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Rockstar Games is about to pull back the curtain on Leonida once more. Game Informer has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI is the cover star of issue 382, with a 14-page feature built around exclusive interviews with Rockstar's lead designers. The digital edition goes live on September 29. A long-running tradition continues For more than two decades, Rockstar has used Game Informer as a launchpad for major reveals, and GTA 6 is no exception. Fans had speculated about a cover story for months, a

Rockstar Games has officially unveiled its GTA 6 collector's offering, Grand Theft Auto VI: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection. Anyone expecting a traditional collector's edition should note the catch: the box doesn't include the game. There's no case, disc or download code inside. It's a merchandise bundle, and it stands in for the kind of collector's edition Rockstar has released alongside past titles. The reveal follows a series of leaks pointing to a wave of GTA VI collectibles, and t

GTA Online's Business Rivalries event enters its final week, running September 24th to 30th. Rockstar is closing the month with the spotlight on Nightclub owners, plus a free property, a free car and fresh changes to the Kortz Center Heist. The event is the first business-themed bonus month in a couple of years. Earlier weeks covered Executives, Bikers and Gunrunners, and this week the nightclub scene takes over. Nightclub Week Nightclub Goods Missions pay double GTA$ and RP through Yohan. Night

With roughly two months left before Grand Theft Auto VI launches, Rockstar's real-world marketing push into Miami has officially begun — and it starts on a rooftop. Travelers flying into Miami International Airport from over the ocean will now spot a large "Welcome to Vice City" sign, accompanied by GTA VI branding, perched atop the Kaseya Center, home of the NBA's Miami Heat. Local outlet WPLG Local 10 News captured aerial footage of the installation, which took place on Tuesday when a helicopt

GTA Online Hit by Cheat Wave as New PS4 Jailbreak Opens the Door for Modders GTA Online players on PS4 are dealing with a fresh outbreak of cheaters, and this time it traces back to hardware rather than the game itself. A newly released jailbreak for PS4 firmware 13.52 has given users on that version a way back onto PlayStation Network, and modders have wasted no time flooding lobbies with mod menus. The fallout is familiar to anyone who's played GTA Online during a bad cheating spell: god mode,

YouTube has commissioned a new original series built around GTA RP server NoPixel, timed to land alongside the rollout of NoPixel V — the server's biggest and most ambitious version yet, now backed directly by Rockstar Games. The show, called NoPixel News, comes from prominent NoPixel streamer Buddha, who announced the project in a tweet describing it as a weekly catch-up on the "biggest moments, storylines, and chaos" happening across the server. New episodes are set to drop every Monday at 10:

Rockstar Games has published an updated modding policy just weeks before GTA 6 launches, and the fine print spells trouble for a number of community projects that have been in the works for years. The publisher's relationship with modders has always been complicated. Rockstar and parent company Take-Two have pursued legal action against people reverse-engineering decades-old titles in the past, even while the company bought Cfx.re — the studio behind FiveM and RedM — and threw support behind the

Rockstar Games' marketing push for GTA 6 has spilled into the real world in a big way — and it's come with a bill attached. According to a new report from The Miami Herald, Rockstar has agreed to pay Miami-Dade County close to $1 million for the right to slap a "Welcome to Vice City" sign atop the Kaseya Center, the county-owned arena where the NBA's Miami Heat play. The sign is already going up, and it's tied directly to the game's fiction: in GTA 6 and GTA Online, the Kaseya Center is reimagin

The multiplayer companion to Grand Theft Auto VI is shaping up to be a much later addition than some fans hoped, according to comments from Twitch CEO Dan Clancy following discussions with Rockstar Games. Speaking to reporters at the Tokyo Game Show, Clancy indicated that whatever form GTA Online's successor takes, it won't be launching alongside the base game this November. Instead, he pointed to 2027 as the likely window for the online component, framing it as a second major wave of attention

Rockstar Games has officially confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, the game's dedicated soundtrack release, alongside collector's edition vinyl pressings that will launch alongside the game itself. The announcement follows a string of teaser billboards that appeared across Miami, Los Angeles, and New York City in partnership with Spotify, with several artists sharing matching artwork on their own social channels in the lead-up. Rockstar has also indicated that further details are on the way

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has broken his silence on the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look, offering the clearest explanation yet of why Rockstar's Netflix special was built the way it was — and it turns out entertainment was only half the job. Zelnick sat down with GamesBeat this week for a wide-ranging interview covering GTA VI's marketing strategy, and the Extended Look inevitably came up. It's been almost a month since the 27-minute special first aired exclusively on Netflix, a

Shawn Fonteno, the actor and voice behind Franklin Clinton in Grand Theft Auto V, says he won't be jumping into another stream with Kai Cenat — and he laid out exactly why during a recent sit-down on the Dope as Usual Podcast. Fonteno has crossed paths with Kai multiple times over the years, including bringing his cousin Young Maylay — the voice of CJ in San Andreas — onto Kai's channel for some fan-favorite moments. On the surface, it's looked like a solid relationship between two of gaming's b

Rockstar's marketing push for Grand Theft Auto VI has moved off screens and onto city streets. New billboards featuring GTA 6 artwork have gone up across the United States, marking one of the first times a third party has helped promote the game in physical space — following YouTube's earlier takeover of a Times Square screen to promote the game's second trailer. The billboards follow closely on the heels of several musicians sharing new pieces of GTA VI artwork across their social channels. Wi

