Every change, on the record: what was confirmed, what was capped, what grew. The log is written automatically from the data itself — it can't lie.
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Analyst Michael Pachter (Wedbush), in a TV interview on BBC, placed the PC version of GTA 6 around May 2027 — about two months later than GamesBeat's January-March 2027 window, without explaining his methodology. Recorded as a weaker, conflicting second estimate — the claim's Solid ceiling does not change.
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-319 (Solid, creator/journalistic report TalkEsport on a USPTO filing on 28/10) — 16 applications for “Vice City”, “Vice City Leonida”, “GTA”, “Rockstar Games”, mostly merchandise classes (clothing, bags, sunglasses, jewelry). No new game content announcement — purely administrative filing. No nea article (editorial call: insufficient narrative value for a standalone article).
Enrichment of c-309 (same label confirmed) — Aaron Garbut confirmed the gag with the dog-bread comes from a real reaction mechanism to stench/filth across all of Leonida. n-111 expanded with a 3rd paragraph.
SHIFT c-299 (Solid→Confirmed, official_statement — Rockstar Newswire 29/10): correction of track count 50→30, addition of physical CD/vinyl editions and the “adaptive score” description. song-48 “Pusher” label reliable→confirmed. CORRECTION n-108 (title/body/badge warn→ok).
New claims c-313 (fuel/engine, Solid), c-314 (WAINK fence app, Solid, systems:theft), c-315 (Scooter Bros app, Solid, systems:phone), c-316 (Heat system, Solid, systems:wanted), c-317 (Rumor: 201 missions, unconfirmed X leak), c-318 (role/RPG depth, Confirmed — quotes from Garbut+Nelson, systems:activities). SHIFT c-302 (reliable→confirmed, quotes from Phil Hooker + Rob Nelson). SHIFT c-308 (reliable→confirmed, quote from Rob Nelson about the Bond). n-110 expanded with a 5th and 6th paragraph.
Phil Hooker: buses/trains genuinely functional, tested route-by-route. Rob Nelson: GTA 5's day-night cycle “felt too fast” in GTA 6's analysis.
Solid 29.10 → Confirmed 30.10 · the receipt →
Rob Nelson: the Jason-Lucia Bond has four levels of closeness — it rises through shared activities, but “it's up to you to keep it or lose it”.
Solid 29.10 → Confirmed 30.10 · the receipt →
+7 claims — 319 total →
New claims c-310 (Garbut — map/discoveries/interior narrative, Confirmed), c-311 (natural gate in the main story, Solid, journalistic description without an executive statement), c-312 (Rob Nelson — crime-abandonment theme, Confirmed). Enrichment of c-201 (CORRECTION, same label — storms/boats/aircraft/passersby). Enrichment of c-055 (CORRECTION, same label — three Criminal Profile approaches). n-110 expanded with a 4th paragraph. Second pass on the same print-exclusive — coverage was fragmented across Insider Gaming/GamesRadar beyond this morning's VICE/PC Gamer.
SHIFT c-169 (text/evidence_el updated, same label reliable, new label_history entry) — resolves 9-day watch-calendar debt. New article n-112.
New claim c-309 (Confirmed, official_footage_explicit). New article n-111.
CORRECTION c-029 (new map-comparison measure + Garbut quote). New claims c-302-c-308 (world/NPC/police/bond, Solid, Edge #430 via VICE/PC Gamer). CORRECTION c-055 (naming of the Professional/Irredeemable scale, response u-profile-2). New article n-110. systems.json: wanted/theft/bond facts updated.
Rockstar officially confirmed Justice's “Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score” — 30 tracks, releasing 11 December on streaming, CD and vinyl, after the game itself.
Solid 28.10 → Confirmed 29.10 · the receipt →
+11 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-300 (The Read — Circana: 29% purchase intent, a record for the firm). New claim c-301 (Rumor, community — fan photos show the fictional brands Dix/Juice Loose/Macca & Friends as real billboards in 4 cities, no official confirmation). New article n-109 (bundling both). Watch-calendar updated with the new detail (Weazel easter egg).
New claim c-299 (Solid — an Apple Music NZ listing revealed that Justice's “Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score” is a separate release from “The Album”, 50 tracks, 11/12). New song song-48 “Pusher” (Justice feat. Gesaffelstein, Solid, live on Spotify). New article n-108.
New claim c-298 (Solid — Miami coffee shop Vice City Bean released limited “Leonida” coffee inspired by GTA 6, its own collaboration). Enrichment of c-288 (CORRECTION, same Rumor label): the first review copies are going out to outlets with a unique watermark per critic per Tom Henderson/ManaByte — an update on the already-known review embargo thread, not a new development. New article n-107 (bundle of both).
+4 claims — 319 total →
+1 songs — 48 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
New claims c-295 (Solid — Edge magazine cover story, Rockstar North access, issue #430 on 29/10), c-296 (Rumor — datamining account reports 210GB on PS5, no official confirmation) and c-297 (Solid — Rockstar workers in the UK vote on IWGB recognition 12-26/11, a period that covers the release). New article n-106 (bundle of the three). watch-calendar: updated the 29/10 row (Edge confirms the Thursday pattern) + new row 12-26/11 (IWGB vote).
New claims c-293 (The Read — BambooHR, 9%-17% increase in leave requests for 19/11) and c-294 (Solid — Billboard, “Flower in a Hurricane” No.62 Hot 100), article n-105. song-47 enriched with the chart milestone.
+5 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-292, article n-104: pitchside LED ads at Camp Nou (25/10), ~650 million TV viewers — the campaign's first appearance at a European football stadium.
New article n-103, tied to existing c-024 (Manni L. Perez) — no new confirmation evidence, just an anecdotal event with an alleged cause being the actors' NDA until 19/11.
New claim c-291, article n-102: free tickets “courtesy of Rockstar Games” for BAYO (10th anniversary, Michaël Brun), three days after launch. Watch-calendar updated.
+2 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-290: sponsor spot on Druski's “Coulda Been Records” (with Ali G) — an unusual marketing move (GTA BOOM, 25/10).
Enrichment c-282: Mat Piscatella (Circana) disputed the Bloomberg attribution — says Marvel's Wolverine was the main reason, citing a 27% drop in Xbox Series sales the same month (GTA BOOM, 25/10).
New claim c-289: the Skinny Louie chain is converting ALL of its Florida locations into Burger Shot pop-ups (early November-31/12), beyond the single Kaseya Center stand (c-280) — new article n-101.
Update to c-280 (already Burger Shot): a real Cluckin' Bell ALSO opened inside the arena, with a Macca & Friends mural and prices (Beebom/VGC/GameSpot, 23-24/10).
