“Early Production” Status in April 2020
Given the source for this rumor, namely journalist Jason Schreier during his stint at Kotaku, there is a fair bit that sounds legitimate. Essentially, Schreier reported in April 2020 that Rockstar’s internal culture had changed after the controversy surrounding crunch on Red Dead Redemption 2. Instead of a massively overwhelming game like RDR 2 or even Grand Theft Auto 5, Grand Theft Auto 6 was apparently going to be a “moderately-sized” title. While it would still be pretty big by the developer’s standards, the plan was to add numerous post-launch updates to expand it further. It’s all very plausible…except for the part about the game being in early production by that point. Even with the focus on GTA Online since GTA 5’s initial release in September 2012 and RDR 2 being in development for several years, it’s somewhat hard to believe that production on GTA 6 would be at an early stage. Exactly how early is unknown but it segues into another rumor…
