
Buildings and vehicles can even potentially change and become more expensive as time wears on, which is a new feature. The game is said to place focus on weather as part of its environmental design, with hurricanes and floods apparently affecting various missions. Heavily inspired by the Netflix series “Narcos,” it would supposedly feature a heavily ‘70s and ‘80s-inspired soundtrack with pop culture references of the era, much like we saw with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Rumor has it that players will take on an up-and-coming drug lord named Ricardo, with another character named Kacey having an integral role in the story, with a “chapter” system similar to that of Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar’s other popular game series). Its working codename is “Project Americas,” and it’s reportedly set in both Vice City, the established area fans took well to in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as well as a new area based on Rio de Janeiro. Previous rumors on Reddit indicated that the title had been in development since as early as 2012, but Kotaku’s report contradicts them. This would indicate that it would be closer to GTA Online than Grand Theft Auto V, but the reasoning is fairly clear: Lessening the game’s scope would potentially reduce any need for crunch from the development team and help push the game out to consumers quicker. Kotaku claims that GTA6 could be a “moderately-sized game” at launch with a series of regular updates to keep it up to date. But it’s a service that continues to evolve over time, and not a video game you purchase one time with a solid narrative.

GTA Online is the multiplayer component to Grand Theft Auto V, which allows players to create and customize their own characters and live out their lives in the world of GTA while buying cars, owning apartments and houses, and even getting jobs. It sounds like it could be a much different installment in that it may be a live service title more in line with GTA Online. A new report from Kotaku indicates that Grand Theft Auto 6 is (and finally) in the early stages of development.
