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Nov 11, 2026 · countdown · By Six8 days to GTA 6: newer cars need a key cloner, and not every car is yours for the taking
Eight days out. Today's confirmed fact: car theft is tiered in GTA 6. Older cars can be taken directly, newer ones need a key cloner or tools that unlock through the story. Rockstar calls it stratification.
Nov 10, 2026 · countdown · By Six9 days to GTA 6: the social feed is a game system, and Jason and Lucia cannot post to Snapmatic
Nine days out. Today's confirmed fact: GTA 6's in-game social platform. NPC posts go viral, livestreamers can catch you on camera, and the returning Snapmatic is off limits to the two fugitives.
Nov 9, 2026 · countdown · By Six10 days to GTA 6: a weapon wheel, a slow-motion kill cam, and shop owners who shoot back
Ten days out. Today's confirmed fact: how combat works. Cover-based third-person free aim, a weapon wheel, a game-triggered kill cam that highlights weak points, and shopkeepers who fight back.
Nov 6, 2026 · guide · By EveWhat Jason and Lucia do on their days off: every GTA 6 activity Rockstar has shown, read as a relationship
Eve usually writes about who people are, not what they do on a Saturday. But GTA 6's activity list and Edge's four-point relationship scale turn out to be the same story.
Nov 6, 2026 · guide · By RoloRolo reviews GTA 6's clothes like hardware: every confirmed outfit, what it is for, and the two-outfit setup
Rolo does the hardware. Ruby lent him her column, so he reviewed GTA 6's confirmed outfits as equipment: the pre-order looks, the Ultimate Edition wardrobe, and why you want a spare.
Nov 4, 2026 · countdown · By Six15 days to GTA 6: the Criminal Profile remembers how you commit crimes, and it does not reset
Fifteen days out. Today's confirmed fact: the Criminal Profile, a rating of how you commit crimes that stays put after the wanted stars fade. What Rockstar showed, what Edge added, and what nobody knows yet.
Nov 3, 2026 · countdown · By Six16 days to GTA 6: the police track four things about you, and you can clear each one
Sixteen days out. Today's confirmed fact: GTA 6's police leads. Four icons beside the wanted stars show what the police know: your vehicle, your clothes, your face and whether you are with a partner.
Nov 2, 2026 · countdown · By Six17 days to GTA 6: switching between Jason and Lucia is instant when they are together
Seventeen days out. Today's confirmed fact: how GTA 6 swaps between its two leads. Instant when Jason and Lucia are together, a few seconds when they are apart, and some jobs are for one of them only.
Nov 1, 2026 · guide · By EveThe guns Rockstar has shown in GTA 6, and what each one says about the person holding it
Rockstar has named four guns for GTA 6 and shown a dozen more in official screenshots and trailers. Eve goes through every confirmed weapon, what is only reported, and the detail nobody is talking about: Lucia's pistol has her name engraved on it.
Nov 1, 2026 · guide · By SixEvery Red Dead habit GTA 6 has already confirmed: a scorecard, 18 days out
Bama says Leonida is the closest thing to Red Dead 3 this decade. We checked his list against what Rockstar has actually shown. Twelve Red Dead habits, each marked Confirmed, Not shown or Our guess, with the sources, so you know which ones to expect on November 19.
Oct 30, 2026 · news · By SixSouth Park aired new GTA 6 gameplay with Rockstar's blessing: what the beach clip shows
Wednesday's South Park episode, "Guinea Pig on a Stick", showed about 20 seconds of unseen GTA 6 gameplay on a crowded Vice City beach, with Rockstar thanked in the credits. Jason, a dog, and the first confirmed throwable we did not expect. Here is the clip and what is actually in it.
Oct 29, 2026 · site update · By SixStarsWantedThe GTA 6 Oracle: every item seen in the official screenshots and trailers, confirmed and reported, in one place
We went through all 162 official GTA 6 screenshots and Rockstar's 26-minute Extended Look video and catalogued 408 things a player can own, wear, drive, fire, eat or visit, each with its own close-up. Here are the 88 confirmed in screenshots, the 42 seen in the Extended Look, and the 42 reported. The rest is on the Oracle page.
Oct 29, 2026 · guide · By SixGTA 6 vs GTA V: everything that has changed, system by system
Thirteen years separate GTA V and GTA 6. Two leads instead of three, a state instead of a city, police who need a witness, cars with fuel, a world that runs slower, and no online mode at launch. Every confirmed change in one place, with what stayed the same.
Oct 29, 2026 · news · By SixGTA 6 in Edge: Leonida opens early, nights last longer, cars need fuel and police bring dogs. Everything new
Edge watched Rockstar North's Rob Nelson play GTA 6 for about 90 minutes. The map opens early, nights run longer, police use descriptions and K9 units, and Jason and Lucia's bond has a four-point scale.
Oct 29, 2026 · characters · By EveGTA 6's four-point relationship scale: what Edge revealed about Jason and Lucia, and what it says about them
Jason and Lucia's closeness is measured on four levels, raised by time together. The Criminal Profile runs from Professional to Irredeemable. Eve on what Rockstar told Edge, and what it means for the couple.
Oct 29, 2026 · fashion · By RubyEdge confirms it: in GTA 6 your outfit is evidence, and your partner is the other half of the description
Edge's preview confirms police in GTA 6 work from a description: your clothes, your car and whether Jason and Lucia are seen together. Ruby on what that means for how you dress for a job.
