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The Extended Look, Broken Down
August 27, 2026 resolved more open questions about GTA 6 than the previous three years combined. Here is the...
Mission Design, From One Sequence
A single trap-house raid is thin evidence. It is also the only evidence, and it says more than you would expect.
The Wanted System, Rebuilt
Six stars return, but the behaviour behind them does not. For the first time in the series, the police want to...
The Carry Limit Changes Everything
The carry limit is one rule, and it restructures mission preparation, vehicle importance, firefight pacing and...
GTA 6 Has a Stealth Game in It
Prone movement, body carrying, restraint and human shields. For the first time, Grand Theft Auto has a...
How Combat Has Changed
Two character-specific slow-motion abilities, rebuilt melee, and a gunfight that can now be lost by running out...
Every Confirmed GTA 6 Activity
Basketball, boxing, pool, mini golf, scuba diving, kayaking, street racing, hunting, fishing. The full list of...
Hunting and Fishing in GTA 6
Two systems that have no business being in a Grand Theft Auto, and make complete sense in this one.
GTA 6's Vehicle Systems
Cars now run out of fuel, deform properly when you hit things, and carry your armoury. Driving has consequences...
Officially Confirmed GTA 6 Vehicles
Rockstar has named four. Everything else on every list you have seen is an identification, a guess, or leaked data.
Water Is a Region, Not a Boundary
An island chain, a wetland, a Gulf coast and a city on a barrier island. Leonida is the most water-dependent...
GTA 6 vs GTA 5
Thirteen years, a new state, two protagonists instead of three, and a design philosophy borrowed from Red Dead...
What Is Confirmed About GTA 6 Weapons
Rockstar has not published a weapon list. Here is what official footage establishes about categories, handling...
The Non-Lethal Question
Zip ties, human shields, prone approaches and police who want to arrest you. GTA 6 has assembled the parts of a...
’95 Grotti Cheetah
A white Grotti with pop-up headlamps and a 1995 date, arriving later in the story rather than on day one. What...
Shitzu Squalo
The Squalo started out as a Vice City offshore racer. The Ultimate Edition version is a cabin cruiser with rod...
’67 Vapid Dominator Buggy
Not a beach buggy. Rockstar calls it a 'Mud Club monster', and it comes with a garage that has a weapon locker...
’55 Vapid Stanier
The Vintage Vice City Pack car comes with a garage by Ocean Beach, reaches Standard buyers too, and nods to the...
The Dinka Enduro and Jason's Safehouse
Rockstar sells the Enduro as half of a single benefit, alongside a kayak, parked outside Jason's stilt house....
Crest Kayak
A kayak is not a vehicle you take seriously until you look at the map it comes with.
Ganado Retro Build
It is not a separate car. It is a set of exclusive mods for Jason's own Vapid Ganado pickup, and the one...
Declasse Tulip
The first vehicle Rockstar showed for GTA 6, in the shot everybody remembers: Lucia in the passenger seat with...
Hawk & Little Morgan Revolvers
Not one gun for one player, but two revolvers engraved for two people. What Rockstar's listing and product...
GTA 6 Handguns
Rockstar has named two pistols in writing and shown several more on screen. Here is each one, where it appears,...
GTA 6 Rifles and Long Guns
You can carry two long guns, but only one fits on your back and everyone can see both. How the rule works,...
GTA 6 Explosives and Throwables
Three pieces of official evidence, each from a different kind of source: a trailer shot, a gameplay scene and...
GTA 6 Melee Weapons
Melee has been vestigial since GTA IV. In GTA 6 it has weight, directionality and, for the first time, a reason...
GTA 6 Weapon Cosmetics
Rockstar sells two kinds of weapon cosmetic with GTA VI: engraved personal pistols and a palm-print pattern for...
GTA 6 Console Performance Status
PS5 Pro enhancement and Xbox Series S support are confirmed. Resolution, frame-rate, ray-tracing and platform...
No Last-Gen Version, and Why
GTA V shipped on three console generations across seven years. GTA VI will not, and the reason is memory rather...
GTA 6 on Xbox Series S
Series S is a supported launch platform, not a rumour. It is also the console most likely to run out of room...
GTA 6 Character Customization
Official footage and edition listings confirm appearance systems around Jason and Lucia. They do not confirm a...
GTA 6 Vehicle Customization
Two named Ultimate Edition mod shops and a set of safehouse vehicles are official. The full garage, ownership...
GTA 6 Money, Properties and Businesses
Safehouses, stores and named businesses are visible in Rockstar's material. Buying every venue, building an...
GTA 6 Phone, Social Media and Internet
Vertical clips and livestream language shape Rockstar's portrait of Leonida. That visual grammar is confirmed;...
GTA 6 on Nintendo Switch 2
Not announced, and the memory argument that rules out PS4 does not automatically rule out Switch 2. Here is the...
GTA 6 on Steam Deck and Handheld PCs
No handheld PC can run GTA 6 at launch. What the Steam Deck does with Rockstar's current PC games today, and...
The Engine Behind GTA 6
Rockstar builds on its own engine rather than licensing one, which is why its games look and behave unlike...
GTA 6 Trophies and Achievements
Two Rockstar precedents, two dated reveals, and one big difference: GTA 6 launches without an online mode. What...