Two years following the launch of "Grand Theft Auto 5," rumors about a "GTA 6" release date are now circulating.
According to The Fuse Joplin the highly successful follow-up to the car chase gaming franchise would most likely hit shelves between 2018 to 2020.
While it's not until three years from now, Rockstar president, Leslie Benzies openly discussed its plans for the "Grand Theft Auto" franchise during an interview with Develop.
"We've got about 45 years worth of ideas we want to do," Benzies said of his plans with the game's future.
"We don't know what GTA VI will be, but we've got some ideas. GTA Online is the focus right now. There ain't no rest between finishing V and then Online. Plus we have some other things - stuff, DLC, I don't know how In regard to the setting of the new game, it is still unknown as to where the new open world game would take place. Benzies claimed that with each place the game is set then it would give a different story and angle as to how the game would run.
Adding, "It comes from the idea first. Where is it going to be set is the first question. Then that defines the missions; you're doing different things in LA than in New York or Miami. The map and story get worked up together, and the story is a basic flow of how it works out so you can layer the missions in."
While fans are still waiting for an official announcement of "GTA 6" release date, fans and experts are expecting that the upcoming game will finally take place in London after Benzies admitted that the developers previously considered the place to be "GTA 5's" setting.
"For this one we were down in London and the idea of the three characters popped up again," he said of "GTA 5's" setting. "We'd actually considered it for San Andreas because there were three cities, but it didn't work from a tech point of view because the three characters need three times as much memory, three types of animation, and so on.
"We throw stuff in the pot, and the good stuff stays and the bad stuff disappears - there are a lot of gatekeepers at the studio, who ensure not much of the chaff makes it through. Some of the good ideas, like the three characters, stick around."
The Fuse Joplin on the other hand, speculated that "GTA 6" could finally feature a female playable character following Rockstar founder, Dan Houser's statement that the company is considering a female protagonist for the franchise.
