A former Rockstar Games 3D environment artist who worked on Grand Theft Auto 6 has confirmed it's been in development since at least 2018 while reacting to the game's second trailer.
Up until last week, it felt like it had been a painfully long time since we'd heard anything concrete about GTA 6. Just look at all of the theories and delirium about when we might finally receive a second trailer for the game, and you'll see just how bad it all was. In reality, though, we've been waiting a whole lot longer to learn about Rockstar's next big game.
Rockstar has a formula for second trailers and Grand Theft Auto 6 stuck to it.
Ever since Red Dead Redemption 2 launched towards the end of 2018, everyone has wondered what Rockstar was cooking up next. It was widely assumed to be the next Grand Theft Auto, something that was confirmed in 2022 in a simple post about GTA Online's future. That leaves the development timeline a little murky, but we now know for sure when work started.
As pointed out by Twitter user and Rockstar sleuth videotechuk_, former Rockstar North environment artist David O'Reilly (who goes by Game...