Shawn Fonteno, voice of Franklin, added that “it’s a process to make these games,” indicating that fans may be waiting a while. “Do not believe anything you see on the internet,” he said, adding that “if you hear it from Rockstar, then you know.” How do all these people get all this information on what’s gonna be what?” said Ned Luke, the voice actor for Michael De Santa. “They say GTA 6 is gonna be made in Vice City.
RELATED: Grand Theft Auto 6 Would Be a Radically Different Game With One Small Featureįurthermore, the three main GTA 5 voice actors have been pretty vocal about the rumors surrounding the next game, and their comments indicate that GTA 6 may be further away than many fans had hoped. This would line up with the claimed contract in Wynwood, but it is also possible that those earlier leaks provided the basis for later false leaks and that what appears to be consistency is in fact speculation based upon speculation. There are also some rumors from all the way back in 2018 which indicated that the next GTA would be set in both Vice City and parts of South America, with the next game being codenamed “ Project Americas” at Rockstar. Indeed, Vice City hasn’t been seen since all the way back in 2002 in the GTA game of the same name, which would mean that rendering it in Rockstar’s modern engine would still likely feel like a fresh take on the location, hence the scouting. Rockstar has already returned players to iconic in-game locales like Los Santos and Liberty City, leaving Vice City one of the few major fictionalized cities that has not made a return in the more recent installments of the series. However, it definitely makes sense that the next GTA would be set in Vice City.
It is certainly possible that things were held up, especially if the early stages required people going out to locations to scout them in person. Not only would it imply that the game was in the early stages of development in late 2019, but there’s no way to know the effect that the pandemic has had on the development of the games which Rockstar is still keeping under wraps. However, the fact that this was back in October 2019 could mean that, even if it is true and if the pictures were being taken for the early stages of Grand Theft Auto 6’s development, fans could still be waiting a while for the next game. This would appear to support the claims of the Reddit user, as the area would certainly provide a great basis for creating an over-the-top and colorful rendition of Miami via GTA’s Vice City. However, Wynwood is an area known for its colorful murals and unique visual identity. The user later posted a picture of what they claimed was a contract stipulating the terms of that agreement with Rockstar, though of course the leak could be entirely made up. In October 2019, a Reddit post by user Fresh305954 claimed that the user was working in Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami, when a scout for Rockstar came to take pictures of the interior of their work to help build a basis for the design in the next Grand Theft Auto game. It has long been rumored that the setting for GTA 6 will be Vice City.