to see the reveal of a game they've probably already preordered. Yes, we can all just wait six hours for it to be posted on YouTube (and realistically, it'll be ripped from Netflix well before that), but it's the principle of the thing.
PC Gamer's Andrea Shearon has reminded me that Hannibal is on Netflix—the brilliant NBC show with Mads Mikkelsen—so I guess that's what I'll be doing with the renewed subscription I didn't want.
What we've learned from the leaks
Ahead of the official GTA 6 reveal, someone who goes by "Cyberleek" has been releasing gameplay clips that apparently come from a build of the game they have continuous access to.
I assume there's a control room somewhere in which suited lawyers are pointing at giant maps and saying "enhance," but Rockstar hasn't tracked down the leaker yet, and in the meantime, we've learned a lot about GTA 6's gameplay.
Here are some of the big details, with the caveat that we can't be sure exactly how recent Cyberleek's build is:
- There appears to be a morality system, a la Red Dead Redemption 2: During a particularly violent action by the player, a devil icon with a minus symbol appears
- Cars have gas meters, but refuelling looks easy (drive into a gas station, press a button)
- Another RDR2 similarity, we see at one point that Jason has the option to "greet" or "taunt" NPCs he encounters
- Your identity as it relates to police APBs is represented by three icons, which we've deduced probably refer to your clothing, face/hair, and car
- The wanted level now goes to six stars, one more than it used to
- There's a stamina meter, and at one point we see Jason struggle with a driver during a carjacking, depleting the meter
- Full nudity: At one point the leaker wanders into a nudist party, and Rockstar withholds nothing
