This year's @gamescom had 368,000 attendees, up 3% over 2025.
Gamescom ONL also delivered over 78 million views, up 7.5% over ONL 2025.
Thanks to our incredible team for a great week in Germany!
Rubius has dropped new GTA 6 info in his latest video.
I recommend checking it out because it's super interesting.
Here's a quick summary:
1/ Backflips when jumping into the water are manually controlled in the air, Skate 3-style or like Spider-Man's flips. Multiple ways to jump. The level of detail in animations keeps raising the bar.
2/ You can buy cigarettes and the smoking animation lasts for real (nothing like the quick puff in RDR2). Bonus: smoking fills your Focus meter, the new Dead-Eye.
3/ Interaction menu with ANY NPC on the map, with way more dialogue lines than RDR2. No generic "hello/goodbye," these are gonna be conversations with real depth.
4/ NPC density on the beach is identical to the trailer (yes, the Jason and Lucia scene on the beach lounger is representative of actual gameplay).
5/ Vehicles will work like the horse in RDR2: store heavy weapons and extra outfits, and you can request your car be delivered to your location via app, like in GTA Online.
6/ Full limb dismemberment confirmed, not just heads getting blown off. And you can stuff bodies in the trunk. GTA VI doesn't mess around with the gore.
7/ Pawn shops all over the map to sell stolen goods. Big weapons stay in the car or Ammu-Nation locker, you can only carry 2 at a time. Total immersion.
8/ No kids in the game world. And weapons you drop on the ground stay there physically, no floating, spinning pickups like in the old GTAs.
9/ High-end cars come with GPS: if you steal them, you gotta take 'em to a specific mechanic to remove the tracker. Using Focus before stealing reveals nearby cops and the car's value.
10/ The game has its own TikTok-style social network, and you can literally go hunt down a streamer or influencer on the map who's broadcasting live right then. Rockstar isn't playing around.
11/ Impact physics blend GTA IV and V: the driving weight of GTA IV but without feeling like you're piloting a boat, more reactive, GTA V-style. The combo we've all been begging for. Also, treasures and collectibles hidden on the little map islands.
12/ My take: every leak that drops just confirms this game's gonna carry a whole generation.
82 days to go.
Which of these details has you the most hyped?
RUMOR: PlayStation’s next State of Play is claimed to be coming soon in September🚀
NateTheHate: “Working to confirm the date; but a State of Play in September is looking incredibly likely and soon.”
Which implies they’re coming early in the month rather than near the end.
The chat/comments section is gonna be wild🤣
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PlayStation 5 Pro selling out does not mean players don’t care about physical media movements, nor the discourse and outrage is over🚀
Here’s why you’re seeing PS5 Pro selling out:
✅Price hikes lowered overall PS5 demand
✅GTA 6 will push more interest > sales
✅Supply issues due to memory shortages, and geopolitical led to less overall Sony sales compared to last year
Therefore:
✅Sony is selling out now because they have less supply this year compared to last year.
✅So if GTA VI come out last year, given Sony’s higher supply supply compared to now, you wouldn’t be seeing them selling out
✅You will also see shortages this holiday season, but that’s because they have less supply of consoles than last year to meet the demand, not because they are selling more consoles than last year
Source: @ZhugeEX
So NO DISC 💿 NO BUY and PlayStation Blackout aren’t irrelevant, Sony just doesn’t have enough supply to meet demand.
So keep up the pressure, raise your voices, and keep demanding physical media everywhere, and don’t let anyone demotivate you from your very basic right as a customer💪🏼
How Fuel Works in GTAVI per @TGGonYT;
▪️You need to leave the vehicle to fuel up your vehicle
▪️Press R2 to fill, a full tank takes up to a 10 seconds
▪️There is a full animation scene to this with a countdown on screen.
▪️You need to strategise how to get to locations on fuel. Make sure you’re fully prepared before robbing or going on long trips.
Source: https://t.co/kl500lXPiH
NEW GTA 6 DETAILS:
- Players can buy garages, but cannot purchase safe houses. Rockstar explained that buying safe houses wouldn’t make sense with Jason and Lucia being on the run.
- Driving has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. Rockstar describes it as combining the weight and feel of GTA 4 with the accessibility of GTA 5, with much higher top speeds and major handling differences between vehicles.
- Fuel and EV charging are fully implemented. Gas-powered vehicles need to be refueled, while electric vehicles need to be recharged. Refueling takes around 10 seconds in the build TGG saw, with Rockstar intentionally keeping the process quick.
- High-end stolen vehicles can have advanced trackers that force you to keep driving at high speed. Slow down for too long and the tracker can ping police with your location.
