Rockstar Games Focusing on GTA 6 After GTA Trilogy Mishap, Report Says
It looks like remakes of GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption might not be happening anytime soon.
Is GTA 6 really happening?
Development for Grand Theft Auto 6 might receive more resources thanks to the problems with last year's Grand Theft Auto Trilogy, according to a report Tuesday from Kotaku.
Rockstar Games reportedly planned to remaster GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption, two of its bestselling and critically acclaimed titles. However, things changed sometime after the release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition, which included remasters of GTA 3, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas. Due to the GTA Trilogy performing so poorly, Rockstar has reportedly switched gears and shelved the remakes while putting its focus on GTA 6.
As per a reliable source with clear accuracy on Rockstar plans, remasters of GTA IV & RDR1 were on the table a few years ago, but Rockstar chose not to proceed with the projects in mind.
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) July 4, 2022
The poor reception of the Trilogy DE might be a reason behind that decision.#GTAIV #RDR1
In February, Rockstar confirmed GTA 6 was in development, which was the first mention of the game by the company. GTA 5, released in 2013, has been a massive success for Rockstar, selling more than 155 million copies. It also introduced Grand Theft Auto Online, a multiplayer version of the game, and the two combined have raked in billions of dollars.
Rockstar reiterated its support for the next GTA game Thursday in a community update for its two online games: GTA Online and Red Dead Redemption Online.
"Over the past few years, we have been steadily moving more development resources towards the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series — understanding more than ever the need to exceed players' expectations and for this next entry to be the best it can possibly be," the company said.
GTA Trilogy was a surprise release last year from Rockstar and gave the older games from the PS2 era a high-def look. When it launched, players came across a large number of issues, including awkward-looking visuals and a wealth of glitches. Rockstar apologized for the state of the game and released multiple patches including a large update in February that fixed most of the problems.