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A large-scale Grand Theft Auto VI mural appears to be under construction in New York City, continuing a Rockstar Games marketing tradition that fans have been waiting to see revived for the next entry in the series. The first sighting came from a Reddit user, who shared a photo of the wall in its early stages. The image shows the outline of the artwork: the stacked Grand Theft Auto logo sits at the center, flanked by protagonists Jason and Lucia, both armed, with palm trees framing the scene. No color has been applied yet, so what's visible is a sketched layout rather than a finished piece. Based on the progress so far, the full mural is expected to be completed within th…

GTA Online reached its 13th birthday today, and Rockstar Games is marking the occasion with a new in-game gift for players. The reward is a 13th anniversary Party Hat, and it is available now to anyone whose character is old enough to qualify. A milestone for a rocky start It has been more than a decade since GTA Online launched in 2013, and the debut was far from smooth. GTA V had become the fastest-selling piece of entertainment in history only weeks earlier, so expectations were enormous. The launch was marred by major server problems. Players who logged in on Day One and fought through those issues are the ones the 13th anniversary gift is aimed at. What you get and …

Los Santos is getting spooky again. A new GTA Online weekly update has begun, and the month-long Halloween event has returned with new and old spooks plus rewards. Rockstar says the event runs from October 1st through October 7th. That first week brings returning scares, boosted payouts and a long list of freebies. Free rewards and the big payday The headline giveaway is the Cheerleader Massacre 3 T-Shirt, which is free through October 7 and must be claimed from in-game clothing stores. Players who complete five Security Contracts through October 7 receive GTA$500,000 within 72 hours of completion. There is also a larger prize for anyone willing to commit to the whole mo…

With the November 19 launch now less than two months away, Rockstar Games has begun showing off its upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI merchandise, and this time the preview came by courier. A mystery box for a creator Call of Duty YouTuber TmarTn, a longtime friend of the studio, published a video unboxing a package Rockstar sent him. It was a black box with the Rockstar logo, a short note, and several of the items that leaked from the Rockstar Store a week ago. Most of the gear is in blue colorways. Here's what was in the box: GTA VI Zippo lighter GTA VI Tote Bag (Blue) GTA VI Hologram Sticker Pack Parody Shards Tee (Blue) Rockstar Flexfit Custom Hat (Blue/Pink) The tote bag…

Grand Theft Auto VI is being treated as a lock for Game of the Year, but the awards calendar may not cooperate. Its November 19, 2026 release date could keep it from receiving a Game Awards nomination at all, and several outlets are now pointing out that the game's own launch window is the problem. The Game Awards timing problemThe concern comes from games writer and former journalist Alanah Pearce, who has sat on The Game Awards jury several times. She says GTA 6 might not qualify for GOTY because it releases too late in the year. The Game Awards' eligibility cutoff has historically fallen around the same time as GTA 6's launch. For reference, last year's GOTY nominees w…

Dutch police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam as part of an investigation into ShinyHunters, the hacking collective that breached Rockstar Games earlier this year. The case has taken a serious turn, with the suspect also under investigation for the attempted incitement of two murders. Police stress that this suspicion is separate from the ShinyHunters inquiry. What police say The man was arrested on September 15 and appeared in court on Tuesday. He is suspected of participating in a criminal organization, which is the basis for his arrest. According to Dutch police, investigators found a large amount of information on his laptop after the arrest, including d…

Rockstar Games has finally opened up on how Leonida will actually feel to live in. Game Informer's long-awaited GTA VI cover story, published in issue 382, is a 14-page deep dive with senior Rockstar designers. It reveals confirmed hurricanes, a re-engineered weather system, more than 170 animal species and a long list of activities spread across the studio's largest map to date. A weather system that evolves Red Dead 2's According to Game Informer, GTA VI runs on a re-engineered, localized and persistent weather system. It draws on the technology behind Red Dead Redemption 2 but is described as an evolution rather than a carbon copy. Rain is a major focus. Storms can pr…

