The “Grand Theft Auto” series can be said to be one of the most representative series of Rockstar Games. The last new work of this series, “Grand Theft Auto 5”, first appeared on the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms in 2013. And in the years after that, PS4, Xbox One and PC versions have been launched, and in 2022, 9 years later, this work has even released the next-generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. But at the same time, many players are still eagerly waiting for the arrival of the new series “Grand Theft Auto 6”, and new rumors appear almost every few weeks. Rockstar Games has officially confirmed that they will gradually put more resources into the development plan of this new work.
In many ways, Grand Theft Auto 5 is Rockstar Games’ most successful game to date, selling an astounding 165 million copies worldwide since its inception, making it the second best-selling game of all time, Second only to “Being a God of Creation”. One of the biggest contributors to the success of this game on this scale is of course “Grand Theft Auto: Online Mode”, which is still in stable update. In the years following the game’s release, Rockstar Games was rumored to have scrapped plans to create a single-player DLC for Grand Theft Auto 5 and put a lot of resources into the development of the online mode, even after After launching “Blood 2” and its online mode, the game team still did not slow down the development of “Grand Theft Auto: Online”. According to a newly released official statement, Rockstar will adopt a similar approach for “Grand Theft Auto 6”, transferring resources to this new work.
Under the expectations of players around the world, Rockstar Games finally announced on February 4, 2022 with a statement that a new “Grand Theft Auto” series is being planned, although the team did not make it clear It is pointed out that this is the rumored “Grand Theft Auto 6”, but this still detonated a lot of topics among players around the world. As for whether “Grand Theft Auto 6” can continue the success of the previous game, this is of course a question that players and development teams are quite worried about, but it is certain that the development of “Grand Theft Auto 6” is likely to The development of the online mode of Blood Rage 2 has had some impacts.
Just last week, Rockstar Games released an updated statement focused on the future of the GTA franchise and the online community for Blood Rush 2.
“Over the past few years, we’ve been fairly steady to start pouring more development resources into the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, and now we know better than ever. Exceeding player expectations is how important it is, and to make this new game the best it can be, we had to make some changes to the support of Blood Rage 2’s online mode,” Rockstar Games wrote.
But it is worth noting that Rockstar Games also emphasized that this does not mean that they will completely stop supporting the online mode of “Blood Killer 2”, but continue to steadily introduce unique modes, seasonal events and improvements, and new contract missions. and community updates. In short, the game team seems to intend to make the next update mode more fixed, thereby reducing the investment of related resources and larger-scale updates. However, for players who have often complained about the game’s lack of major Grand Theft Auto: Online-style updates, it looks like it will continue to do so for years to come.
For players who love the online mode of “Blood Killing 2”, this may be a somewhat unfortunate development, and some players even held an “online funeral” for “Blood Killing 2” together in the game. However, seeing the development of GTA 6 progress is still something that more players would love to see. Due to the success of Grand Theft Auto V and the anticipation of Grand Theft Auto VI by players around the world, Rockstar Games will have to work even harder to craft the sequel to this legendary sequel.
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On the other hand, in addition to the suspension of the online mode of “Blood Killer 2”, related rumors also pointed out that Rockstar Games also shelved plans for the remake of “Grand Theft Auto 4” and the original “Blood Killer”. But the game team did not respond to this rumor.
As for “Grand Theft Auto 6” itself, there are still many mysteries around it, and related rumors suggest that Rockstar Games is expected to officially reveal the true face of this mysterious new work to players within this year, and it will be released in 2024. However, the rumors related to this new work can be said to be a new version every few weeks. Therefore, in addition to the official public information, players are not surprised by any rumors or “outflow news”. .