Grand Theft Auto 6 may have just been confirmed for PC by an anticheat update to GTA Online. The update celebrated the 11-year anniversary of GTA 5 and was implemented to reduce the widespread cheating in the game. As an unintended consequence, the update may also have confirmed that GTA 6 will be coming to PC, at least eventually.
The accidental leak was spotted by a Reddit user following a GTA Online update that mandated BattlEye. A screenshot of the directory shows "Americas" listed as one of the games.
"Project Americas" was the alleged codename for GTA 6 and its appearance on this PC update appears to lend credence to the possibility that developer Rockstar Games is preparing for a PC release of the upcoming GTA game. GTA 5 notably took over a year to come to PC after its initial console release on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2013.
The first Grand Theft Auto game ever published was created for the PC, while the second released on PC first and then ported to the PlayStation the following year. Since then, every new GTA game has neglected its PC origins and come out exclusively for consoles on launch....
