Gaming Can’t Afford More Games the Size of ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’
Grand Theft Auto VI finally arrives in November. A staggering 13 years and two console generations after the release of its predecessor, the long-awaited sequel has effectively become one of gaming’s holy grails—a title that some thought they’d never actually see, its development cycle so legendarily long that there’s a dedicated “we got [x] before GTA 6” meme.
The latest criminal opus lets players control Jason and Lucia, a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, and bears all the hallmarks of Rockstar's incredible attention to detail. Leonida, the open-world setting based on Florida, looks almost impossibly vast yet meticulously detailed, with its own weather systems and hundreds of animal species roaming around.
It’s shaping up to be a game of unprecedented scale and ambition—and exactly the sort of experience the wider industry can’t afford to keep chasing.
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