Rockstar Games has kicked off a fresh GTA Online Weekly Update, and it's a loaded one. The Business Rivalries event — the publisher's first extended monthly rewards push in a couple of years — rolls on, a new supercar has dropped out of its GTA+ exclusivity window, and players have a fresh batch of vehicles, discounts, and bonus GTA$ to chase between September 17th and 23rd. Here's everything worth knowing about this week's update. New Vehicle: Pegassi Horus Goes Public The Pegassi Horus, previ

Sony isn't just giving Grand Theft Auto VI a spot on the show floor at Tokyo Game Show 2026 — it's giving the game its own theater, and handing out free merchandise to anyone who shows up. Running September 17 through 21, PlayStation's TGS 2026 booth includes a dedicated "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look" theater. Visitors sit down to watch the 30-minute Extended Look trailer on a 300-inch screen, with Sony's floor haptics rumbling underneath to add a bit of physical weight to the presentat

Rockstar Games has pushed a new patch for GTA V and GTA Online, and this one didn't come with any fanfare — it quietly strips a well-liked track off one of the game's radio stations. The change was first flagged by dataminer Tex2, who spotted that Tuesday morning's patch removes Moloko's "The Time Is Now" from Non Stop Pop FM. The song has been a station staple for years, and its disappearance didn't go unnoticed — fans took to social media almost immediately to voice their frustration. So far,

Grand Theft Auto VI's marketing push took an unexpected turn this week, and for once it wasn't Rockstar driving the conversation — it was the artists themselves. On Tuesday afternoon, a wave of musicians simultaneously shared brand-new artwork tied to GTA 6, catching fans off guard with a coordinated drop rather than a single Rockstar-led reveal. Six pieces of art surfaced in total, credited to Travis Scott, Morgan Wallen, Freebandz (Future's record label), CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Raúl Aleja

A fresh data report has put hard numbers behind something GTA fans already suspected: getting featured in the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look trailer was rocket fuel for the artists involved. Music industry analyst Mat Ombler of MusicEXP dug into streaming and social platforms to quantify the fallout from the trailer, covering the week of August 27 to September 3. The results paint a picture of a marketing moment with real, measurable commercial weight — not just hype among the game's own fanb

Grand Theft Auto VI now has its first confirmed cast member, and the news didn't come from Rockstar Games — it came from the actor himself. Speaking with the Associated Press at the BAFTA TV Tea Party, Stephen Root was asked directly about the long-running fan theory tying him to GTA VI. He didn't dodge it. "Yeah, you're gonna see me in there," Root said, adding, "It's coming out November 19th." The moment closes the book on one of the game's worst-kept secrets. Speculation that Root voices Bria

Real-world GTA 6 marketing has cleared a major hurdle in South Florida. The Miami Beach City Commission has voted 4-3 to let Rockstar Games place large-scale advertisements around the city ahead of the game's November 19 launch, reversing the tone set earlier by Miami-Dade officials who had objected to promoting a game they said "glorifies" violence against police. The scale of what's being approved is notable. Signage could run larger than 5,000 square feet, with a price tag of roughly $208,000

New viewership data is putting a dollar figure on just how much Netflix may have gained from its brief but headline-grabbing GTA VI exclusivity deal — and while the number is nowhere near the reported cost of securing the footage, it tells an interesting story about what the partnership actually delivered. According to analytics firm Ampere Analysis, cited via GamesIndustry.biz, Netflix picked up more than 100,000 new sign-ups in the United States during the six-hour window it held exclusive rig

A new GTA+ cycle has kicked off for September, and Rockstar Games is once again sweetening the pot for subscribers with a free supercar, exclusive customization options, and the usual stack of recurring perks. The new Month 54 benefits run from September 10 through October 7. Free Vehicle: Pegassi Horus The headline reward this cycle is the Pegassi Horus, which GTA+ members can claim at no cost despite its $2,810,000 price tag at Legendary Motorsport. The catch is timing: the Horus is only free

Rockstar Games' month-long Business Rivalries Event has rolled into its second stretch, and this week's GTA Online update (running September 10-16) puts motorcycle clubs front and center while adding a fresh supercar to the game's ever-growing roster. A New Ride for GTA+ Members The headline addition this week is the Pegassi Horus, now available exclusively to GTA+ subscribers. Non-members will have to wait out a one-week exclusivity window before they can pick it up from Legendary Motorsport s

Red Dead Redemption 2's honor system let players shape Arthur Morgan into a saint or a psychopath, with the game's NPCs responding accordingly. Fans have wondered for months whether Grand Theft Auto 6 would import a similar mechanic into Leonida — and according to new reporting, the answer is yes, with a catch. Rockstar has apparently built a comparable reputation mechanic into GTA 6, referred to internally as the "Criminal Profile." Details have surfaced gradually through preview coverage from

Downtown Miami is moving toward letting Rockstar Games take over its skyline with Grand Theft Auto VI advertising, and the timeline is tight: banners could start going up as early as next month. According to a report from The Miamian, Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo is sponsoring an ordinance heading to the city commission agenda on September 10th that would authorize temporary banners, building wraps, and promotional displays advertising GTA VI across the city. The kind of signage wa