As much as a recent leak would like you to believe that there’s more to something than meets the eye, nods, hints, and teases, are par for the course when you’re dealing with Rockstar Games. Don’t forget, we’re talking about the very same company that, years ago, with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, had you jetpack all the way up to the top of one of the pillars of the Gant Bridge – that big red structure spanning what seems like half the map in San Andreas based on the real-life Golden Gate bridge – only to tell you to go away.
So, when Rockstar dropped its latest weekly update for Grand Theft Auto Online, you best bet that Rockstar didn’t miss the chance to mess with fans, and that’s exactly what it did.
The internet is now all riled up after Rockstar very obviously included the next Grand Theft Auto game in a new image.
As part of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Rockstar is giving away a Red Happy Moon Tee to everyone who logs on to play GTA Online this week.
Now, this isn’t the big news. Rather, it’s the image used for the promotion. Behind the pair of player-created characters donning the Red Happy Moon Tee is the Vinewood sign (which, if you didn’t know, is GTA’s version of Hollywood). But, instead of spelling the entire word, it only shows the “VI” and the rest, except for the “OD” at the end covered.
And, well, that’s it. This is the “only” reason why people are talking about GTA 6 all of a sudden without prompt.
Then again, as far as conspiracy theories about GTA 6 goes, this doesn’t take plenty of mental gymnastics to wrap your head around. Rockstar is well aware that any sign that points to the number “6”, whether Roman or Natural, will go viral almost immediately.
If nothing else, we can take this as Rockstar’s way of telling us, “yes, we hear you, loud and clear.”
Believe it or not, Rockstar has yet to confirm the official name of the next game in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Aside from the official announcement last year and the acknowledgement of the leaks, Rockstar hasn’t talked much about the most expensive video game in the world already. But, while Rockstar has Claude and Trevor taking turns waiting to lay their hands on any would-be perpetrator looking to test their luck, that hasn’t stopped Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two Interactive’s CEO, from dropping hints about GTA 5’s successor.
At this rate, Rockstar might end up pulling off a Valve and drop the official GTA 6 announcement trailer out of nowhere – we’re sure that would make the internet explode right there and then.
For now though, Rockstar is content with teasing fans with these crumbs of information, all the while giving away free games.
