GTA VI: The Most Anticipated Game in History

The number of people who have never played a GTA game in their life is a minority. Some of us have been introduced to this series in internet cafes, some of us through an elder showing it to us or through friends. Grand Theft Auto as a brand of Rockstar Games, has a large fan base in Turkey, as well as all over the world. 10 years have passed since the last game of the series, GTA V, and finally, its sequel, GTA VI, was announced recently. With this situation, it created a bombshell effect on popular culture.

GTA V, which was released in 2013 and retained its title as the second best-selling game in the world by selling over 190 million units, was a great success. Behind this success, the contribution of the online version of the game, which is still active, is enormous. For this reason, expectations for the new game of the series were high.

The tweet on the X platform, where the trailer date was announced, made history as the most interacted game post with over 2 million likes. Many social media users, from popular game brands to musicians, from the sports community to content producers, shared this development on social media. The first trailer, released on December 5, created an earthquake throughout the internet world. By approaching 100 million views in total, the trailer managed to break the record of MrBeast's most-watched video on YouTube in 24 hours (59.4 million). As of now, it has reached a number that is difficult to reach for the entire entertainment industry with the number of clicks exceeding 130 million.

The impact of the game's graphics on the trailer's impact is undeniable. With the game engine developed compared to previous years, photorealistic character and world designs, light reflections, and animations, Rockstar Games seems to have rebuilt the rules in the industry. In addition, the GTA brand's critical parody of American life managed to attract the attention of people in many parts of the world with its entertaining, absurd, and boundary-pushing world design. GTA VI, which includes the Vice City and the Leonida region inspired by Miami and Florida, will feature sensational events and people with social media mechanics added to the game. In this case, it is possible to predict that the game will turn into a worldwide phenomenon.

GTA V entered the Guinness Book of Records by earning $215.7 million from sales of 11.21 million copies on its release day. While it is predicted that GTA VI will break this record, it is already a matter of curiosity about what kind of impact it will have on a global scale.