There’s palpable anticipation for the first official trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. Now, with the game’s first trailer coming out in around two weeks, Rockstar is making some noticeable changes to its website.
The publisher has removed references to the Social Club, with that branding and associated text now being replaced with the wording “Rockstar Games platform”. The logo for the gaming service is also missing from the site.
Fans speculate that the removal of the Social Club references means that Rockstar intends to sunset and replace Social Club with something else when Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives.
Of course, Rockstar may also just be renaming the service to the “Rockstar Games [platform]” or similar. At this point though, despite the changes to the website, references to the Social Club still remain both GTA Online and Red Dead Redemption Online.
It may appear Rockstar Games are gearing up to sunset the Social Club and launch a new platform. Today the new changes to the Rockstar Games websites brought a new change to the naming scheme of the Social Club to the 'Rockstar Games Platform''. pic.twitter.com/XYVhd1xXtc
— Ben (@videotechuk_) November 20, 2023
Additionally, fans have noticed that Rockstar Games is now using a different color scheme for the logo on its website. Previously, Rockstar used the yellow and black logo, but is now using a black and white color scheme.
Functionally, players are not seeing any changes within Grand Theft Auto 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2 yet. They can still use the multiplayer features and earn member-exclusive rewards from games using the Social Club platform.
It was recently confirmed that the first trailer for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming next month, after years of speculation. Sam Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, announced that the teaser will be coming out in early December, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Rockstar.
It has been widely expected within the gaming community that the new trailer would premiere during The Game Awards. The annual awards and gaming showcase will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and live-streamed globally on December 7th.
Fortunately for fans, the agony of waiting for Grand Theft Auto 6 will soon be over. Other than the gameplay, which we have seen snippets of thanks to the infamous leak, the most important piece of information fans want to know is the release date for GTA 6. We do know that it is very likely coming out between April 2024 to March 2025, but the exact date is yet to be revealed.
