Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature a female playable protagonist and takes place in and around Miami AKA Vice City, according to a new report. Bloomberg reports that a Latina woman will be one of two «leading» characters in the game, and the story is influenced by the infamous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.
The report also suggests that the original plan for GTA 6 was for it to be «more vast» in size than any GTA game before, with «early» designs pointing to a map that could cover «large swaths of North and South America.» At the time, the project was reportedly codenamed Project Americas.
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However, management elected to pare things down and focus on one city in particular, a fictional version of Miami, along with its suburbs. None of this is a total surprise, as leaks and rumors suggested GTA 6 would return to Miami--called Vice City in GTA's world--and feature a female protagonist.
The report goes on to say Rockstar will «continually update» GTA 6 over time to add new missions and even entire cities on a «regular basis.» While GTA 6's rumored Miami map may be smaller than the original Project Americas concept, it's still expected to be significant in size, the report said. It added that GTA 6 will have even more interior locations than past GTA games.
In terms of the story for GTA 6, the report doesn't offer anything beyond how it may riff on Bonnie and Clyde. The report does state that Rockstar's developers are taking care to not «punch down» with
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