Dan Houser says he will stay away from GTA VI
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser told Variety he hasn't seen GTA VI and will try to avoid it, so it doesn't disrupt work on his own games at Absurd Ventures.
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser told Variety he hasn't seen GTA VI and will try to avoid it, so it doesn't disrupt work on his own games at Absurd Ventures.
PEGI rated Grand Theft Auto VI 18 for graphic violence, sexual themes and drug use. The page was taken down later on October 2, but its text had already been copied.
Grand Theft Auto VI has been rated M by the ESRB and 18 by PEGI. In Australia and New Zealand, the PlayStation Store rating lists "sex scenes".
The Miami Heat will host the Milwaukee Bucks on November 18, the day before GTA VI launches, in a new uniform on a one-night-only Vice City court, according to IGN, Insider Gaming and GamesRadar+.
Rockstar has started a month-long Halloween event in GTA Online, with the Slasher modes and Ludendorff Cemetery Survival back, 3X payouts on Survivals and five weekly challenges worth an extra GTA$2,000,000.
Owen Shepherd, Rockstar's VP of art for lighting and rendering, told Game Informer that GTA VI's weather is now localized and persistent, with rolling cloudscapes, hurricanes and puddles that stay after the rain.
Rockstar has started mailing GTA VI merchandise packages to content creators. YouTuber TmarTn unboxed his: a cap, a Vice City shirt, stickers, a Zippo and a tote bag.
PlayStation's GTA VI Ultimate Edition ads on Facebook and Instagram showed age ratings for four regions. Two of the ads have since been pulled, and neither Rockstar nor the ratings boards have confirmed anything.
Rockstar's Rupert Humphries told Game Informer the GTA VI team rode around at night with ex-cops, visited strip clubs and spent time in the Everglades and the Keys to get South Florida right.
USPTO records show one of Take-Two's GTA VI trademark applications was marked abandoned in April 2026 and revived eight days later. The trademark was never lost.
Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball says Grand Theft Auto VI preorders are breaking records on Xbox, replying to a Verge report that PS5 dominates. Microsoft has shared no numbers.
The GTA Online update starting September 24 is the last week of the Business Rivalries Event: double rewards on Nightclub work, a free Elysian Island Nightclub and a 70% discount on the Arbiter GT.
