Key Takeaways GTA 6 is set to release in 2025 in Vice City with two main protagonists. Despite the competition, GTA 6 will likely dominate as a highly anticipated title. GTA 6 offers a unique, modern crime experience that sets it apart from other open-world games in 2025.
After 12 years, $8.6 billion in sales, and countless memes, Grand Theft Auto 6 appears to be getting closer to release. Set in the year 2025, players will take on the role of two heroes as they make their way through the seedy underbelly of Vice City, Rockstar’s beloved send-up of the greater Miami area.
Despite the hype, it looks like 2025 will be a very busy year for open world games and their fans. Grand Theft Auto 6 is just one of dozens of games coming next year that will be vying for players’ attention. Sales are unlikely to struggle for such a title, but there may be a possibility that GTA 6 will face a bit more competition than Rockstar initially hoped.
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GTA 6 doesn’t have much to worry about despite a busy year for gaming
2025 is expected to be a huge year for major releases, especially in the open world department. While GTA 6 is certainly the most popular release of the year, there is some strong competition for players’ attention when it comes to open world experiences.
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It should be pretty obvious why Rockstar isn’t sweating its competitors when it comes to releases next year: it’s GTA 6. It’s one of the most interesting games ever made, if not the most interesting. Fans have been eagerly awaiting this game for three entire generations of consoles. Many are sure to make time for it when it comes out, regardless of anything else that might be released in the same year or even the same month. This way, Rockstar likely already has a guaranteed success.
But the other, more practical reason why GTA 6 will find its niche in 2025’s open-world games is that it finally fills a niche that none of the other versions do. All the other open world games coming out next year are sure to be great titles in their own right, but they offer very imaginative experiences in fantasy worlds. Dune Awakening may allow players to explore the wastes of Arrakis and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 may allow them to take on the role of one of the series’ iconic vampires, but nothing scratches the same itch that satisfies GTA 6. The only movie that might come close is Mafia: The Old World, but even that feels like an artifact focusing on the early days of the Mafia in 20th century Italy. It would be a far cry from the modern-day world in which GTA 6 would give players freedom.
GTA as a franchise stands in a league of its own in more ways than one. It’s the open world game that all other open world games aspire to be like. It has the name recognition, and offers an experience that none of the competitors will attempt to match next year. There’s really nothing stopping Rockstar from having their most anticipated title of all time and breaking more records. There are a lot of open world titles coming in the next year, but there is only one king of the genre. The king returns to take the throne.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is an open world crime game that takes fans back to the neon-filled streets of Vice City.
Platform(s) PS5 and Xbox Series
Issued on 2025-00-00
Online multiplayer
Advanced Rockstar game engine
Steam Deck Compatibility Yes
X|S Optimizer Yes
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