GTA 6's Worst Mistake Would Be Its Rumored Modern Setting

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If rumors are to be believed, the next Grand Theft Auto game, GTA 6, will have a modern setting, which could be a big mistake. The rumors started circulating recently, replacing previous ones that stated that the game would be set sometime in the 1970s or '80s, and their veracity has not been confirmed by developer Rockstar Games. GTA 6 is currently in active development, but a release window has not been announced and is presumably a long time away.

Each Grand Theft Auto game is set in a different time period. The first was roughly around the time of its release, 1997. The second game's setting is never fully stated, with conflicting sources stating that it was 2013 and 1999. GTA 3 was also set around its release date, 2001. GTA: Vice City's story and its remaster's, on the other hand, was set in 1986, making it the first game in the series to venture into the past. GTA: San Andreas was a little later, in 1992, and GTA 4 was set in 2002. Grand Theft Auto 5 is set in 2013, as was GTA Online before the Gunrunning update that brought it into 2017, making it the most modern title in the series. The locations have also varied, but most are based on major real-life cities with different names, such as Los Santos being a counterpart for Los Angeles.

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Hopefully, the most recent rumors surrounding GTA 6's time period prove false and players will explore a different era than the modern day. There have been several rumors and leaks concerning everything from the protagonists to the setting, all of which should be taken with a grain of salt. The GTA 6 rumors circulating in 2022 so far have not been verified by any official source, though some come from reliable