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the working title

Project Americas

The continent-sized GTA 6 that was cut down to Leonida

Project Americas was the working title of Grand Theft Auto VI and its first shape: a map spanning large parts of North and South America. It was cut down to Vice City and the state of Leonida, according to Rockstar's own account in Bloomberg's October 14, 2026 feature. Confirmed

How the game got here

GTA 6 was planned alongside Red Dead Redemption 2, and as RDR2 grew it pulled in most of the company, pushing GTA 6 back by years. By 2019 the core of the game and the two-protagonist design around Jason and Lucia were in place; the pandemic then slowed the fine detail. Two delays followed, from 2025 to May 26, 2026 and then to November 19, 2026. See Development and delays. Confirmed

Official screenshots

The official cover art.
The official cover art.

Questions

What was Project Americas?

GTA 6's working title and original concept, a map spanning parts of North and South America, later cut down to Leonida. Rockstar confirmed it in Bloomberg's October 2026 feature.

Sources and further reading

Confirmed shown or stated by Rockstar Reported from press or insiders Community fan-mapped label Speculation our reading

Last updated 2026-11-06.

Development and delays
How GTA 6 was made: it began as Project Americas, was cut to Leonida, delayed twice, and grew a team of 4,711.
The Bloomberg feature (October 14, 2026)
Bloomberg's October 14, 2026 feature by Jason Schreier is the first official account of how GTA 6 was made: Project Americas, two delays, a team of 4,711, the 2022 breach and why the next game will not take eight years.
Rockstar people
Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker, Jennifer Kolbe, Strauss Zelnick and James Horton.
Leonida
Leonida is the fictional state GTA 6 is set in: Vice City, the Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga.

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