A dozen new GTA 6 screenshots have been released by Rockstar Games, separate from the 20-plus images that arrived last month alongside the Extended Look. With launch now on the horizon, Rockstar is continuing to show more of the game. Where the images come from The screenshots are part of Game Informer's October 2026 issue, number 382, which is available digitally now ahead of a print release next month. The digital issue is the centerpiece of a 14-page cover story built from interviews with several lead designers at Rockstar. The cover itself is new Jason and Lucia artwork. It appears to continue the artwork from the Grand Theft Auto VI soundtrack vinyl releases reveale…

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, and this one arrives less than two months before the game's November 19 launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The feature was written by Senior Associate Editor Marcus Stewar…

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 the listing has now appeared on Rockstar's own webstore. The approach echoes the Red Dead Redemption 2 collector's box: one large package stuffed with themed goodies, sold separatel…

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 WeekNightclub Goods Missions pay double GTA$ and RP through Yohan. Nightclub Management Missions earn double Popularity, which helps if you're trying to keep your club's meter full. New players can claim the Elysian Island Nightclub for free. Other acti…

If you've been paying attention to the recent trailers for Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC, you'll no doubt know that doughnuts have a pretty big role to play in the dimension-hopping — what did you expect, it's Pokémon! The Pokémon Cafe's new menu looks set to bring these sweet treats into the real world, but it also might be teasing that a pair of legendary 'mon will make their return in the DLC. Yep, we live in a world where Pokémon spoilers can come from anywhere, even doughnuts. But come on, take a look at the above two baked goods — currently appearing under the tentative titles of "Red Doughnut" and "Blue Doughnut" on the Pokémon Café's Pikachu Sweets web…

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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 helicopter lowered the pink-and-white sign into place. Ground crews had assembled the sign beforehand and finished securing it once it was in position. The timing lines up neatly with the …

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, invisibility, instant rank-ups, and enormous cash drops appearing out of nowhere. For players still on PS4 who haven't made the jump to current-gen hardware, that puts them square…

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 10:00 a.m. PST, recapping the previous week's events, with a planned run of 18 episodes. Buddha was explicit that the series is "powered by YouTube," language that appeared prominentl…

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 NoPixel roleplay server, which is now integrated directly into the Rockstar Games Launcher. That dual approach led some fans to assume Rockstar was easing up on mods. The new guid…

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 reimagined as the Sahara Arena, home court of the fictional Vice City Narcos. Sahara, for anyone who's spent time in Los Santos, is Rockstar's long-running in-game stand-in for Amazon. But…

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 for the franchise after the singleplayer release settles in. According to Bloomberg, Clancy said Twitch has spent considerable time in conversation with Rockstar about the studio's…

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, describing upcoming coverage of "the dynamic score, the next evolution of in-game radio, and more." What's on the album The soundtrack will run 34 original tracks, which Rocksta…

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, and reaction has been split ever since: some feel the streaming exclusivity locked fans out, while others point to Twitch personalities restreaming the special as proof it reached 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 biggest names. According to Fonteno, though, one unresolved moment soured the whole thing. He points to Kai's 2024 "Mafiathon 2" stream, which was filmed in Fonteno's own neighborho…

Just as Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders were breaking records, a new report has shifted attention back to how Rockstar Games treats the people building it. According to a detailed report from Game Developer, three current employees and members of the Rockstar Games Workers Union (RGWU) have come forward anonymously — citing fear of reprisal — to describe a workplace culture they say is still plagued by many of the same problems that dogged the studio during the making of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. Notably, none of the three are among the Rockstar staff currently locked in a legal dispute with parent company Take-Two over alleged union-busting following layoffs earlier…

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. Within a day, extended versions of that same art appeared on large-format billboards in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City — this time branded with Spotify's logo. Spotify shared …

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, previously locked behind a one-week GTA+ exclusivity period, is now available to every GTA Online player. It'll run you $2,810,000 at Legendary Motorsport if you want to add the supercar…