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Grand Theft Auto 6 Didn't Properly Start Development In 2018, Despite Recent Claims

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:George Foster

Published May 16, 2025

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Last week, a former Rockstar developer revealed that GTA 6 has been in development since 2018.
Take-Two Interactive has refuted that claim a little by saying development didn't start "in earnest" until later.
The original claim is still likely true, though, as concepting and figuring out what GTA 6 even was would have started earlier.

has confirmed in a recent financial report that💖 didn't properly start development until 2020, despite recent claims that it was ꧅2018.

was, fans have been waiting for the next entry in the series for a very long time, even with plugging the gap between Rockstar releases. With news about the game finally coming out at a steady pa🐎ce following its recent and seemingl⛦y delay into 2026, that just leaves 🔴one question - how long has GTA 6 been in development?

Lucia wearing fake AirPods in a screenshot for Grand Theft Auto 6.

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Last week, we surprisingly got an answer to that very question thanks to an environment artist who previously worked at Rockstar during GTA 6꧂'s development. In a recent video reacting to GTA 6's screenshots, David O'Reilly noted that work sꦓtarted on the game in 2018, right after Red Dead Redemption 2 shipped, but tha♈t apparently isn't entirely accurate.

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The Vice City sign in Grand Theft Auto 6.

, Take-Two Intera𒉰ctive recently held a financial report where it talked in detail about GTA 6 for the first time since its second trailer and delay. During the report, , and that it actually began "in earnesౠt" in 2018.

While this might seem like it goes against what O'Reilly said in his video, the phrase "in earnest" gives the game away a little bit. What this essentially means is that full-scale development began in 2020, while earlier ideas, concepts, and generally pitching the game began much earlier. In a wa🌞y, both O'Reilly and Take-Two are correct in what they've said.

, as it 🃏says that analysts pl♑ace it closer to $1 billion.

With that in mind, GTA 6 has properl♍y been in development for around six years, instead of the eight years that was . Still, the project itself has at least been talked about and has had work done on it since 2018 - it's just that the full vision and direction of the game wasn't shaped until two years later.