{"id":2613,"date":"2026-07-30T11:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/ex-rockstar-developer-gta-6-nearing-completion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:32:17","slug":"ex-rockstar-developer-gta-6-nearing-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/ex-rockstar-developer-gta-6-nearing-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Rockstar Developer Says GTA 6 Nearing Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former Rockstar developer who left the company recently described Grand Theft Auto 6 as being in its final stages. The developer did not provide a release date, platform list or specific development milestones.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comment surfaced publicly this week and circulated online. Rockstar Games has not confirmed the project&#8217;s status.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rockstar first acknowledged work on the next mainline Grand Theft Auto title in 2022. Since that acknowledgment the company has released few public details about timelines or launch plans.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of Rockstar have continued to support Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online, both of which receive ongoing updates that require development resources. How the studio balances those duties with work on the next entry was not addressed by the former employee.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No official footage, playable build or publisher release plan has been provided by Rockstar or parent company Take-Two Interactive to verify the developer&#8217;s account. Take-Two\u2019s public filings and Rockstar\u2019s past practice show the companies generally keep schedules confidential until they are ready for formal announcements.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Observers and players look at hiring patterns, reported studio activity and Rockstar\u2019s development history for signals about progress. Grand Theft Auto V launched in 2013 and has since been released on multiple platforms and received continued online content.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former developer\u2019s remarks prompted discussion among players online about when an official reveal or trailer might appear. Retailers, platform holders and other industry participants will wait for an official statement from Rockstar or Take-Two for details on release timing and platform availability.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grand Theft Auto, first released in 1997, is Rockstar\u2019s flagship franchise. Grand Theft Auto V remains one of the best-selling video games and continues to generate revenue through its online component.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Rockstar developer who recently left the studio described Grand Theft Auto 6 as being in its final stages, without giving a release date or platform details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Rockstar Developer Says GTA 6 Nearing Completion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Rockstar developer says GTA 6 is in final stages; 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