Is 'GTA 6' Finally Happening? We're Sorry to Report Not Yet

Though fans had hoped to hear news of Grand Theft Auto 6 during the PlayStation 5 livestream with Sony on June 11, they were left rather disappointed. The series has been super popular since its initial release and with GTA 5's release date nearly 7 years ago, people were ready for the GTA 6 PS5 details, but they left the stream with no such info. 

Rumors had been circulating for a while that PlayStation, along with the game company Rockstar Games, was going to release details about GTA 6 on PS5. It has been forever since a new updated version of the franchise was put out in the world, with GTA 5 having been released in September 2013. 

People are more than ready for the new game. Rumors had said GTA 6 was going to be set in Vice City although others claim that it will introduce a new location entirely, based in South America. According to Express, the new game will only be for next-gen consoles. The site said the rumors started from a post that was on Pastebin, allegedly penned by a third-party developer who said that GTA 6 would be a PS5 launch exclusive, and Sony had paid a lot of money for to get those rights.

The post contained details about the PS5 that ended up being correct, so people really believed that GTA 6 on PS5 was everything but said out loud. 

On June 11, Sony kicked off the PlayStation 5 reveal event with an announcement that was good, but also left people feeling super disappointed. GTA 6 on PS5 was not out yet. There was news about GTA on PS5, but it was about Grand Theft Auto 5… again. 

Sony revealed that an enhanced version of GTA 5 was coming to PS5 in the second half of 2021. According to The Verge, GTA 5 is one of the best-selling games of all time (second to Minecraft) and the ability to play in online mode is a big money draw for Rockstar. 

So, that's what the announcement was about. The old game is coming to the new platform, and GTA Online will be free to all PlayStation 5 owners.

“With a range of technical improvements, visual upgrades and performance enhancements, GTA V & GTA Online will take full advantage of the PS5 hardware and its new features, making the game more beautiful and more responsive than ever,” Sony wrote in a press release. 

It was clear pretty quickly that GTA fans were not happy about the GTA 5 changes being announced and not a new GTA 6 game. Fans took to Twitter to share their disappointment.  

"When everyone thought GTA 6 was going to be revealed but it's GTA 5 again on a third different console," one fan wrote.

"Is anyone else disappointed that GTA 6 didn’t get announced but instead just GT5 is coming to the PS5 wooooow," another said. 

"I thought @RockstarGames was gonna show us GTA 6 on #PS5," said a third person. 

"So Rockstar decided to re-release GTA 5 on the PS5. Don’t we all have the same copies in the other generation game consoles. Just announce GTA 6 already," another disappointed person wrote. 

 So, there's not GTA 6 on PS5 yet, but maybe one day.