GTA 6 LIVE: Former Rockstar developer predicts cheaper Grand Theft Auto games with AI

Former Rockstar developer predicts cheaper Grand Theft Auto games with AI

Former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij has predicted “GTA 7 will be cheaper to make than GTA 6” because of the use of AI.

Vermeij spent 14 years at Rockstar as a technical director, working on Grand Theft Auto projects such as Vice City, San Andreas and IV before leaving in 2009.

Speaking with Kiwi Talkz, he said: “It’s a bold prediction. We’ll have to wait 15 years to see if I’m right or not.

“Let’s say you do a cutscene, all the characters in the cutscene could just be rendered by AI including the conversation if you just describe the scene. That could be your first pass of a cutscene.

“You’ll still have artists to do the higher level creative stuff and there’ll be glitches to fix and all that stuff but I think the bulk of the work is probably going to be replaced.”

Rockstar website update reaction

Redditors have been reacting in the GTA 6 Subreddit to Rockstar Games updating its website to include links to Wishlists on both the PS Store and Xbox under the title ‘Wishlist Now’.

YogurtclosetIcy4328 said: “Wishlisting is cool and all. But I wanna see a pre-order option on PS Store with different editions!”

OutlandishnessOk6696 said: “Makes me believe more that the game won’t get delayed again.”

ScottRans0m said: “S*** starting to get real.”

Pre-order speculation swells as Rockstar makes key website update

Speculation is swelling that GTA 6 preorders may be available soon after Rockstar Games made a key update to its website.

Recently, GTA 6 was finally made available to Wishlist on Xbox, weeks after it appeared on the PS Store.

Rockstar’s website has now been updated to include links to Wishlists on both the PS Store and Xbox under the title ‘Wishlist Now’.

Because of this, speculation is growing online that preorders for GTA 6 could land soon.

New Red Dead Online trailer

Rockstar Games has dropped a new trailer for Red Dead Online, understood to be the first in four years.

A social media post said: “Embark upon four new adventures that require steely resolve and courage in the face of the odd, twisted and downright supernatural. Strange Tales of the West are now available in Red Dead Online.”

There is speculation online this could hint that Rockstar is working on next gen support for Red Dead Redemption 2.

‘We actually got new Red Dead Online content before GTA 6’

Perhaps somewhat unexpectedly, Rockstar Games is understood to have sent out a community email with details about an update for Red Dead Online.

@videotechuk_ posted: “New Red Dead Online content as part of the event month, announced in a community email: Strange Tales of the West includes a set of new Telegram missions, book author Theodore Levin (from the single player) needs help investigating ‘bizarre and unexplained’ mysteries. Players will be tasked tracking down beasts in the waters of Bayou Nwa and undead plagues.”

This was also confirmed by @GameRoll_ who said: “We actually got new RDO content before GTA 6.”

Mobile companion app ‘confirmed’ in new job listing

It seems GTA 6 is all but confirmed to have a mobile companion app as a Redditor spotted Rockstar Games is hiring for a Mobile Engineer in the Online section of its openings.

This was initially spotted by Dry-Fault-5557 in the comments of the Marketing Localisation QAs GTA 6 Subreddit post and reposted by Gerald19901.

Others have been commenting with what they’d like to see from the potential companion app.

Zuijd said: “Would be cool if we can call for a taxi with our companion app, and the taxi arrives in game.”

ExecuteArgument said: “Can’t wait to not be able to feed Jason’s pet lizard in 2035 when the app stops working.”

Soranether said: “We need to be able to scroll through Snapmatic and order cars through the phone, that would be so cool.”

Rockstar Games co-founder’s first novel release date officially revealed

The first novel from Absurd Ventures, a studio co-founded by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser and former Rockstar writer, producer and director Lazlow Jones, has an official release date.

A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath is a novel based on the fictional podcast that released last year.

The novel will release on 14 October.

‘Enhanced’ screenshots reveal brand new details

A Redditor has posted what are claimed to be “enhanced” screenshots by a member of the Mapping Project community that’s aiming to piece together what the speculated in-game map will look like.

And new details from them have been spotted in the comments.

Ashamed-Debt-2692 said: “If you look at Keys, cars seem really small. Map is gonna be huge.”

Friendly_Bluejay7407 said: “Never noticed the huge skinny radio tower on slide six.”

Either-Amoeba8232 said: “These in the distance are tornadoes? They are too big for skyscrapers…”

Ashtro_ said: “These are cool to look at for hidden details.”

Emotional-Direction3 said: “Photo eight: in the background there seems to be a mega cloud dump or tornado forming if you look to the left of the helicopter 🚁”

‘This game is going to blow away expectations’

A Redditor has referenced GTA 6‘s reported budget and graphics comparison to GTA 5 in the GTA 6 Subreddit and said “this game is going to blow away our expectations”.

Others have been commenting with their thoughts.

Fetty_Wap_Official said: “It’s incredible how good looking yet outdated GTA 5 is.”

dodo-likes-you said: “Waiting for the folks claiming GTA 6 is just slightly better than RDR2.”

jdp117 said: “The money spent doesn’t necessarily equate directly to quality but in this case there’s no doubt that GTA 6 will be a generational video game.”

New Rockstar job ads good news for game’s development

It’s been spotted online that Rockstar is hiring for Marketing Localisation QAs.

Marketing localisation refers to adapting the game to a specific location and culture by translating it and making sure it is culturally relevant and appropriate.

It’s understood this usually happens towards the end of a game’s development cycle.

This seems to have been first spotted on X / Twitter by @Vinewood_motors and highlighted again by @videotechuk_.

@videotechuk_ also spotted in the additional information section: “Rockstar is looking to pipeline candidates for eventual openings in localisation in the coming months.”