New claim c-288 (Rumor, leak via Notebookcheck) about a leaked review embargo on 18/11 — line added to the watch-calendar, no official Rockstar statement.
+3 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
New claims c-285 (Phil Hooker, “dark period”) and c-286 (Rob Nelson, weapon wheel) enrich the c-243–c-252 bundle — new article n-100.
New claim c-287 (confirmed) for the parody poster outside Jack of Hearts (pin-20) — new article n-099.
+3 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-284 (Solid, creator/public documents) — $650,000 convert the W South Beach hotel into the Y Hotel, a Vice Beach sign at Lummus Park, pink Muscle Beach; permits still pending. New article n-098.
New claim c-283 (Rumor, leak) — an unconfirmed leak-account report (20/10) says Rockstar first offered Daft Punk the score with an unlimited budget. No confirmation from Rockstar/Daft Punk/Justice. New article n-097.
+2 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-282 (The Read, analyst) — Circana data via Bloomberg show a 22% rise in PS5 units (+43% revenue) in September, attributed to GTA 6 anticipation. Linked to the same article n-096.
New claim c-281 (Solid, creator) — the first TV spot (NBC Sports, 20/10) uses the Launch Trailer without the shower scenes and without any Xbox mention/logo, closing only with PlayStation. New article n-096.
New claim c-280 (Solid, creator) — Kaseya Center's burger stand was renamed after the GTA fast food chain, with Vice City posters inside the arena, ahead of the “Vice City Heat” game (18/11, #c-212). New article n-095.
n-093 (21/10) describes the shoot in Miami without its own claim id — a reference to #c-279, created today, has been added.
New claim c-279 (Rumor, creator) — a film crew on a closed road near Bayside Marketplace, with cars that are lookalikes of GTA 6 vehicles. The event had already been described in prose in n-093 (21/10) without its own claim — it was the independent reviewer's “MISSED” for the 21/10 21:00 cycle (§0.9). n-093 has been updated with the link.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-278 (Solid, creator) — Graham Simmon told Kotaku that he was fired from a marketing company after a viral TikTok with loungers/umbrellas from the Miami Beach campaign (#c-179). Part of n-094.
New claim c-277 (The Read, analyst) — Xbox sent a trade-in email (up to $375 at Best Buy) to inactive users; HotHardware journalistically links the timing to console demand due to GTA 6, without an official Xbox/Microsoft statement. This was the 'MISSED' of the 21/10 09:00 cycle (§0.9) — being graded now. New article n-094.
New claim c-276 (The Read, analyst) — a Pompeu Fabra economist estimates ~$1B in lost productivity from ~1.5M workers taking the day off on 19/11. He himself calls it “an academic projection, not an official forecast”.
Update to c-108 — the Sensor Tower estimate rose from ~6.08 million/$594 million (14/10) to ~6.45 million/$630 million (20/10), same ~74% PS5 split. It remains a third-party estimate, not official Take-Two data.
Enrichment of c-183 — new video shows professional filming (camera, drone, closed road) on the already-known GTA-car convoy in Miami. The press is talking about a possible live-action trailer, explicitly as speculation — no Rockstar confirmation. Part of n-093.
Enrichment of c-124 — Jason Schreier gave concrete numbers behind the already-Confirmed “the team doubled”: ~2,400 → ~4,700 employees (2018-2026), art team 5-6 → 65 people. New article n-093 (along with the Miami finding below). Same recovery note as c-275.
New claim c-275 (Solid, creator) — Pißwasser, Patriot, and “No Mames Vice City” were approved by the US TTB, manufacturer Tripping Animals Brewing (Doral, Florida). New article n-092. Note: finding originally detected in the 20/10 21:00 cycle but had never made it into data/ (see digest 21/10, section c) — written now.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
The stat field of videos.json (t3) said “premiere 15/11/2026” — inconsistent with the date field (2026-10-15) and with the text itself (“one month before release”). Corrected to 15/10/2026.
New claim c-274 (Solid, creator) — the launch trailer surpassed 51 million views on Rockstar's official YouTube channel within 4 days, more than the 13-year total of the GTA V trailer. New article n-091.
Enrichment of c-137 (already Confirmed since 28/8) — Aaron Garbut gave a specific percentage: Vice City's streets are about 15% narrower than GTA V's.
New claim c-273 (Solid, creator) — Jason Schreier revealed that Rockstar tested dozens of alternatives to the weapon wheel before settling back on it; the friction led designers to resign (2019-2022). New article n-090.
+2 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-272 (Solid, creator) — Jason Schreier revealed in a video that the prototype of the “Greet or Antagonize” (L2/LT) mechanic was built in 2014 by Mark Tennant, before Red Dead Redemption 2 itself.
Enrichment of c-171 (Day 7, 16/10): an exchange of messages between HR director Julie Stephen and the anonymous whistleblower — they requested an hour's leave after collecting screenshots from the union Discord, Stephen replied “no worries”. The IWGB presented it as a reward.
Enrichment of c-256: the NOOSE Tactical Response Unit (GTA IV/V) appears in a chase scene in the Launch Trailer — SEEN, does not answer u-wanted-2.
retail.json was updated after 48 days (checked: 2026-09-01 → 2026-10-19). Small price changes (BUYBEST.GR €76.50→€75.50, Astrongameclub €79.50→€78.90), same 8 stores.
New claim c-271 (Solid, retailer_listing) — the white edition appeared on Public (€84.90) and Kotsovolos (€84.99), closing the open gap from 10/9. c-164 was enriched, retail.json was updated (weekly sweep 19/10).
+2 claims — 319 total →
New claim c-270 (Solid) — TheGamer, based on reporting by Chris Kerr at Vertical Slice: a Rockstar HR executive is alleged to have offered a day off to an employee in exchange for monitoring the union's Discord. New article n-089.
New claim c-269 (Solid) — GTA BOOM + independent confirmation from the Australian Classification Board. New article n-087 (together with the enrichment of c-256).
c-256 was enriched with the “North Fort Law” easter egg (TheGamer). New article n-087.
c-226 was enriched with new bond activities from the Bloomberg hands-on demo (see c-267).
New claim c-267 (Confirmed) — Rob Nelson, Bloomberg “Behind the Scenes”. New article n-086. Enrichment of c-226 (Jason-Lucia bond: gym/kiss/hand-holding).
New claim c-266 (Confirmed) — PS5 system notification. New article n-088.
c-183 was enriched with photos/videos of real-life GTA VI-style cars (Lamborghini Huracán, Corvette, McLaren, Coquette/Cheetah/Tempesta/Manana) at a gas station in Miami, part of the Welcome to Vice City campaign.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+4 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-265 (Solid) — official White House social media account. New article n-085.
