GTA 6 New Data Leaked: Rockstar Games to Bring a Ground Breaking Change for the First Time in Franchise History?

Published 07/27/2022, 10:22 AM EDT

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While there’s been a lot of hype going around for the upcoming GTA 6 installment, fans haven’t received any major detail so far about the anticipated game from Rockstar.

However, a latest report from a reputed industry insider and journalist has seemingly revealed a big change coming with GTA 6. If the new intel is anything to go by, the next Grand Theft Auto is going to introduce a female protagonist. It will be the first time in franchise history that the developer and publisher will make it happen.

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GTA 6 will feature a playable female protagonist upon the game’s launch

Jason Schreier, who’s the reporter at Bloomberg and famous for his exclusive leaks, just published a new article. In that, Schreier reported a lot of details that are unknown about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto.

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While mentioning about the ongoing state of the project, he revealed that the game is currently code-named ‘Project Americas’. Furthermore, he revealed the biggest update coming to the entire open world franchise in its history.

Schreier stated that GTA 6 will reportedly feature a female playable protagonist, for the first time in the series. Rockstar will make her a Latina who will be “one of a pair of leading characters in a story influenced by the bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, the people said.” Additionally, the story will be set in Vice City.

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Coming from the Bloomberg journalist, this is a big news for all the fans of the iconic gaming saga. It will be interesting to see how Rockstar will design this female character in the open world setting of GTA 6.

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It might be a huge surprise for all those gamers as well who always wanted to try out different kinds of characters. Well now they will be able to do so, according to the latest report.

GTA 6 is still in development under the team of Rockstar. Per Jason Schreier, it’s expected to come out between April 2023 and March 2024 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC upon its anticipated release in the near future.

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What are your thoughts on this major news? Are you happy to know that the next installment will also have a female protagonist in its story? Let us know in the comments.

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