Alongside the radio reveal, Rockstar released three official images showing Vice City by day and by night, 42 days from launch.
Sources fr.ign.com · opencritic.com
On October 8, Rockstar did more than unveil its radio stations. According to IGN France, the publisher also released three new official GTA 6 screenshots, "alongside the presentation of a few radio stations". They land 42 days before the November 19 launch.
IGN France describes a "broad look at the game" built around daytime and nighttime life. Each image shows the density of objects GTA 6's assets have led us to expect. In the highway shot, dozens of vehicles go about their business while birds and a plane fly over the scene. The car meet shot highlights impressive lighting, with NPCs mingling with one another.
GameRant, republished by OpenCritic, talks about three "very different" views of Vice City. It recalls that Rockstar has already lifted the veil in recent weeks on the game's wildlife, weather, characters and activities: these images fill out that picture rather than open a new chapter.
The timing is pointed. According to OpenCritic, the screenshots follow the roughly 25-minute gameplay leak Cyberleek posted earlier in the day, which shows Jason and Lucia, and came as Rockstar wanted October 8 centered on its radio stations and the nightlife of its world. We covered that leak and its grey areas in our journal.
Against stolen footage, the publisher answers with what it controls: chosen, lit views with no ambiguity about what it wants to show. The sources we read specify neither the platform nor the capture conditions, so that question stays open.
Nothing changes on the date, the price or the editions: all of that stays as Rockstar already announced, with launch on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The unlock time is still unknown and no PC version is announced. These three images mostly say something about pace: Rockstar feeds the public official material almost every week, and our release page tracks the countdown.
Sources fr.ign.com · opencritic.com
By Solange Rocheval · VI Countdown newsroom, OKALAM Studio