New claim c-264 (The Read) — statement by Tyler Bahl to The Game Business. New article n-084.
c-256 enriched with the in-game cryptocurrency easter egg that appears on a stunt plane in the trailer, plus a scam-watch note about the real Solana memecoin that copied the name.
c-256 expanded with Digital Foundry analysis: the RAGE engine's long-standing animation rate flaw (dating back to GTA IV) is absent from the Launch Trailer.
New claim c-263 — Rockstar's former writer/co-founder hasn't even seen An Extended Look, so as not to be creatively influenced on his own open-world games. New article n-083.
c-218 expanded — same event regarding the policy of avoiding satire of specific people/events, with the two most frequently asked examples.
+3 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-262 — ground-based arm of the Welcome to Vice City campaign, tied to the zeppelin (c-259) and the banners. New article n-082.
c-259 enriched + new watch-calendar line (Homestead-Miami Speedway, FanBuzz) — strategic advertising, not an official NASCAR/Rockstar partnership.
c-256 enriched with SEEN-explicit detail from a second pass of analysis (Digital Foundry/GamingBolt) — explicit distinction from a permanent destructibility system (unconfirmed). Closes the reviewer's MISSED (missed-latest.json, 15:00).
c-171 enriched with Jennifer Kolbe's testimony (claim about Houser's shouting outbursts, denial of knowledge of the Discord, reiteration of the anti-crunch commitment) — new article n-081.
watch-calendar updated: 10 December 2026, Peacock Theater, Los Angeles. Answers a recurring “What I need” request from 15/10 (exact date for c-258).
New claim c-261 — South Korea's GCRB gave GTA 6 the “Not suitable for minors” (18+) rating on 16/10, the same level as ESRB/PEGI/ACB. New claim because it's a different regulatory body than the already Confirmed c-027.
c-256 enriched: the trailer's narrator is Jeff Berlin (Rockstar's trailer voice from GTA III to GTA V) · Lucia appears with an electronic monitoring anklet in the shower scene (indication of a suspended sentence) · Jason's tattoo reads the word Marauder, a possible reference to a real military unit (INTERPRETATION).
The short text of c-257 only mentioned Justice and the score — the collaboration with Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on the same song already existed in evidence_el and in songs.json but not in text. Fixed so the short summary doesn't leave out the detail — the independent “what we missed” reviewer from 16/10 09:00 had flagged it as MISSED×3, incorrectly (the information already existed, just not in the first field it looked at).
c-256 enriched: Jason's T-shirt references the North Fort Law base from the first Grand Theft Auto (1997) — a 29-year callback in the franchise.
New claims c-259 (a Goodyear zeppelin with Vice City branding, Ohio→Florida→Miami) and c-260 (G2A reports record sales of PlayStation vouchers, 65x traffic, most-wishlisted product in 45 countries). New article n-079.
c-237 was enriched (same Solid label): a photo comparison shows that two weapons were removed from the GTA VI banner at Mercuriales — Lucia's pistol and an automatic weapon. No official explanation yet.
c-171 was enriched (same label Solid) with a Day 6 addition: licensing lead Jennifer Kolbe described an “unprecedented situation” and called the informants “whistleblowers” (not moles). 16/10 was the last scheduled day of testimony before the closing arguments on 17-18/11. New article n-080.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+4 articles — 113 total →
New videos.json entry (t3, Launch Trailer): Jason and Lucia reconnect before “an easy job goes wrong”. New claims c-256/c-257, new song song-47 (Justice feat. Tame Impala/SZA/King Gizzard — “Flower in a Hurricane”), 3 new official images tied to the Jason/Lucia cards, new article n-078.
c-171 was enriched (same label, Solid) with Day 6 (15/10): the claimants' lawyer directly raised the claim of “pretext” (IWGB's proximity to the recognition threshold), Spampinato denied it as “completely untrue”/“absurd” — and former employees held a rally outside the courthouse.
c-239 was updated (same label Rumor) with the closing of the wave: memecoin failure ($1.03 million instead of $30 million), 200GB+ build claim, Lucia appearance clip, and automatic-spoiler mechanism. New article n-077.
c-251 was enriched (same label Confirmed) with the second Kolbe statement from the same Bloomberg feature: time off/extra pay for overtime, but an explicit admission that it wasn't perfect.
+3 claims — 319 total →
+1 songs — 48 total →
+3 official images — 276 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
c-108 updated (same label The Read) — the Sensor Tower estimate rose from ~4.77 million (31/8) to ~6.08 million (14/10), ~$594 million revenue, 74% PS5/26% Xbox.
c-171 (same label Solid) was expanded with Day 5 (14/10): HR vice president Robert Spampinato explicitly denied monitoring union membership; 722 Discord messages/109 threads as the basis for the charges; the hearing was extended from 15-16/10 to two additional days on 17-18 November — one day before launch. New article n-076. watch-calendar updated.
Second pass on the same Schreier feature (see morning milestone): c-253 (Solid) — Rockstar nearly doubled its headcount (2,441→4,711, 12 offices) during development; c-254 (Solid, ties to the “Body” system) — character sweat system based on physical effort; c-255 (Confirmed, official_statement) — Jennifer Kolbe states that staff will get a union if they want it, weekly meetings since the summer. n-075 was enriched with a 6th paragraph.
The feature “The Making of Grand Theft Auto VI” (Jason Schreier, Bloomberg Businessweek) was published — Rockstar's first open interview. New claims: Project Americas / original scale (c-243, Solid) · next game won't take 8 years (c-244) · Los Angeles NPC office & “scary” projections (c-245, tied to c-125) · cut realistic purchasing system (c-246) · “never fully locked” (c-247) · Zelnick's reaction to the delays (c-248) · the pain of the 2022 leak (c-249) · denial of the $1.5 billion cost (c-250) · vow against crunch after RDR2 (c-251) · online portion ~2027 (c-252, Solid). n-075 was fully rewritten (from “Watching” to “Official”). watch-calendar: 2 lines updated (Schreier/closed, GTA Online timeline). guides-deps.json g-online-money updated with the new data point.
New article n-075 (Watching badge, no claim): Jason Schreier announced a cover feature on GTA 6 expected today. Line added to watch-calendar for a recheck in the same/next cycle.
New claim c-242 (Solid, creator): free admission for Miami-Dade residents to the Wynwood Walls mural museum (13/10/2026-2028) + “The Art of Vice City” collection. Tied to the existing pin-22 (Stockyard). New article n-074.
