{
  "id": 14441652,
  "title": "Rockstar are \"confident\" that GTA 7 won't take another eight years, despite similar promises of greater efficiency seemingly having come with Red Dead Redemption 2",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/rockstar-are-confident-that-gta-7-wont-take-another-eight-years",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:05:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-are-confident-that-gta-7-wont-take-another-eight-years-despite-similar-promises-of-greater-efficiency-seemingly-having-come-with-red-dead-redemption-2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rockstar developers are confident that their future games will not take as long to create as GTA 6, which was released after an eight-year development period. Phil Hooker, a veteran Rockstar developer, told Bloomberg that the engine, tools, and team built for GTA 6 will enable them to create content more quickly and sideways rather than upwards. Aaron Garbut, another lead developer, echoed this sentiment, stating that while they changed a lot of things during the GTA 6 project, they are not going to undo those changes. However, Garbut also noted that similar logic was used in the late 2010s to justify focusing solely on Red Dead Redemption 2, putting GTA 6 development on hold. This approach may have contributed to the lengthy development time for GTA 6. Despite the studio's current employment disputes with 34 staff members, the remaining developers remain optimistic about the upcoming game, hoping that the lessons learned from GTA 6 and the cowboy tech will help expedite its development without requiring additional resources.",
  "summary": "Future Rockstar games won't take as long to make as GTA 6 has, the studio leadership currently behind the series have asserted, saying they're \"confident\" work that's gone into this latest game will allow them to build \"more sideways than upwards\" going forwards. That's despite Red Dead Redemption 2 seemingly having been viewed in a similar light when Rockstar opted to put everyone on getting…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Like GTA 6, God of War Laufey's 'Collector's Box' doesn't come with a copy of the game, and fans are outraged — 'I see Rockstar is an inspiration for everyone'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/like-gta-6-god-of-war-laufeys-collectors-box-doesnt-come-with-a-copy",
        "published": "2026-10-13T15:47:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}