GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August
Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.We’ll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon: Rockstar announced this morning that it will be airing an “extended look” at the game on August 27th. As of May, GTA V has sold “nearly” 230 million copies, according to Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two, and it remains a force on Steam and Twitch to this day. Rockstar confirmed it was working on a successor in 2022, and following a massive leak of gameplay videos, the studio released the first GTA VI trailer in 2023.
- ▪Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.We’ll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon: Rockstar announced this morning that it will be airing an “extended look” at the game on August 27th.
- ▪As of May, GTA V has sold “nearly” 230 million copies, according to Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two, and it remains a force on Steam and Twitch to this day.
- ▪Rockstar confirmed it was working on a successor in 2022, and following a massive leak of gameplay videos, the studio released the first GTA VI trailer in 2023.
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