- Vehicles have different storage capacities for robbery loot. Motorcycles offer very limited storage, while cars and larger vehicles like vans can carry multiple duffel bags.
- GTA 6 features a Burnout-style crash camera during major high-speed collisions. The feature can be disabled in the settings.
- Some expensive vehicles cannot be hotwired. You can smash the window and enter the car, but you may still need a key cloner before the engine can be started.
- Vehicle theft tools aren’t all available from the beginning. Equipment such as key cloners can be unlocked by completing activities for vehicle fences.
- Mod shops have different specialties, meaning no single shop offers every vehicle modification. Certain builds and unique modifications require visiting specific shops around Leonida.
- Fast cars have higher top speeds than GTA 5, while different drivetrains, tires, suspension and steering significantly affect how vehicles handle.
- Traffic density is much higher and roads are narrower than GTA 5, making driving through busy areas more challenging.
- High-end sports cars can perform poorly off-road, making vehicle choice and off-road tuning more important depending on where you’re driving.
- Nitrous is available in GTA 6 and can be used during driving and racing.
- The Waink app lets you scan vehicles to see their security, required theft tool, tracker level, resale value and cost to register them as your own.
- Vehicle trackers have different levels. As you progress with vehicle fences, they can remove increasingly advanced trackers from stolen cars.
- Players can store stolen vehicles inside purchased garages even before registering them, allowing valuable cars to be kept until their trackers can eventually be removed.
- Pay ‘n’ Spray returns, allowing basic repairs and resprays that can also help change the vehicle description known to police.
- Carjacking now involves a quick-time interaction. Passengers can also fight back and attempt to pull you out of the vehicle instead of simply sitting there.
- If police know your personal vehicle was involved in a crime, they can remain around it after you escape. Leave it for too long and the vehicle can be impounded, requiring you to pay for it or steal it back.
- Destroyed personal vehicles can be recovered through Scooter Brothers for a fee.
- Vehicle destruction has a greater impact on driving than GTA 5. Damaged or missing tires can cause vehicles to lose control or flip much more easily.
(Via TGG)
Thank you to Rockstar Games for sending me this gift.
I believe this is 1 of 4 ever created, and possibly the first ever piece of official Grand Theft Auto VI merch? This will be in my video background for years to come.
A look at the exclusive gift Rockstar sent to select creators and media outlets, who had the opportunity to preview GTA 6.
It’s a VI logo lamp, and it looks incredible.
(via El Rubius)
RUMOUR: PlayStation is reportedly considering delaying its digital-only future.
Sony is said to be rethinking its plans as Microsoft reportedly moves in the opposite direction with its next-gen Xbox strategy.
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Rockstar says every room in Grand Theft Auto VI has been hand-crafted.
"Every room in the game, somebody thought about this. Who’s sitting where, what they’re drinking, the marks that are left on the table. The pictures on the wall [...] That whole thing has been made [...] and placed in this random room."
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Kinda Funny Preview for GTAVI:
▪️ Shown on PS5 dev kit, but Rockstar says they're "happy" with how it runs on Xbox too. Not ready to talk PS5 Pro enhancements just yet.
▪️In a world random event cops are searching for "a furry in the area" in the middle of the night and telling residents to stay indoors.
▪️Huge focus on enterable buildings, not everything in the world is enterable, but way more than before. NPC density is high and the world feels natural. Appearances aren't randomized, they reflect who the character is.
▪️Car culture is a MASSIVE focus. Customization depth like a full driving game.
▪️ TV isn't just ads, they saw a soap opera and a Family Guy like cartoon where every character looks like a dick. Rockstar hired animators to make full episodes.
▪️ Rockstar knows some players struggled with RDR2's slower pace. They nailed some role-play elements they want to keep, but say GTAVI needs its own rhythm.
Source: https://t.co/90Jq4KHSr4
Rockstar devs says that they planned for realism in GTA 6 to go much further in the Red Dead 2 direction, where something like buying groceries was a required mechanic at a point.
This was pulled back because GTA is faster paced. you can still buy groceries but its all optional
REPORT: PlayStation is claimed to be considering delaying their digital-only future because XBOX is willing to go physical next generation🚀
✅Microsoft is allegedly telling publishers its next console, Project Helix will be entirely physical and will allow users to convert physical games into digital copies.
✅Sony reportedly realized that forcing a digital-only approach leaves a massive opening for competitors to capitalize on consumer demand for physical games.
✅A major unnamed game publisher (confirmed not to be Rockstar) reportedly threatened to skip PlayStation and release their massive upcoming title only on XBOX and Nintendo if Sony couldn't guarantee a physical release.
Source: Rumors gathered from Gamescom show floor, shared through Eurogamer Spain podcast via @MPFirst
Keep up the pressure! We can win this!💪🏼
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