+14 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-241 (Confirmed, official_statement): Take-Two's last earnings call before launch will be on Monday 9/11/2026. Replaces the earlier third-party estimate on the watch-calendar. New article n-073.
c-034 moves up from Rumor to Solid: GamesBeat writes, citing four anonymous sources, that PC is coming in the first quarter of 2027 — replaces the older estimate of “late 2027/early 2028” that was based solely on history. New article n-073.
Update to c-239 — it's reported that the value of $CYBERLEEK collapsed after the “nude Lucia” clip. No ceiling change (Rumor).
c-169: Miami-Dade commissioners push back, 20/10 vote could cancel the MIA/Metromover piece. c-179: the Miami Beach deal remains unsigned, 15/10 will be delayed. New article n-072.
Rupert Humphries (SVP of narrative) expands on the same quote from LOVE Magazine #27: the American Dream in GTA 6 is more moderate today but still out of reach for the average person. New claim c-240.
The PC version is expected in the first quarter of 2027 — a much shorter window than the 19 months GTA V took.
Rumor 08.08 → Solid 13.10 · the receipt →
+2 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
An anonymous leaker threatens to publish a “full version” of GTA 6 unless Take-Two brings back physical discs, issues an apology, and a new memecoin reaches $30 million — no confirmation, files circulating as “the build” are linked to malware. New claim c-239 (Rumor, scam-watch), SPLIT from the debunked c-095 from August.
+1 claims — 319 total →
Actor Brett Gipson (Sabretooth in “Marvel's Wolverine”) lists a role “Ellis” in GTA 6 on his résumé (Actors Access) — no Rockstar confirmation. New claim c-238 (Rumor).
+1 claims — 319 total →
Massive ~175m ad on the Mercuriales towers, Porte de Bagnolet — now confirmed by French journalism (not just a fan site). New claim c-237, new article n-071; correction to the aside of c-223.
Arion Kurtaj (Lapsus$) goes to trial at Woolwich Crown Court on 9/11, ten days before release — new claim c-236, new article n-070.
+2 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
Nintendo of America president Devon Pritchard was asked whether GTA 6 will come to Switch 2: “that's a conversation for Take-Two and Rockstar”. Neither confirmation nor denial — no change to the announced platforms (PS5/Xbox Series X|S only).
Cross-examination moves to Rockstar's own witnesses. Charlie Kinloch (HR) admitted a contradiction over whether he knew which employees were IWGB members, said he had “little interest” in the matter, and it was revealed he had flagged employees' contact with journalists (Schreier/MacDonald) as a security issue. New article n-069.
An official highway sign in a new screenshot (c-234) names the “Vice City Oceanarium” next to Downtown — new pin-25 (region, needs_placement, the exact location cannot yet be triangulated from a single shot).
After the six singles on 17/9, two more songs were released for streaming on 8/10: “Don't Chart” (Cardi B) and “Suzuki” (Fuerza Regida) — preceded by a Spotify leak on 7/10. New claim c-235 (reliable, via music press — no primary Rockstar/Atlantic release found yet). New songs songs.json song-45/song-46. New article n-068.
The press reported on 8/10 three new official screenshots (Ocean View Hotel night/rain, highway/Vice City Oceanarium, car meet at Conch King) that the scanning engine did not find on rockstargames.com/VI/media/screenshots. They were spotted and verified directly in the same static asset bundle of the new music page (rockstargames.com/VI/music) — same domain, primary URL. New claim c-234 (confirmed). Three new images in images.json/gallery. New article n-067.
+2 claims — 319 total →
+2 songs — 48 total →
+1 map points — 25 total →
+3 official images — 276 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
Rockstar opened rockstargames.com/VI/music with previews of six radio stations: Cocoteo FM, Back Country Radio, AfroBank FM, The Chamber 106.6, Flash FM, Dirty South Classics — with real artists (Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen, Lana Del Rey, Burna Boy, Kerry King & Tom Araya of Slayer, Trick Daddy, Trina and others) as on-air hosts. New claim c-232 (confirmed) with the 18 confirmed songs (song-27 through song-44). Second claim c-233 (reliable, via IGN) for a new feature: radio/podcasts outside the vehicle via headphones/phone, a first for the series — tied to the Phone system. New article n-066.
Verified directly against the original transcript (IGN, “GTA 6: The Big Interview”): two more excerpts from Rob Nelson that weren't logged yesterday: c-230 (the Jason-Lucia relationship is fully optional — the campaign alone isn't enough to “make it work”), c-231 (mission design deliberately opens up multiple routes, e.g. the chase with Raul). New article n-065. Two secondary signals from today (a mission pitch with a tiger from a former developer; contradictory reporting about a nudity scene) were checked and did NOT become claims — insufficient/contradictory documentation.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+18 songs — 48 total →
+1 official images — 276 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
IGN published the full transcript of the July demo at Rockstar North (“GTA 6: The Big Interview”, Rachel Weber) — the same demo that gave the first impressions in August. New claims: c-226 (full list of relationship activities, answers u-activities-3), c-227 (NPCs realize eavesdropping/stalking), c-228 (Focus also works as Eagle Eye outside combat), c-229 (wildlife study as a collectible, separate from hunting). New article n-064.
New claim c-225 (Solid, retailer_listing): GameStop (US) prices the certified used PS5 Pro above the new one — +55%. A corresponding increase is recorded in Switzerland/Austria/Germany (analytical reporting, not an official source). The connection to GTA 6 demand (19/11) is journalists' speculation, not a GameStop statement — explicitly stated in the evidence_el. No Greek listing yet.
New claim c-224 (Confirmed, official_statement): screenwriter Alexa D'Agostino, in the same excerpt from LOVE #27 as c-219, says that Lucia can stand alongside two iconic Rockstar protagonists — Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2) and Niko Bellic (GTA IV). Enrichment of Lucia's bio (kosmos) and of article n-060.
The “what we missed” test (pulse-missed) flagged 4 seemingly-unrelated stories (VICE, Diario AS, NME, OpenCritic, 5-6/10) about a statement by Alexa D'Agostino that Lucia can “stand tall” alongside Arthur Morgan and Niko Bellic. Checking the primary source (Gameranx) for the existing c-219 showed that the phrase “compared Lucia to Niko, Franklin” was inaccurate — it is not supported anywhere in the source text. Removed. The actual statement (same interview, LOVE #27) was logged as new c-224 with the correct source (Insider Gaming) and the exact translation of the excerpt.
New claim c-223 (Solid, creator): Colossal Media confirmed on Instagram that it's hand-painting a Jason/Lucia mural in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — 22 years after its first campaign for Rockstar (GTA: San Andreas, 2004). Closes the open watch-calendar signal from 2/10. Enrichment of c-217 (Aaron Garbut, Everglades/Beyoncé anecdote, same LOVE #27 interview). New article n-063.
