As Grand Theft Auto 6 slowly gets closer to its planned 2025 release window, a few problems are already cropping up - one of them being a publicized pay dispute over soundtrack licensing. As Grand Theft Auto has grown into one of the biggest franchises in the gaming industry, the expansive library of licensed music that populates the games' various radio stations has become one of its greatest strengths, with GTA 5 in particular boasting over 241 licensed tracks. As developer Rockstar looks to expand on the previous game for the Vice City-set GTA 6, however, it's already run into a few problems.
As reported by VGC, Martyn Ware (via X, formerly Twitter), a founding member of the band Heaven 17, has claimed that Rockstar Games had offered $7,500 for the inclusion of a song, "Temptation," on the GTA 6 soundtrack, and "a buyout of any future royalties from the game" - an offer which Ware, and Heaven 17, then rejected, with Ware comparing the offer to being paid in "exposure."
In later posts, Ware clarified that the $7,500 offer was to all three members of the band, bringing it up to $22,500 total, that Rockstar refused further negotiations,...
