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  "id": 14447612,
  "title": "Rockstar's next game won't take eight years to make: \"The engine, the tools and the team we've built during GTA 6 will allow us to do things more quickly\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/rockstars-next-game-wont-take-eight-years-to-make-the-engine-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:26:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GamesIndustry",
    "slug": "gamesindustry",
    "url": "https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rockstars-next-game-wont-take-eight-years-to-make-the-engine-the-tools-and-the-team-weve-built-during-gta-6-will-allow-us-to-do-things-more-quickly"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rockstar Games has significantly expanded its workforce to develop Grand Theft Auto 6, and is confident that the engine, tools, and team built during its creation will allow the studio to release future titles more quickly. In an interview with Bloomberg, senior Rockstar leadership stated that while the original GTA 6 announcement was made in 2023 with a planned 2025 release, the game's launch was postponed to May 26, 2026, and has since been rescheduled to November 19. Co-head of development Phil Hooker expressed confidence that the foundation laid by GTA 6 will enable the studio to build new content more rapidly, \"building on top of this and go more sideways than upwards to build more compelling content.\"",
  "summary": "Rockstar Games has more than doubled its workforce to develop Grand Theft Auto 6, and is adamant that it won't take another eight years to complete its next title. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "GTA 6 Developer Rockstar Insists Its Next Game Won't Take Another 8 Years to Make",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/gta-6-developer-rockstar-insists-its-next-game-wont-take-another-8",
        "published": "2026-10-14T10:48:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}