New claim c-222 (Confirmed, partner_official): Xbox's Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball publicly denied on X a report by The Verge that Xbox had exclusive cloud streaming rights for GTA 6 — the game will NOT be streamed exclusively, nor on PC. New article n-062.
+8 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
New claims c-220 (Rupert Humphries explains that Jason's military past isn't a political statement — it's left to the player to judge his motives) and c-221 (Rob Nelson explains the realism/immersion philosophy, prompted by the refueling discussion, c-117) — both Confirmed, official_statement, GamesRadar+ via LOVE #27. Jason bio expanded (characters.json). New article n-061.
Colossal Media confirmed it is painting a new hand-painted GTA 6 mural (Jason and Lucia) at the corner of Wythe Ave & N 11th St in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — the same corner that had the GTA V mural in 2013.
Rumor 02.10 → Solid 06.10 · the receipt →
+2 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
New claims c-216 (8-week development method + writers' room, Rob Nelson/James Horton via Kotaku), c-217 (research in Florida with police/gangs, Aaron Garbut), c-218 (why Rockstar avoids political satire, Rupert Humphries) and c-219 (the inspiration behind Lucia, Alexa D'Agostino) — all Confirmed, official_statement. Lucia bio enriched (characters.json). New article n-060.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-215 (Solid, creator): Sam Houser withdrew from his scheduled interview with GQ citing “personal reasons” — Rob Nelson and Aaron Garbut take over as Rockstar's main spokespeople in interviews. Explains the pattern of recent executive statements (Game Informer, LOVE Magazine). New article n-059.
Additional independent coverage (GameRant) adds to the same removed PEGI page details about the ability to harm pets/animals (less detailed than human injury) and drug use in the company of other characters. Same label (Solid).
Enrichment: Rupert Humphries describes the setting as “excessive wealth and ruthless ambition — fertile ground for outrageous situations”; Lucia is explicitly highlighted as the series' first female lead with her own voice, developed backstory, and a leading role in the dialogue. Same label (Confirmed), additional source beebom.com.
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-214 (Solid, creator — VGC/GamesRadar/EGW.News/RockstarINTEL etc., via screenshots taken before the PEGI page was removed): violence with realistic decapitation/dismemberment, frequent drug use (cocaine), sexual content. Does not replace the already Confirmed c-027 (simple PEGI 18 rating) — it adds detail without live primary confirmation. New article n-058. Monitoring 15:00.
The PlayStation Store Greece now shows the final “PEGI 18” rating (Drugs, Sexual Content, Extreme Violence, Nudity, In-Game Purchases), an upgrade from the “Provisional 18” of 1/10. The ESRB Mature 17+ was already Confirmed. Same label (confirmed), substance change in text/evidence_el.
+2 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
Enrichment of c-183: the pink-and-white neon sign on the roof of the Kaseya Center (installed 22/9) is now lit at night, visible over Biscayne Bay and from approach flights into Miami International Airport. Local Miami press reports it will remain at least through the Heat's 2026-27 season.
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
rockstargames.com/VI now shows a full ESRB Mature rating sign with all content descriptors — exactly the condition the item itself had set on 7/9 for the upgrade. PlayStation.com (English) and the esrb.org/search database are slow to update (uncoordinated channels, not a contradiction). In Europe, PEGI now shows “Provisional 18” on the PlayStation Store Greece, still not final. New article n-055.
New claim c-211 (Solid, creator — Kotaku/Reuters/Dutch police): Pepijn van der Stap, alleged leader of ShinyHunters, was arrested for a data breach that exposed GTA Online financial data. A separate episode from CyberLeek (c-093). New article n-054. Watch 15:00.
New claim c-210 (Confirmed, official_statement): Humphries and Garbut described to Game Informer why the campaign doesn't cover all of Leonida — a design choice, reinforces c-029. New article n-053. 15:00 watch.
Three new claims from secondary coverage of the Game Informer issue (29/9): c-207 (Solid — MacPherson on Florida locations, press interpretation that he means Disney World/Universal/Space Coast), c-208 (Solid — missions tied to current income, enriches the Heists system/u-heists-3), c-209 (Confirmed — Humphries on field research in Florida). New article n-052.
+5 claims — 319 total →
+4 articles — 113 total →
New entry c-206 (partner_official, Sony Store Japan): PS5 Pro purchase draw with a requirement of 60+ hours of PS4/PS5 play, applications until 7/10, results ~26/10. New article n-051. Closed the reviewer's “WHAT WE MISSED” from the previous cycle (29/9 21:00).
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
c-029: the old fan calculation of “1.5-2 times bigger” has been replaced by an explicit statement from Aaron Garbut (head of development) in Game Informer — “double”, the biggest map Rockstar has ever built.
Four new entries (c-201 weather/Shepherd, c-202 wildlife/Kane, c-203 six regions, c-204 narrative/Humphries, c-205 activities) + shift of c-029 (map) to Confirmed with an executive's name (Garbut) + enrichment of c-197. New article n-050. u-activities-2 (hunting as a system) partially answered via c-202.
The map is officially double the size of GTA 5 — the biggest map Rockstar has ever built, “by far”.
Rumor 07.10 → Confirmed 29.09 · the receipt →
+5 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
pin-24 (Solid, west coast, no fixed location) + claim c-200 + article n-049. The V02 image of the poster map (Rockstar Store, 25/9) went into the Album (ce-map-poster). Found by the “what we missed” reviewer with type-based candidates (map), not from the top-10 by source.
Four new images from Rockstar's media hub (17/9 and 24/9) were pulled automatically (pulse-media) and linked: Album (+4, with source+date), Jason/Lucia cards in the World (action shots now come from characters.json), new claim c-199, article n-048. c-197 (Game Informer: weather, wildlife) was linked into the “Activities” folder.
New claim c-198: Xbox's Chief Strategy Officer publicly responded to The Verge's report on pre-orders tilting toward the PS5, without giving a specific percentage. New article n-047.
New claim c-197 (Solid, up for review on 29/9): 14 pages, 12 screenshots, interviews with Rockstar designers about weather, wildlife and research in Miami. The cover-reveal article does not yet contain direct statements from Rockstar. New article n-045.
Update 22/9: the “Welcome to Vice City” sign was hoisted by helicopter onto the roof of the Kaseya Center. The final size (~4,700 sq ft) and cost (~$975,000) were confirmed, close to the original estimate. New article n-046.
