The open-world action adventure video game “Grand Theft Auto 6” (GTA 6) is still years away from its release date rumored to be any time from 2018 to 2020, but the daily dose of reports about it on the internet seem to suggest that it would be happening very soon.
The latest report about the game is that it will feature teleporting of players or the ability to transpose oneself from one place to another without having to do any kind of physical traveling.
The teleporting rumor on “GTA 6” appears to be an offshoot of the previous rumor that the video game would feature a state-to-state map of America, cites the Christian Post.
While it is certainly possible to do that considering the capability of game developer Rockstar Games, it seems rather absurd if that would be the case since that would be a real massive map and players would do a lot of traveling in between heists.
Addressing the downtime
Critics were asking if the report is true about the massive US map, what would gamers do while on travel from one state to the next, which means that there would be some downtime or lull when “GTA 6” finally comes out in the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, and the PC a few years down the road. The rumor about the teleporting feature would seem to address the downtime as there shall no longer be travel time involved in going from one state to the next.
Previous rumors seem to clarify about the massive gameplay map for “GTA 6.” One Reddit user said that the upcoming “GTA” game will have a pretty unique map because it will have all the GTA maps combined into one consistent world map.
San Andreas is going to be seen in the southwest area and Las Venturas will be in San Andreas territory while San Fiero will be taking the place of San Francisco near the north of San Andreas, details Crossmap.
On the right side of Las Venturas is Vice City, which has been the setting of many games in the “GTA” franchise. While another familiar setting Liberty City is to be located at the top of Vice City.
Another Reddit user suggests that the gameplay map of “GTA 6” will have all the other maps of all the “GTA” games in the past, which is just a generalized version of the first leak.
While Rockstar has yet to confirm these leaks from an obviously keen “GTA” gamer, the idea really makes sense when compared to having the entire US for the game’s map.
Map is the priority in development
The latest leaks or rumors about the “GTA 6” appears to be standing on a good leg since Leslie Benzies, chief of Rockstar Games, said that the development team will focus first on the creation of the working gameplay map before going into the details of the storyline and missions.
While the developer has yet to officially confirm the arrival of a female character in “GTA 6,” speculations have been pretty consistent that there will be at least one when the game finally comes out to the gaming platform a few years down the road.
And the rumors are pretty consistent that Eva Mendez will be the voice actor for the female lead. Those speculations actually gave birth to rumors that Eva’s romantic partner Ryan Gosling will also join the game as a voice actor.
With recent reports that the latest update coming to the “GTA Online” will give the players the capability to change the gender or sex of their playable character from male to female and vice versa, it becomes clear that a female character is now very much possible for “GTA 6.”
Gosling’s participation to “GTA 6” will usher the developer’s plan to meld the “GTA” series with the company’s other mega successful video game franchise “Red Dead Redemption.”