‘GTA 6’ Release Date, Features, Rumors: 2021 Launch a Possibility?; Next Map Covers Entire U.S. During the 1970s?

“Grand Theft Auto” co-writer Dan Houser’s latest update on the development of “GTA 6” somehow makes an earlier 2021 release date prediction plausible. Meanwhile, speculations of the sequel’s features keep on coming. Some of the most recent ones include a storyline set in the 1970s and a map that covers the entire United States.

Houser commented in a British GQ interview last October that the current political climate, especially in the United States, makes developing “GTA 6” even more complicated. Houser further revealed that Rockstar Games is not quite sure yet on what direction to take for the next main title installment considering “how upset people would get with whatever [they] did.”

Under this premise, TechnoBuzz speculated that the developers might want to “play it safe” in writing and designing “GTA 6” to avoid getting entangled with too many controversies. The same report suggested that Rockstar might opt for an earlier era as the gameplay setting, like in the ‘70s, since using the present time could be really tricky.

Another suggested a way to avoid the controversies from both the liberals and conservatives is to situate “GTA 6” on a different country. The report recalled recurring rumors that the upcoming title could be mostly set in South American countries with the option to visit Vice City a.k.a. Rockstar’s version of Miami. However, there are also rumors that consider the possibility of seeing a gameplay map that covers all 50 states.

While this is merely just speculation, Houser did say about the making of “GTA 6”: “Both intense liberal progression and intense conservatism are both very militant, and very angry. It is scary but it’s also strange, and yet both of them seem occasionally to veer towards the absurd. It’s hard to satirize for those reasons.”

Houser did not give a timeline for the “GTA 6” development and launch. But it can be recalled that gaming industry analyst Michael Pachter previously predicted a 2021 release date.