Grand Theft Auto VI’s long-overdue gameplay reveal – as it happens

Under some strange circumstances, Rockstar is broadcasting the first (official) gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the most-anticipated game of the year. Follow along for everything you need to know. These close-up slow-motion killshots are giving me flashbacks to Fallout 3 and its VATS system (As we watch this, let’s remember what it took to make it: GTA 6’s budget has run to at least a billion dollars, it has been under development for over ten years, and it is the work of at least two thousand individual people. There is no other developer working in video games with the luxury of this much time and money. This game is the ultimate example of the excess of blockbuster development, and what can be achieved under that model.) Continue reading...

Under some strange circumstances, Rockstar is broadcasting the first (official) gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the most-anticipated game of the year. Follow along for everything you need to know. These close-up slow-motion killshots are giving me flashbacks to Fallout 3 and its VATS system (As we watch this, let’s remember what it took to make it: GTA 6’s budget has run to at least a billion dollars, it has been under development for over ten years, and it is the work of at least two thousand individual people. There is no other developer working in video games with the luxury of this much time and money. This game is the ultimate example of the excess of blockbuster development, and what can be achieved under that model.) Continue reading...