Another week, another Grand Theft Auto rumor.
The internet is constantly abuzz with speculation about Grand Theft Auto 6, despite the game still not being officially announced. It might be the most anticipated game of all time, but we don’t even know for sure that it will ever exist.
This latest rumor might have some legs, though. Recent research may have uncovered a clue as to the next game’s setting. That would be good news for fans of a certain PS2 classic, but people might want to pump the brakes before the train hype doesn’t go too far.
The new theory aptly comes from the ‘GTA 6 News’ Twitter account, which tracks rumors about the game. The Twitter user discovered a mysterious new website while searching the publisher’s current domain listing Take-Two Interactive: rockstarcartel.com. It appears the website was registered in 2002, but received an update last week on Monday April 12th.
A tweet from Twitter user GTA 6 News.
Here’s where the conclusion comes in. The word “cartel” has led some to believe that this could be confirmation that GTA 6 has returned to Vice City. The fictional city is an alternate version of Miami, which was once considered the drug capital of the world due to cartel wars. Vice City has long been one of the rumored settings for the next game, leading some to believe it can’t be a coincidence.
To add some fuel to this fire, the estate was oddly first registered months before Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released in 2002. The hope here is that history might repeat itself and the site could be reserved for a new game.
As with any rumor like this, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up. Domain digs like this happen quite frequently and don’t always result in a big reveal. In February, Nintendo fans discovered that waluigi.com had been updated right before the next Super Smash Bros. character. This sparked a seemingly unimpeachable theory that Waluigi would be the next fighting game character. This rumor ultimately had no truth.
A nightclub in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
“Rockstar Cartel” is also too vague a phrase to really do much. While this may be a reference to Vice City, drug cartels don’t just exist in Miami. Since most Rockstar games deal with the criminal underworld, this could refer to any number of projects. It could be something reserved for a Grand Theft Auto Online update or even something leftover like a new Max Payne game.
The most alluring explanation, however, would be that it’s related to GTA 6 and that the ‘Project Americas’ leaks are true. Unconfirmed reports claim that the game will take place in several different cities, including Vice City and undisclosed South American cities, all involved in a drug cartel. It goes without saying that everything can be linked.
There’s always a chance the answer will be even more boring than that. “Cartels” could just be a vague branding for a new Rockstar social program. Even more realistically, it could just be that Take-Two routinely updates its domains and does a quick page update in the process.
Of course, we can still dream. While there’s no official word on when we might see GTA 6, it’s hard to imagine that won’t happen. The franchise is a cash cow for Rockstar and it’s only a matter of time until news breaks about it. Until then, it’s become a harmless treasure hunt for hungry fans. We can only play GTA V for so much longer, so we need a way to fill the time.
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