Return to Vice city, heroine and release in 2025… The trailer for “GTA 6” breaks the Internet

2023-12-05 02:42:45

The good news is that Vice City has never looked so full of life. The bad news is that we will have to wait until 2025 before taking a car trip there. The Rockstar Games studio put online on Monday a first trailer for the next part of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), ten years following the release of the previous one opus of the very popular action game. The trailer was to be presented on Tuesday, but it “leaked”, indicated the studio, which therefore chose to broadcast it itself, a little over a year ago following a giant hack. Results: more than 30 million views in three hours on YouTube, and gamers who only talk regarding it on X/Twitter.

The highly anticipated video game will therefore return to “Vice City” (a fictional Miami) and once once more promises fans the chance to play gangsters, from Florida villas to prison. For the first time, we will be able to play a main female character, with a duo inspired by “Bonnie and Clyde”, for a trashy American atmosphere (Florida, its drugs, its red necks and its gators) which is reminiscent of the game Saints Row.

410 million copies

In 90 seconds, we meet Lucia, who is coming out of prison, and her companion, currently unnamed, who will also be playable. Crowded beaches, night clubs, luxury cars, police officers and small-time raiders… All the ingredients of GTA are there, including the most controversial

According to Rockstar Games’ parent company, the American company Take-Two, the entire franchise has sold 410 million copies worldwide, including 190 million for the latest opus “GTA V” released in 2013 and record holder for sales in the sector in the United States both in volume and value.

But its success has not been without controversy, particularly because of the sulphurous aspect of the game which features individuals engaging in criminal behavior and which, according to its detractors, encourages players to reproduce their character’s actions themselves. , accusations rejected by Take-Two. Beyond the issue of violence, the series has been heavily criticized for its particularly misogynistic representations of women and caricatures of minorities.

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