Rockstar: GTA 6 engine will let future entries ship faster

Rockstar developers told Bloomberg that the engine, tools and team built for GTA 6 will speed up future games in the series. Veteran Phil Hooker spent two hours sidetracked by NPC encounters instead of starting a story mission.

• Rockstar says future GTA games won't take 8+ years to develop
• A dedicated Los Angeles studio was built just for NPC creation
• Hooker spent two hours away from a story mission due to NPCs
• GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S