‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ follow-up won’t take 8 years to make

You won’t be waiting another eight years for the next game from Grand Theft Auto 6 developers Rockstar Games. READ MORE: Loading Leonida: what we learned from the ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Extended Look on Netflix Grand Theft Auto 5 was released back in 2013 and the long-awaited sequel is set to launch next month (November 19). Grand Theft Auto 6 will be the first new game from Rockstar since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018. However in a new interview with Bloomberg, head of GTA 6’s developer Phil Hooker said the amount of work they’ve put in to creating the upcoming game means future projects will be faster to create. “The engine, the tools and the team we’ve built during this project will allow us to do things more quickly. I feel confident that we can build on top of this and go more sideways than upwards to build more compelling content,” he said. “We foundationally changed a lot of stuff on this project,” added co-development boss Aaron Garbut. “But now it’s done, and we’re not going to rip it apart.” NEW: Why did Grand Theft Auto VI take 8+ years to make? How did Rockstar's culture change along the way? I went to Scotland and interviewed the company's top developers f...