GTA 6 review copies won’t exist, here’s what Rockstar is allegedly planning instead

If you were expecting your favourite outlet to drop a GTA 6 review at midnight on launch day, don’t hold your breath.

According to Brazilian journalist Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, speaking on the X do Controle podcast, Rockstar Games and Take-Two have absolutely no intention of handing out review copies for Grand Theft Auto 6. None. Zero. Not a single key floating around in the wild.

A Rockstar Games irá enviar jornalistas para um local fechado para testar GTA 6, afirma jornalista brasileiro que trabalhou em grandes portais como o Omelete e UOL. 🚨

Durante o podcast X do Controle, PH Lutti Lippe revelou que a Rockstar adotará um esquema de segurança máxima… pic.twitter.com/p5TlJWyewy

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A controlled room, not a code of GTA 6 in your inbox

Instead, the claim is that Rockstar will host some sort of review event, flying journalists out and keeping them in a controlled environment for days. No internet uploads, no sneaky screenshots, no leaks. Everyone plays it together, indoors, under what you’d imagine is a fairly watchful eye.

It’s worth flagging that this is one journalist’s claim, not an official announcement. But honestly, It’s not hard to believe.

GTA 6 has a reported budget north of a billion dollars, a fanbase that’s been waiting for over a decade, and a leak history that still stings. Rockstar handing out codes freely would be a genuine gamble, and they’ve never struck me as a studio that gambles with their own work.

This game will sell regardless. The reviews aren’t the point. Keeping the lid on it until launch day absolutely is.

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