The rumored ~$229 box (retailer leak + packer photos from 9/9) was never confirmed. The real official collector's edition ($399.99, see c-196) differs fundamentally — different price, different contents, without the game itself.
New claim c-196: Rockstar opened pre-orders for the “Goodtime State – Vice City Collection” on its own store — merchandise inspired by Macca the Gator, does NOT include a copy of the game, shipping 19/11. New article n-044.
Cap: the rumored Collector's Edition at ~$229 was never confirmed — the actual collector's edition ($399.99, see #c-196) is a different product, without the game inside.
Rumor 21.06 → Cap 28.09 · the receipt →
+5 claims — 319 total →
+1 map points — 25 total →
+5 official images — 276 total →
+6 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-195: official Mod Guidelines page on rockstargames.com prohibits story extension and unofficial ports, restricts multiplayer modding to its own Creator Platform. Related to the already-Capped c-046 (RP servers from day one). New article n-043.
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
The Kaseya Center part of Miami-Dade County's “GTA VI × MDC” proposal package is now a signed contract (see correction c-183) — mayor Levine Cava proceeded without council approval. The MIA airport and the Metromover remain at the discussion stage.
Miami-Dade County's night budget session (18/9) revealed that the “Welcome to Vice City” sign on the roof of the Kaseya Center is an official ~$1 million contract of the county itself with Rockstar — already signed by mayor Levine Cava without council approval, with commissioners complaining they weren't informed. New article n-042.
+1 articles — 113 total →
The open gap from 16-17/9 has closed: the official Miami city agenda record (Legistar, File #19783) shows that the proposal passed unanimously (5-0) only the FIRST reading on 10/9 — the final/binding second reading is scheduled for 24/9/2026.
New claim c-194: at the same meeting, Zelnick confirmed that the existing GTA Online (from GTA V) will continue to be supported after GTA 6's release. Article n-041 covers both findings from the meeting.
New claim c-193: Take-Two's CEO revealed at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (17/9) the full list of supported languages — same as GTA V, without Greek, Turkish, Arabic or Hindi.
New claim c-192: Rockstar and Atlantic Records announced the soundtrack album, with six singles available immediately (Travis Scott, Yung Lean, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, Keith Richards, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso/PinkPantheress/Fred again../Étienne de Crécy) — logged as song-21 through song-26. Article n-040.
Solid → Confirmed. Rockstar confirmed on Newswire (17/9) that Travis Scott, Future, Metro Boomin, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Yung Lean, PinkPantheress and Keith Richards all appear on “Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album” (see c-192).
+3 claims — 319 total →
+6 songs — 48 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
New claim c-191: one day after the nine artists' social teasers (c-190), Spotify put up the same artwork — with its own logo — on billboards in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Neither Spotify nor Rockstar have officially explained the nature of the collaboration.
The claim stated “has not been voted on yet” (11/9). NBC 6 South Florida (16/9) writes that the proposal was approved on the same terms (zone, fees, 15/10-31/12 window) — but no source clarifies whether it's the final reading of the ordinance or the vote count, explicitly noted as an open gap.
Nine artists (Travis Scott, Future, Metro Boomin, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Yung Lean, PinkPantheress, Keith Richards) are confirmed to be participating in the GTA 6 soundtrack album.
Solid 15.09 → Confirmed 17.09 · the receipt →
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
Sony sets up an exclusive “room” for GTA 6 inside its booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 (17-21/9) — screening of the Extended Look on a 300-inch screen with floor haptics, free t-shirt.
Solid 11.09 → Confirmed 16.09 · the receipt →
+1 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
Dayne Oram continued his testimony — Rockstar accused him of a “flagrant” violation of policy for sharing HR emails on Discord with former employees; he responded that the emails were already shared internally within the company and the channel was private, under NDA.
+1 articles — 113 total →
+3 claims — 319 total →
The claim was already debunked as of 5/9 but had no article on nea — n-036 was written today.
The same 3/9 package of proposals also included temporary Vice City signage at Miami International Airport — added to evidence_el with cross-check from the official miamidade.gov statement.
New claim c-186: separate subject (political commentary) from the municipal reactions of c-169/c-179 — part of the same broader discussion.
+1 claims — 319 total →
+2 articles — 113 total →
c-110 updated: Piper Sandler raised its estimate to ~48 million units, based on r/GTA6 traffic (+4x since August).
New claim c-185: Sony is setting up a special viewing room for the Extended Look (300" screen, haptics) at the Tokyo Game Show (17-21/9) — part of the “It Happens on PS5” campaign, not yet confirmed on PS Blog.
New claim c-184: Guinness World Records (Gamer's Edition 2027) records the first trailer as the most-viewed video game trailer in 24 hours (475 million views).
New claim c-183: private agreement between Basketball Properties/Take-Two (not a municipal vote) for a sign on the roof of the Kaseya Center — separate from c-179/c-180.
New claim c-182 (scam-watch): fans linked a GTA 6 leak to the Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Florida, flooded its reviews with fake posts, a payment demand followed — the owner refused. New article n-034.
New claim c-181: privacy film on office windows following drones, hacker extortion attempts in the last few weeks — claims made by Rockstar at the Glasgow trial. Part of the same article n-033.
c-171 was updated with the testimony of Dayne Oram (IWGB): a 2023 petition became, according to him, the basis of a watch list; a Rockstar informant was revealed inside the union's channel for over 2.5 years. New article n-033.
New claim c-180: a separate proposal (Commissioner Damian Pardo) before the Miami city commission — not Miami Beach — for up to six banners downtown at $202,000-208,000 each, with proceeds going to the Underdeck Heritage Trail park. Not yet voted on — first/second reading still pending. Same net source as c-179, reviewed today by the Validator.
New claim c-179: the Miami Beach city commission authorized (4-3, 10/9) the city manager to negotiate a marketing agreement with Rockstar — signage on beach umbrellas/loungers, not on public buildings. A separate body from the already-existing c-169 (Miami-Dade County). The item had been pending since 11/9 due to insufficient primary confirmation; a fresh scan today found independent cross-referencing (PC Gamer, GTA BOOM, Yahoo/Men's Journal, Archyde, Beebom) and confirmed it.
+7 claims — 319 total →
+4 articles — 113 total →
c-031 (a Rumor from June) got a fresh signal: on 9/9 an X account claimed to have worked on packaging for a “GTA 6 Collector's Edition” and posted photos of a box and warehouse pallets, then deleted them. No outlet confirmed them independently, Rockstar said nothing. The label stays Rumor — added only as a newer data point on the same open question, with no image link (leak policy: text only).
c-170 (8/9) had already inferred from five markets that GTA 6 unlocks at local midnight everywhere, with New Zealand first. Today an independent collection by fan-tracker GTAVice.net across 63 markets (via GameSpot/Vice) confirmed the same pattern on a much wider scale, with the US among the last. The label stays Solid — Rockstar still hasn't said anything official.
