GTA 6 development has reached its final stages as Rockstar Games is asking employees to return to the office full-time.
According to VGC, Bloomberg reported that Rockstar’s chief publishing officer, Jenn Kolbe, informed employees that the company plans to end hybrid work for potentially related productivity and security reasons. to GTA 6. Ms. Kolbe believes there are clear benefits to working face-to-face.
In September 2022, hackers released an hour of GTA 6 development footage online, giving players their first look at the sequel to one of the best-selling games of all time. Then in December 2023, Rockstar chose to release the first GTA 6 trailer earlier than expected after it leaked online
“Making these changes now will put us in the best position to release the next GTA game at the highest level of quality and polish, with a release roadmap appropriate for the scale and the ambition of the game,” Kolbe told staff in an email.
Although the video game industry shifted to remote work in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some studios have now begun to roll back that policy.
The first trailer GTA 6 has garnered more than 90 million views in just 24 hours. Along with an expected 2025 release date for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, the trailer also confirms that the game will be partly set in Vice City – a fictional Miami city – and star two main characters, including the franchise’s first female character
analysts said. According to the latest earnings guidance from Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, GTA 6 will be released after March 2025,