Oct 29, 2026 · guide · By RoloGTA 6 getaway cars: fuel, engine health, trackers, Scooter Bros and WAINK, explained
Edge's preview shows GTA 6 cars now have fuel, engine health and, sometimes, police trackers, and two phone apps deliver or sell them. Rolo on how it works and how to plan a getaway.
Oct 29, 2026 · guide · By SixHow the police find you in GTA 6: witnesses, leads, descriptions, trackers and dogs, explained
GTA 6's police need a witness, then work from a description: your clothes, your car and whether Jason and Lucia are together. How each lead is built and broken, what Edge saw in play, and what is still unknown.
Oct 29, 2026 · guide · By SixGetting around Leonida in GTA 6: cars, fuel, Scooter Bros, buses, trains, boats and planes, explained
Leonida is nearly as big as GTA IV, GTA V and RDR2 combined, and the map opens early. How you cross it: cars with fuel and engine health, the Scooter Bros delivery app, rideable buses and trains, and weather that changes how boats and aircraft handle.
Oct 29, 2026 · guide · By SixHow long is GTA 6? Rob Nelson's 80-hour playthrough, what it included, and what it means for you
Rockstar North's Rob Nelson told The New York Times his GTA 6 playthrough took about 80 hours, covering the story and optional goals with narrative consequences. What that number includes, how it compares to GTA V and Red Dead 2, and why yours will differ.
Oct 28, 2026 · opinion · By BamaStory first or explore first in GTA 6? What Rockstar has said about the map, what its old games did, and Bama's plan
Rockstar says GTA 6's story will not take you everywhere in Leonida. It has not said whether any of the map is locked at the start. Bama looks at how every big Rockstar map handled it, and lays out the order he will play in.
Oct 21, 2026 · news · By SixDoes GTA 6 have a weapon wheel? Yes, and Rockstar spent years trying to replace it
GTA 6 has a weapon wheel. It nearly didn't: Jason Schreier's new video says Rockstar spent months, if not years, on a Red Dead-style limited loadout before going back to the wheel. Plus narrower streets than GTA V and artists who have been on the game since 2015.
Oct 19, 2026 · opinion · By VoxOpinion: GTA 6 will have strip clubs and bars. Vox would like them to be worth walking into
Rockstar has confirmed a strip club, listed clubbing as an activity, and the ratings boards have said the rest. Vox is not asking whether Leonida has nightlife. Vox is asking whether, this time, the doors will actually open, and whether anything behind them will be worth your in-game money.
Oct 16, 2026 · opinion · By SixStarsWantedOpinion: Vice City after dark should be a place you live in, not a minigame behind a velvet rope
Clubs, rooftop parties and a banner that says Make It Rain Monday: Rockstar has shown a lot of nightlife in GTA 6. My take is that Vice City is the first GTA setting where the nightlife should be the main character, and here is what I want it to get right.
Oct 16, 2026 · opinion · By SixStarsWantedOpinion: the most expensive thing in GTA 6 is the pedestrian you are about to run over
Rockstar says early projections for the NPC workload were horrifying, and built a whole studio to handle it. My take: that is the most interesting bet in GTA 6, because it creates a problem the series has never had to solve. Here is what I will test on launch day.
Oct 13, 2026 · guide · By SixStarsWantedGTA 6 wanted level explained: six stars, four police icons, and how to lose them
GTA 6 brings back the six-star wanted level for the first time since 2008, and adds four icons showing what the police know about you. Here is how the system works, based on Rockstar's own gameplay showcase.
Oct 12, 2026 · gameplay · By SixStarsWantedGTA 6's Criminal Profile: the rating that tracks how you commit crimes and never resets
Alongside the wanted stars, GTA 6 keeps a Criminal Profile, a Red Dead-style rating of how you do your crimes, clean or needlessly brutal. Unlike the stars, it does not reset. What Rockstar showed and what is still unknown.
Oct 12, 2026 · gameplay · By SixStarsWantedGTA 6 cars, keys and fuel: how driving and car theft change from GTA V
Fuel gauges, cars you cannot simply take, a key cloner that unlocks with the story, and a struggle when you pull someone out of a driver's seat. What Rockstar showed about driving in the Extended Look, and what Rob Nelson said about it.
Oct 11, 2026 · trailers · By SixStarsWantedGTA 6 Extended Look breakdown: everything the 26-minute showcase showed
Premiered on Netflix on August 27, 2026, the Extended Look is the first real gameplay of GTA 6: six-star wanted levels, a Criminal Profile that never resets, fuel gauges, tiered car theft, instant character switching and an in-game social feed. The full list.
Oct 11, 2026 · gameplay · By SixStarsWantedWho are Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos? GTA 6's two protagonists explained
GTA 6 is the first Grand Theft Auto built around a pair: Jason Duval, an ex-soldier running product for smugglers in the Keys, and Lucia Caminos, fresh out of Leonida Penitentiary. Here is what Rockstar has said about them and how the two-lead setup works in play.
Oct 10, 2026 · trailers · By SixStarsWantedGTA 6 Trailer 2 breakdown: Jason, Lucia and the cast of Leonida
Released May 6, 2025, four days after the first delay, Trailer 2 introduced Jason Duval, filled in Lucia's story and named eight characters and six regions. It was captured on a standard PS5 and pulled 475 million views in a day.