Analytics firm Ampere estimates over 100,000 new US Netflix subscriber sign-ups within the six-hour exclusivity window of the Extended Look — the third-largest sign-up wave of the year for Netflix. A different metric from the already-known c-122 (31.1 million views, Netflix's official Top 10): that one measures views, this one estimates new subscriptions. New claim c-178, label The Read (a third party's estimate, not an official Netflix/Take-Two number).
Security firm Huntress published research on 9/9 on fake GTA 6 ISO files distributing NJRAT and DCRAT (remote access tools), the Mercurial Grabber stealer, and a variant of the Chaos ransomware used as a file destroyer instead of for a ransom. A different package and vector from Malwarebytes' Vidar/“gta6demo” campaign in August (c-120) — new claim c-177, label Cap (no playable version exists).
c-171 wrote on 8/9 that the trial “is starting” — today it actually began, and day 1 brought substance: Rockstar described the confidential channel as a private Discord “Room C” with 300+ members, former employee Jack Hoxby publicly denied the accusations, and outside the courtroom, fired employees and the IWGB union spoke out. The text and evidence_el were updated with the specific details (source: PA Media, same material as the previous AFP). The label stays Solid — these remain parties' claims, no verdict. A separate finding within the same court documents: a mention of a “32-player” online format that staff discussed privately — new claim c-176, with a Rumor ceiling because it comes from a leak, not from a Rockstar announcement about the game.
+3 claims — 319 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
Today at 10:00 local time, pre-orders for the two limited-edition GTA VI DualSense controllers opened worldwide (c-164). The text of c-164 has read, since 6/9, “open gap, recheck on 10/9” — today that recheck was carried out across eleven Greek stores and price-comparison engines (Public, Plaisio, Kotsovolos, Game Explorers, Electrocrete, Efantasy.gr, You.gr, Astrongameclub, BUYBEST.GR, Skroutz, BestPrice). Result: no actual listing yet — only Greek press articles republishing Sony's announcement. The claim text has been updated so it no longer says “will be checked” but states what was actually found. The label stays Confirmed (it concerns Sony's announcement, not Greek availability).
+2 claims — 319 total →
The countdown clock was counting toward midnight on 19 November with an explicit note that the time had not been announced. The product pages of the PlayStation Store and the Microsoft Store were read directly in their Greek storefront: both state 19/11 00:00 Greece time. Rockstar still hasn't said it — that's why the entry is Solid.
+4 claims — 319 total →
+4 articles — 113 total →
The first: Rockstar uploaded the regular version of “An Extended Look” to its official Bilibili channel, and on 31 August replaced it with a censored one — blurs over lit cigarettes, blood, underwear and dancing. The nightlife stretch is almost unrecognisable: in one shot Jason walks through a crowd blurred in its entirety. On Rockstar's own site inside China the video plays uncensored — so it isn't a blanket policy, it's one platform's copy (c-168). The second: Miami-Dade County — the real city behind Vice City — is in talks with Rockstar about a campaign on its public transit and its buildings. The sheriff, a commissioner and the chief judge reacted publicly; the county says nothing has been approved (c-169). Both are Solid, not Confirmed: Rockstar hasn't said a word about either.
Entry c-027 had said since August “Age rating: Mature 17+ (ESRB)”, sourced to PlayStation promotional emails via one site. Today three sources were checked at the same time and they agree on the opposite: on the game's page on playstation.com the age rating reads “ESRB Rating Pending Mature 17+”, that is, pending; a search of the ESRB's own database finds no record for Grand Theft Auto VI; and the PEGI database returns zero results. So “Mature 17+” is the publisher's stated expectation, not a board decision. The label stays Solid — correctly, as it was — but the text has stopped saying more than we know. When the final rating comes out it will bring the content descriptors too; then it moves up to Confirmed.
For nine days the Archive said “the game will have PS5 Pro enhancements”, with a Solid label and one article as the source. Today we opened the game's page on playstation.com and the “PS5 Pro Enhanced” badge was there, twice, next to the title's other features — along with Sony's phrasing that the game releases “for PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro” on 19 November. The fact has an owner: “PS5 Pro Enhanced” is Sony's badge, and Sony says it on its own channel. So Confirmed (c-116). Two things that do NOT change, and are worth saying plainly: nowhere on that page is there a promise about frame rate — not 60, not 40, not even for the Pro. The badge says “enhanced”, not “faster”. And Rockstar North's head of development has said 30fps (c-163). The same page also brought a correction in the other direction: the age rating there reads “ESRB Rating Pending” — meaning it hasn't come out yet (c-027).
GTA 6 is officially “PS5 Pro Enhanced” — Sony itself states it on the game's page; what the enhancement includes, nobody has explained.
Solid 29.08 → Confirmed 07.09 · the receipt →
+2 claims — 319 total →
The same day the method changed, we ran the new Detection Grid over the days 3–6 September — twelve fixed queries, the entire post list of PlayStation.Blog and Xbox Wire, the full State of Play lineup. Three different queries caught the DualSense controller; with the grid it wouldn't have been missed. And the net pulled up three more things that weren't in the Archive. First, and the most uncomfortable: Rockstar's own public statement on the leaks (26/8) — “heartbreaking for our team”, an apology for the delay, “almost ready” (c-165). Eleven days outside the Archive, while the CyberLeek saga had six entries: the old detection looked for the “official” only on Newswire, and Rockstar spoke on social. Second and third, from NordVPN's research (May): hundreds of fake Rockstar Social Club login pages on GitHub and Vercel (c-166) and an Android app “GTA 6 Beta” with no game inside, only ads and subscriptions (c-167). Old but active — and our scam beat rested on a single source. Everything else that came up was already in: running with L3 (c-119), the 30fps (c-163). The dates are honest: every entry says when the event happened and when it went in here.
