Rockstar Games
About god damn time, eh lads? When’d Grand Theft Auto V come out? 2013, right? Fucking hell. To be fair to Rockstar Games, though, they have spent the time since delivering us Red Dead Redemption 2, which was *much* appreciated it.
But as much as I enjoy being an extremely evil cowboy riding across the plains of the wild, wild west on my horse Mo Stalah (shout out Liverpool), when it comes to Rockstar’s famed open-world games, there’s no denying that Grand Theft Auto is the O.G. And according to a recent report from Kotaku, the next game in the iconic yet controversial franchise, Grand Theft Auto VI, is reportedly in development and on the way.
One plan that management has laid out for the next game, a new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, is to start out with a moderately sized release (which, by Rockstar’s standards, would still be a large game) that is then expanded with regular updates over time, which may help mitigate stress and crunch.
But there’s a catch: Rockstar’s next big project is still early in development. When production ramps up and the game gets closer to launching, will overtime come with it? Will Rockstar’s employees then face the pressure of months of crunch in order to finish all of the ambitious work it takes to make a Rockstar game? “The changes have been good enough for me to stay and give them a chance but let’s see what happens down the road when the pressures of delivering a final product become reality,” said one developer. [via Kotaku]
As the report states, the game is in the early stages of development, meaning it’ll likely be a few years until GTA VI is released.
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