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director of technology

Phil Hooker

Still changing the game in the final months, and why the next one is faster

Phil Hooker is Rockstar's director of technology and one of GTA 6's heads of development. He said in October 2026 that the team was still changing the game "within the last few months", and told Bloomberg that the engine, tools and team built for GTA 6 are meant to be reused rather than rebuilt. Confirmed

Buses and trains

Hooker's line about riding the bus is the source for one of the smaller confirmed features: buses and trains run across Leonida and you can ride them. See Buses and trains. Confirmed

Official screenshots

A Vice City street under an elevated highway, official screenshot.
A Vice City street under an elevated highway, official screenshot.

Questions

Who is Phil Hooker?

Rockstar's director of technology and one of GTA 6's heads of development.

Sources and further reading

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

Rockstar people
Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker, Jennifer Kolbe, Strauss Zelnick and James Horton.
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson is co-head of Rockstar North and one of GTA 6's heads of development. He played the game unscripted for Edge magazine for about 90 minutes in October 2026 and spoke on the record to Bloomberg.
Aaron Garbut
Aaron Garbut is one of Rockstar's heads of development on GTA 6. He told Edge the game has an order of magnitude more interiors than earlier Rockstar games and described the 2022 breach to Bloomberg.
Buses and trains
Edge reports that buses and trains run across Leonida and that you can ride them.

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