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Rockstar boss shares GTA 6's tiny details, and says 'never say never' to a GTA outside America
Rob Nelson of Rockstar North told The Guardian how Jason eats a donut and sips a beer at once. On a GTA outside America, he said: 'Never say never.'
© Rockstar Games (opens in a new tab)Rockstar has shared some of the smallest details in GTA 6. Rob Nelson, one of the heads of Rockstar North, talked about them in an interview with The Guardian, GameSpot reports. In the same interview, he was asked if a GTA game could ever be set outside America. His answer started with “Never say never.”
A donut in one hand, a beer in the other
GameSpot picked out these details from the interview:
- Jason can take bites of a donut with one hand while he sips a beer with the other.
- Even the way Jason eats a hot dog got special attention from Rockstar.
- Jason can buy a six-pack of beer and go for a jog with it tucked in the crook of his arm. The beer moves around inside the bottles while he runs.
GameSpot says it is not clear if you control the donut-and-beer moment yourself, or if Jason just does it. What food does to Jason and Lucia is in our FAQ.
A GTA outside America?
Nelson’s full answer was “Never say never.” He then added that “there’s still so much to do in America,” IGN and Eurogamer report.
The series has rarely left the country. Eurogamer notes that only one GTA has been set outside America: the London expansion for the very first game. IGN says that for the last 25 years, the series has mostly moved between Liberty City (New York), Vice City (Miami) and San Andreas (California).
It has come close before. Obbe Vermeij, a former technical director at Rockstar North, has said that a GTA set in Tokyo almost happened, Eurogamer reports. An outside team in Japan would have made it, not Rockstar.
Dan Houser, a Rockstar co-founder who no longer works there, has said he does not think GTA would work as well outside America. “You needed guns, you needed these larger-than-life characters,” he said, as quoted by IGN.
Back to Vice City
For now, the series stays in America. GTA 6 takes players back to Vice City, the series’ version of Miami. It comes out on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Our FAQ explains where the game takes place, and you can look around it on our map.