Rockstar称GTA6后新作开发周期将缩短
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- Oct 14 22:17 · 1 reportsRockstar公开GTA 6开发情况Polygon: Rockstar Issues Rare Official GTA 6 Development Update
- Oct 14 18:43 · 9 reportsRockstar称GTA6之后新作开发周期将缩短GIBiz: Rockstar more than doubled its workforce for GTA 6 and says its next game won't take another eight years
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- PolygonRockstar Issues Rare Official GTA 6 Development Update
Rockstar has issued a rare official update on the development of GTA 6, giving the public a first real sense of the issues it faced while making the game. News and leaks about GTA 6 have been plentiful, but behind-the-scenes development details have been far rarer, and fans have speculated about why the game took so long.
- PolygonRockstar Promises Its Next Game Won't Take Another 8 Years
Rockstar has promised its next game won't take another 8 years. More than 13 years have passed since Grand Theft Auto 5, and it's been eight years since Rockstar North released Red Dead Redemption 2. For context, the studio previously released Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto 4 over a span of seven years with a much smaller staff.
- KotakuRockstar Swears You Won't Have To Wait Nearly A Decade For Its Next Game After GTA6
Rockstar says its next game after Grand Theft Auto 6 won't take nearly a decade to arrive. In a Bloomberg interview, development leads Rob Nelson, Phil Hooker, and Aaron Garbut said the engine, tools, and team built during GTA 6 will let the studio work more quickly without tearing that foundation apart. GTA 6 launches on November 19.
- @PushSquareGTA 6 Tech Will Help Create Next Rockstar Game
GTA 6 Tech Will Help Create the Next Rockstar Game, Won't Be Another 8-Year Wait
- Push SquareRockstar Says GTA 6 Tech Will Speed Up Its Next Game, No Another 8-Year Wait
Rockstar development heads Phil Hooker and Aaron Garburt told Bloomberg the next Rockstar game will not take another eight years, unlike the gap between Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 6. The engine, tools, and team built for GTA 6 will carry over to the next project, cutting development time. Garburt said Rockstar overhauled much of its foundations for GTA 6 and won't rip it apart for what comes next, and the article also included two new GTA 6 screenshots.
- GIBizRockstar more than doubled its workforce for GTA 6 and says its next game won't take another eight years
Rockstar Games more than doubled its workforce to develop Grand Theft Auto 6, and says completing its next title will not take another eight years. The studio says the engine, tools and team built during GTA 6 will let it do things more quickly.
- GamesIndustry.bizRockstar says its next game won't take eight years, citing GTA 6 engine and team
Rockstar leadership told Bloomberg that its next game will not take another eight years, saying the engine, tools, and team built during GTA 6 will let it make content faster. The studio's headcount grew from 2,441 at Red Dead Redemption 2's 2018 launch to 4,711 across 12 offices in 2026, with 4,020 in development and QA and 690 in publishing. GTA 6 was announced in 2023 for a planned 2025 release, was pushed to May 26, 2026, and then moved to its current date of November 19.
- Rock Paper ShotgunRockstar "confident" GTA 7 won't take another eight years, despite similar promises around Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar development leads Phil Hooker and Aaron Garbut told Bloomberg they are confident the engine, tools and team built during GTA 6 will let future games be made more quickly, going "more sideways than upwards" rather than taking another eight years. Garbut said the foundational changes are done and won't be ripped apart. The same report notes that Rockstar previously mobilized most of the studio, including senior leadership, to finish Red Dead Redemption 2, pushing GTA 6 back several years.
- VGCRockstar says its next game after GTA 6 won't take another eight years
Rockstar studio heads Phil Hooker and Aaron Garbut say the next game after Grand Theft Auto 6 won't take another eight years to make. They said the engine, tools and team built for GTA 6 will carry over to the next project, reducing development time. GTA 6 launches on November 19, the studio's first major single-player release since Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018.
- IGNGTA 6 Developer Rockstar Insists Its Next Game Won't Take Another 8 Years to Make
Rockstar leadership said its next game after GTA 6 won't take another eight years, because the engine, tools, and team built during GTA 6's development provide a foundation to move faster. GTA 6 launches in November, eight years after Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar did not hint at what the next game will be.
- GameSpotRockstar Says You Won't Have To Wait Another 8 Years After GTA 6 For Its Next Game
Rockstar head of development Phil Hooker told Bloomberg that the engine, tools, and team built during GTA 6's development will let the studio make future games more quickly. GTA 5 launched in 2013 and Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018, while GTA 6 is scheduled for November 19, 2026 after a series of delays. Rockstar has grown from 2,441 employees around RDR2's release to 4,711 staff across 12 offices, but it has not announced its next major game yet.
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