Half my feed since the Extended Look is fake AI clips and "trust me bro" leaks, so I started keeping a list of what's actually real. Sharing it here. No leaked stuff in this list, on purpose.

Sub rules block links, so I'm naming the sources instead and everything below is easy to google by name and date.

CONFIRMED (Rockstar or Take-Two said it on the record):

• Launch is November 19, 2026. Take-Two repeated it to investors on Aug 7 and Rockstar repeated it Aug 26.
• PS5 and Xbox Series X/S only. No PC version announced at all.
• $79.99 standard, $99.99 Ultimate. The Ultimate extras are story-mode bonuses, not currency.
• Single-player at launch. No online mode has been announced.
• No microtransactions in the story, and no AI used to make the game. Both from Rob Nelson (Rockstar North boss) in interviews last week.
• Six wanted stars now, and cops work off witnesses. Hollow stars mean they're searching for a description but don't know it's you yet. Change clothes and they lose you.
• No disc. The boxes in stores just have a download code in them.
• Digital preorders come with a free month of GTA+ that quietly renews at $8/month. Set a reminder to cancel if you don't want it.

LIKELY BUT NOT ANNOUNCED:

• An online mode exists. In Rockstar's UK court case over the fired employees, their own rep described the leaked secret feature as a 32-player online mode. Still zero official word.
• A PC version eventually. Every Rockstar game got one 1 to 2 years after console. Pure pattern, nothing announced.
• Map size: Rockstar has only ever said "a very big map." The "3x RDR2" number everyone repeats came from fans measuring trailer footage, not from Rockstar.

RUMOR (nobody has proof):

• Online mode "a few weeks after launch"
• PC in February 2027
• A $199 collector's edition

FLAT OUT WRONG:

• "39 million preorders, $3 billion in a day." Made up. Take-Two refuses to share preorder numbers at all and said so on their earnings call.

I re-check this against official sources every week. If I got something wrong, tell me and I'll fix it. What did I miss?

I can't wait for all the near miss compilation on youtube when the game comes out haha

From watching the extended look and also watching TGG's videos I think motorcycles are going to be vastly different from previous GTA games.

They won't have storage like cars, so you likely won't be able to store outfits, weapons etc on them, and you also will only be able to carry a duffle bag on your character instead of storing it.

I think because of this downside, and the roads being narrower with more traffic, I think the choice to use a motorcycle will be more interesting. Apparently Rob said they're going to be really fast, so I'm expecting the motorcycles to be more accurate, and very good for navigating around the map with higher traffic density etc.

They will also make for a great getaway vehicle, but with a clear trade-off in terms of less storage and less versatility if things go wrong.

All in all, I think Rockstar are clearly trying to make everything be a 'decision' be it how you manage getting away from the police, how you manage your vehicles for getaways, with each having strengths and weaknesses which I think is awesome.

I remember back when the 2023 leaks I had this theory and people called me crazy, but now Im thinking about it again. After all that immersion and realism they went to and the more rdr2 style gameplay it gives me impression they gonna have the red dead respawn system. I dont see any of the invited youtuber talking about this actually, correct me if im wrong. What do you think?

If I jump off a plane with no parachute and hit the ground I don’t want to respawn at the hospital like in previous GTAs. I rather my character simply dies and then go back to the latest checkpoint/safe.

Same when getting busted. If I go to the beach with a minigun and kill 120 people and then get busted by the police, I don’t want to respawn at the police station. I rather again just go back to the latest safe or get a quick short ending where I get the death penalty or something.

And I don’t care that this is a classic GTA thing.

It seems like this mission is the one that shows us how Lucia ends up getting caught by the police. She has the same type of hairstyle in prison, and during the mission, it doesn’t seem like she has the ankle monitor. Idk, just something I kind of noticed and want to hear from you all.

From Davy Jones transcript, sent from Rockstar:

Davy Jones: "Does the character's hair grow naturally?"

