The official Goodyear Blimp Instagram account posted "Vice City, Leonida, USA" with a GTA 6 hashtag, DL Gaming reports; nothing points to a Rockstar partnership.
Sources dlgaming.fr
America's best-known blimp just spoke Leonida. According to DL Gaming, the verified @goodyearblimp Instagram account posted a very short message: "Vice City, Leonida, USA", with beach and crocodile emojis and the GTA 6 hashtag.
Nothing more than that fictional location, per DL Gaming. No game footage, no date, no mention of Rockstar Games. The French outlet describes a wink that reuses the names used to present GTA 6's setting: Leonida for the state, Vice City for its big city inspired by Miami.
The emojis matter. The crocodile points to Florida's swamps and wildlife, which Leonida has put forward since the first trailers. Fans recognise that code instantly, even those who never played a GTA.
No source says so. DL Gaming itself notes it remains to be seen whether the wink stays on social media or is part of something larger. For now it is a brand riding the wait, like the White House joking about flying cars. Rockstar has announced nothing with Goodyear.
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Because release is near: November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with preloading from November 12. Cities are jumping in too, as with the Miami Beach vote on promoting the game. When a brand as established as Goodyear joins in, GTA 6 has become a cultural landmark well beyond gaming. The countdown lives on the release page.
Nothing for the game, everything for the mood. No new fact about GTA 6 comes out of this post, but it shows Rockstar's vocabulary, Vice City and Leonida, now travels outside gamer circles. We will see whether other brands follow before launch.
Sources dlgaming.fr
By Lara Rivolet · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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