Sony announced on 3 September, at State of Play and on PlayStation.Blog, two limited-edition DualSense for GTA VI: €84.99, preorders 10/9, release 19/11 (c-164). The Daily Pulse of 4 September covered exactly that window and didn't see it. It wasn't luck — it was design: Detection ran on a channel list where PlayStation.Blog was checked once a week (Monday), “official” meant Rockstar only, and a Sony announcement about its own product didn't even have a source type that would allow “Confirmed”. The specialist PlayStation sites that would have headlined it (Push Square, GameSpot) are unreachable from the Pulse's environment, while PS Blog itself was open — it just wasn't in the day. What changed: a new source type “partner_official” (the fact has an owner — Sony is the primary authority for its own controller), platform holders and showcases on daily check, a new beat for hardware/editions/bundles, a fixed grid of queries that runs every day no matter how loaded it is, and a coverage table in the daily digest that states explicitly what wasn't looked at. Above all, one principle: open net, strict filter — no list limits where we search; the strictness lives in how we confirm. All of this is public on the “How we work” page.
c-033 and c-091 both carried the same phrase: that Rockstar has not announced performance targets for any platform. It was true when it was written on 29 and 31 August; it stopped being accurate from the moment Rockstar North's head of development spoke publicly about 30fps (28/8, c-163). The distinction that was missing and has now gone in: a written announcement of specs genuinely does not exist — but a statement from an executive does, and the two are not the same thing. No label changed: the 60fps rumor stays Rumor, DF's analysis stays The Read. All that changed is what the Archive claims we do not know.
Until today the Archive said two things about performance: that Digital Foundry measured ~1440p/30fps in the Extended Look (The Read — outside the truth scale) and that some insiders talk about a 60fps performance mode (Rumor). The third was missing, and it had existed since 28 August: Rockstar North's own head of development, Rob Nelson, stated that the game runs at 30fps on consoles and that more options may be added later — with no commitment for launch. It goes in as Solid, not Confirmed: it reaches us as a journalist's summary, not as a direct quote, exactly like c-143 in September. The reader who asks “how many frames?” now has an answer inside the truth scale, not only next to it.
+5 claims — 319 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
The Day 1 guide read: “in the story the money comes from the plot and the big jobs”. After c-147 that is wrong — Rob Nelson says explicitly that the missions on their own do not pay enough and that the money is made in the open world, unlocking the next chapters. The prose was corrected, the guide was tied to five more pieces of evidence (c-147, c-154, c-157, c-158, c-159) and the g-money-hour gap stopped asking only “what pays how much per hour”: it now also asks how much each chapter demands in order to unlock. From an optimization guide it became a progression guide.
Two pieces of evidence went in today, both of them from outside the game. First: the court approved a second Take-Two subpoena to Discord, narrower than the first ones and — for the first time — sealed, while the investigation into CyberLeek expanded to X and YouTube; the filing itself writes that it is developing “rapidly”. Second, and more urgent for anyone reading: the scam around GTA 6 has changed target. The fake “demo” stole passwords; the fake $50 “leaked copy” drains crypto wallets the moment you connect them, across eight networks, and downloads nothing. No legitimate game purchase asks you to connect a wallet.
+2 claims — 319 total →
c-133 said that on “Wasted” or “Busted” you lose “everything you are carrying on you”. The Japanese original says explicitly 現金 — cash, and only that. The broader wording visibly contradicted c-131, which says that the weapons always end up in the Ammu-Nation locker or in the trunk. It has been narrowed to its correct extent.
Yesterday's reading of Rob Nelson's exclusive interview in Famitsu produced fourteen pieces of evidence. A second, complete pass over the Japanese original produced seventeen more — and three of them closed open questions of the Archive. The biggest one: the missions on their own do NOT pay enough money for the story to move forward — the money is made in the open world, and the open world has stopped being optional. Along with it: “Heat”, the investigation phase before the stars even light up, with its own geographic limits; the fence who removes the GPS trackers; the gym as a real minigame that raises base health and strength; the visible indicator of the bond; and the fact that in the duo heists you are the one who picks who drives and who shoots.
+17 claims — 319 total →
On 28/8 Japan's Famitsu published an exclusive interview with Rob Nelson at Rockstar North. The Archive had NOT ONE piece of evidence out of it. Reading the original produced fourteen: the suppressive fire that gets you an escape without a kill, the long guns that no longer stay hidden, the bank account that saves your money on “Busted”, the residents who now carry guns and fight back, the three garage slots, the narrower streets with traffic jams — and the story's starting point in the Leonida Keys. The fact that the map is revealed gradually answers u-hud-2. First-person went in alongside them: full functionality is not coming at launch.
+15 claims — 319 total →
+1 map points — 25 total →
The Dazed cover story (26/8) had made it into the Archive only by a third. The second read produced six entries: 50+ street artists in Stockyard, the team that more than doubled, the Los Angeles office that only does passers-by, the race drivers on handling, the Vice City stylist — and the exhaustion that gets etched into faces. The last one answers u-body-1: the change of the body is visible, not subtle.
+7 claims — 319 total →
+1 map points — 25 total →
+1 articles — 113 total →
The Launch Prep table and the “Money — Day 1” guide said “€0.49 difference” from the 8/8 check. The 1/9 scan showed a new lower listing at €76.50 — the difference is now €3.49. Both surfaces were updated.
New Sensor Tower update (31/8): estimated pre-orders went from ~4.55 to ~4.77 million, ~90% Ultimate. It remains a third-party estimate — not an official Take-Two number.
Refueling is a full mechanic: ~10 seconds at the pump with its own animations, the electrics charge — and you fill up strategically before a getaway.
Rumor 31.08 → Solid 01.09 · the receipt →
+5 claims — 319 total →
+2 vehicles — 198 total →
+3 articles — 113 total →
Preload starts on 12 November for digital pre-orders — one week before release, officially confirmed by Rockstar.
Solid 08.08 → Confirmed 31.08 · the receipt →
+69 claims — 319 total →
+9 Extended Look scenes — 9 total →
+14 songs — 48 total →
+2 characters — 16 total →
+7 map points — 25 total →
+108 official images — 276 total →
26 minutes of footage. GTA 6's first real gameplay: systems, scenes, songs — and the biggest wave of shifts on the Wall.
Living world: weather that changes, wildlife, a world that reacts, social media inside the game.
Solid 08.08 → Confirmed 27.08 · the receipt →
New generation of the RAGE engine, with real-time global illumination.
The Read 08.08 → Solid 27.08 · the receipt →
Social media live INSIDE the game — viral videos, influencers, “security cameras”.
Solid 08.08 → Confirmed 27.08 · the receipt →
Hunting, diving, wilderness: they show up in the official screenshots.
Solid 08.08 → Confirmed 27.08 · the receipt →
Casino, underwater gameplay, and other specific systems.
Rumor 08.08 → Solid 27.08 · the receipt →
Prone/crawling, stealth body carrying, RDR2-style weapon wheel.
Rumor 08.08 → Solid 27.08 · the receipt →
The stockpile of 8 August becomes a structured Archive: 47 claims, vehicles, weapons, characters, points, songs — with approximate dates for whatever already existed.