Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most eagerly awaited games of all time, yet Rockstar Games is yet to reveal anything about the title, other than the fact that it is, indeed, being actively worked on. There are more leaks and rumors about GTA 6 than there are about almost any other game, which reflects how hungry the fanbase is for new information.
A gaming industry analyst, Michael Pachter, is now making bold claims about Grand Theft Auto 6's scope and size, implying that Rockstar may be working on a continent-sized overworld map, one that players will be able to freely travel and explore. Pachter's statement includes a number of other details, too, and predicates its argument on the idea that Rockstar has been working on the game since 2014.
Leaker Provides Update on Grand Theft Auto 6 Development Progress and Release Date
While there's been much discussion about Grand Theft Auto 6's playable map in particular, Pachter believes that Rockstar aims to deliver a mash-up of maps from all previous mainline GTA games with significant portions of the European continent. Pachter singles out London as a definitive hotspot of activity in the game, with players being able to smuggle drugs and arms across continents, for example. There's not much to corroborate these claims on their own, but a recent Take-Two Interactive session swap patent does suggest incredibly large maps, for sure.
Pachter believes that Grand Theft Auto 6 is a 10-year production that Rockstar wants to use as a platform for up to 500 hours of gameplay by default. While some leakers have gone so far as to suggest that GTA 6 might get a gameplay trailer in 2022, few have made claims quite as concrete as those that Pachter has recently been making. Suffice it to say
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