GTA 6: Miami location and first female character? – News

The renowned video game journalist Jason Schreier reported on Bloombergthat, according to sources at developer Rockstar, the next part of Grand Theft Auto will let you control a female character for the first time. The Latina will be in the spotlight as part of a duo. The story about the two was inspired by Bonnie and Clyde.

Initial concepts would have provided in GTA 6 to offer large stretches of North and South America as a playground, but those ambitions have been pared back so the current game map consists of a fictionalized version of Miami and surrounding areas – strongly suggesting a return to the popular Vice City setting. However, after the release, Rockstar plans not only to deliver content such as new missions, but also complete cities.

The report provides this information in the context of statements by anonymous employees that the culture at Rockstar has changed significantly. The developer, who previously used to drink and go to strip bars, has changed from “a boys’ club to a real company,” a source quotes as saying. Likewise, attempts were made to improve the problem with overtime and crunch. Frequent crunch, especially towards the end of production, has received increasing attention as a nuisance in the industry in the past. The Rockstar co-founder and influential creative mind who left in 2020 Dan Houser received criticism when he spoke of the fact that 100-hour weeks to complete Red Dead Redemption 2 (in the test) were pushed. The co-founder who left in 2006 Jamie King spoke of Rockstar being built on a 7-day-week work ethic, which is unsustainable.

The morale in the studio is higher than ever as a result of the changes Bloomberg-Article states, however, in addition to the effects of the pandemic, the measures to avoid overtime would also increase the development time. Schreier also suggests that the new Rockstar environment could make GTA 6 feel different than its predecessors. On the one hand, people have become more sensitive not to “step down” with jokes at the expense of minorities, while at the same time some developers find social satire difficult when real US society itself seems like satire at the present time.