Grand Theft Auto 6may have just been confirmed for PC by an anticheat update toGTA Online.The update celebrated the 11-year anniversary ofGTA 5and was implemented to reduce the widespread cheating in the game. As an unintended consequence, the update may also have confirmed thatGTA 6will be coming to PC, at least eventually.
The accidental leak was spotted by aReddituser following aGTA Onlineupdate that mandated BattlEye. A screenshot of the directoryshows “Americas” listed as one of the games.
“Project Americas” was the alleged codename forGTA 6and its appearance on this PC update appears to lend credence to the possibility that developerRockstar Games is preparing for a PC release of the upcomingGTAgame.GTA 5notably took over a year to come to PC after its initial console release on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2013.
GTA 6 On PC At Launch Would Be First For The Franchise
It Would Break A Decades-Long Porting Tradition
The firstGrand Theft Autogame ever published was created for the PC, while the second released on PC first and then ported to the PlayStation the following year. Since then, every newGTAgame has neglected its PC origins and come out exclusively for consoles on launch.
Each entry has taken longer and longer to be ported to PC over the 25 years sinceGTA 2’srelease.GTA 3came to PC eight months after it was released on consoles,GTA 4took seven months, andGTA 5took over a year. If the next game in the franchise follows the same pattern, thenfans wouldn’t expectGTA 6to arrive on PC until at least 2027 or 2028.
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The appearance of “Americas” on the new anti-cheatGTA Onlineupdate may imply thatthe wait for a PC port will actually be shorter.It’s also likely that when it does release,GTA 6and its presumed online components will be partnered with BattlEye to provide anti-cheat protection and hopefully address the issue before it even has a chance to start.
Rumors about the upcomingGTAtitle have been circulating since before the game was even officially announced, includingrumors aboutGTA 6possibly being delayed. Unfortunately, not all news about the upcoming game has been positive:GTA 6is already getting some negative publicityover a payment dispute with its soundtrack artists. Rockstar Games still has some time to make things right with fans, as the game isn’t scheduled to release for another year.GTA 6has no release date yet, but it seems that a PC version may already be in the works.
