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Grand Theft Auto 6doesn’t release until 2025 at the earliest, yet it’s already managed to win an award.Rockstar finally announcedGrand Theft Auto 6in February 2022with a brief statement confirming that the game was in development. Well over a year later, the firstGrand Theft Auto 6trailer hit the internet, and the gaming world has been buzzing ever since.
TheGrand Theft Auto 6trailer has broken records, racking up over 156 million views and counting. Needless to say, theGTA 6trailer has franchise fans incredibly hyped for the upcoming open world game. Fans have been waiting over a decade forGrand Theft Auto 6, and so it’s no surprise that many have the game at the very top of their list of most-anticipated titles.
This was confirmed by the recentPlayStation Blog Game of the Year awards, which uses fan polling to hand out awards to various games. One of these award categories is Most Anticipated Game of 2024 and Beyond. Fourth place went toDragon’s Dogma 2, whileMarvel’s Wolverinemanaged to snag third.Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthwas the runner-up, butGrand Theft Auto 6took home the top prize. In other words,Grand Theft Auto 6won an award two years before its launch and with only one trailer out.
PlayStation Blog Most Anticipated Game of 2024 and Beyond Award
Grand Theft Auto 6may only have one trailer so far, but it has clearly done a great job of getting fans hyped for the game. While brief, theGrand Theft Auto 6trailer is packed with information and interesting details, most notably confirming the game’s Vice City setting andfemale protagonist Lucia. Fans have been tearing apart and analyzing theGTA 6trailer since it dropped, and hopefully it’s enough to tide them over until the next trailer is ready.
Based on how Rockstar has promoted its previous games, the most likely scenario is that thenextGrand Theft Auto 6trailer won’t be out until late 2024. Of course, it’s entirely possible that Rockstar will break from its established patterns and release a newGTA 6trailer before then, though fans shouldn’t hold their breath. Whenever the nextGTA 6trailer drops, it will be interesting to see what new details it has in store, and if it reveals the game’s specific release date.
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Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
