GTA 6 map size confirmed, Red Dead Redemption 2 blown out of the water
We finally known just how big Grand Theft Auto VI is going to be and boy, is it a hefty thing in the making.
Rockstar has decided that size really does matter when it comes to the worlds we explore and immerse ourselves in to.
The company's greatest game, according to this writer, has to be Red Dead Redemption 2, where you found yourself forgetting about the main storyline and simply exploring what the world had for you to discover.
With a playable map area roughly equating to 29 square miles, GTA 6 will go further. A lot further.
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According to the New York Times' preview of the game, developers at Rockstar said it will be triple - yes, triple - the area we had in RDR2.
"The overall map, the studio said, is three times as large as the playable area of its previous game, Red Dead Redemption 2," they said.
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And it's not just size for the sake of it, with the company confirming there are more than 600,000 animations built in to the game.
Rockstar North boss Aaron Garbut said: “Every room in the game, somebody thought about this. Who’s sitting where, what they’re drinking, the marks that are left on the table."
He added: "The pictures on the wall will have the people that are in that room, with their tattoos on their arms and their family behind them.
"That whole thing has been made, and built, and photographed, and placed in this random room in a random building in a huge city, in a world."
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look released on Netflix
Meanwhile over on Netflix, we've been given 27 glorious minutes of official footage and cut scenes from GTA 6 after a torrid 10 days for Rockstar and parent company Take-Two Interactive courtesy of the anonymous Cyberleek, who has been publishing unauthorised gameplay footage and information in a bid to make the company release GTA 6 in a physical format.
They've also been pushing their own memecoin, so there's that.
The footage is captivating, giving us amazing insight in to combat, driving, mini games, dialogue, and how the game will work with two playable, interchangeable, protagonists.
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GTA 6 leaked map details
Cyberleek's map leaks have shown us a humungous area to explore, with the map split in to give distinct counties.
Those being Lummox County to the north, which is sprawling green space. There's then Kelly County and Leonard County, which mixes in coastal roads (Florida Keys, anyone?) and urban areas.
We've then got Vice Dale County, the urban metropolis of Vice City and all its glory.
The fifth in the leak was named Mariana County, which looks more like the swampy backwaters of Florida. Watch out for the gators.
Topics: GTA 6, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games