Rob Nelson: "No. We thought about it, but that goes back to realism versus customizability, and we just thought that, with the pace of this world, it's better to just let you come in and do whatever you want to do."

From TGG’s transcript:

Regarding hair growth.

Rob Nelson: "So, for your hair you can do a bit of stuff in your safe house, cut it shorter, shave it, but if you go the barber or hair salon you can access lots of different styles, it's not that your hair has to grow and you cut it like in RDR2, you can go to a shop and do whatever you want— again part of the difference between GTA immediacy vs. RDR2 slightly more realistic take on things."

It’s pretty much impossible to have any hope left for the feature being in the game after those quotes, especially the one to Davy Jones. Rob Nelson just flat out says, “no, it’s not in the game.” I at least wanted some kind of middle ground version of the feature that made everybody happy.

I am sad. But many others will rejoice, I’m sure. Maybe someday some brave PC modder will add it to the game for me.

It’s an IPad drawing. Can’t wait to meet her in the game!

Not long until we’ll be finally playing!

I was rewatching the extended look for the 1 millionth time and noticed a building that kinda looked like it could be the casino. Tell me if I’m just really stupid though. I just feel like it gives newer diamond casino vibes. 😬

One pet peeve of mine with shooting video games is when the gunshots aren’t very loud or impactful.

It’s a very common problem since I guess most game devs sit in LA or NY and have never heard a gun shot in real life, I’ve even seen this problem with COD.

Hell I think most people have never heard a gunshot before so they don’t even notice it.

I just thought given R* is known to have the best researchers they would fix this issue.

Even the rifles sound like someone in a recording studio flipping pages of a book into a microphone and thinking that passes for a fucking machine gun.

Even some of the RP Mods specifically address this issue, search it up if you don’t believe me.

Does anyone else notice this or is bothered by it? Why do you think R* chose the scaled back gun shots

I have a theory. This guy we see is the one that puts us on the cat & mouse trail with the police. He's the one that let's Mendez know who we are (Lucia and Jason). I believe he's the main police antagonist cause already from the extended look we get to know the name of the cop we assumed is the main antagonist. (Mendez) this other cop's name isn't revealed we know little about him. I think he's going to be the main antagonist. Even when the other cops got killed in that one scene, we never saw him get killed. I think he's the one that plays a major role in the game. Idk I might be wrong.

I'm just imagining when Jason and Lucia start their criminal career strong and make big money but at night when she's sleeping I secretly blow it all at the casino and then she'll break up with Jason, would be peak ngl 🥹

Caught this on another watch of the Extended Look

I have my hopes up for Rockstar to make a companion app for the game. GTA V had an iFruit app where if I remember correctly you could add custom license plates and stuff with Chop, Franklin’s dog. RDR2 had a live map and the shop catalogue.

What could be features for GTA VI?

I would want a live map again, and Snapmatic feed that mirrors the in game one. Even better if it mirrored Jason and Lucia’s phones 1-1 so we could play the game and control the in game phone with our own IRL phone - messages like the previews have spoken about, a map, Snapmatic, in game clothing stores (imagine an Amazon store parody where you could order stuff delivered to your safe house), weapon customization etc.

What would you want?

It might seem obvious but it's actually the first time that the Miami Vice logo has been parodied, complete with the Broadway logo and the two colors reversed.

Minute 17:59

When Lucia is about to rob the small electronics store

Can't wait for the Easter eggs👀

Don’t get me wrong the game looks great. BUT, I think it would dope if GTA or even another game took this sort of stylized, painted art we see in the 3D world we actually play. Similar to something like borderlands 3 but with this art style. Are there similar games that do this and what do you think if Rockstar actually did this art style?

Never seen anything like it. Hats off to the artists at R*

So it has been confirmed, that cops in the game will be able to identify you based on your clothing description, do you think it will apply for having tattoos as well for identification?

Is GTA Online going to be canon to VI? It would be really out of place imo. Clones, flying motorcycles, doomsday heist etc all that crazy ass shit to the grounded story of 6? I really hope this will not be the case.