GTA 6 release date update: This surprise could make Grand Theft Auto wait easier

GTA 6 release date news begins with news of an upcoming title that could make the wait for the next Grand Theft Auto easier.

GTA 6 is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated games on the horizon, despite not actually being officially confirmed.

This year, however, rumours about GTA 6 have gone into overdrive with fans left wondering what Rockstar are working on now Red Dead 2 is out.

Plenty of rumours have emerged about GTA 6 in 2019, with big claims made about the next Grand Theft Auto game.

It’s been claimed that GTA 6 will be released in 2020, be a timed PS5 exclusive and be set in Vice City.

And as fans wait for official word on the next GTA game it’s emerged another title may be coming out soon which could make the GTA 6 wait a bit easier.

New trademarks filled by Rockstar owners Take-Two suggests remasters of fellow open-world crime games Mafia and Mafia 2 could be in the works.

These games were originally released back in 2002 and 2011, but Take-Two applied for trademarks for the games again in August 2 2019.

Trademarks have to be renewed every 10 years, which suggests the recent application could be for something different.

An obvious candidate would be a collection of Mafia and Mafia 2 remasters for the PS4, Xbox One and PC.

The recent trademark application could suggest that the rumoured Mafia remasters are set to be launched soon.

As reported on in a post online by SegmentNext, Take-Two also applied for another trademark that could suggest a Mafia 4 is in the works.

SegmentNext speculated that the Mafia remasters and Mafia 4 could be announced before the end of the year.

If that’s the case, and the remasters have an imminent release, then it could give GTA fans something to get their teeth sunk into until GTA 6 is out.

In other news, the wait for the next Grand Theft Auto recently passed a major milestone.

On Tuesday September 17 it marked six years since GTA 5 first came out on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Currently GTA fans are enduring the longest wait ever in between the release of new Grand Theft Auto games.

It remains unclear how much longer fans will have to wait for official news, with it looking less and less likely an announcement will be made in 2019.

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source: express.co.uk