Game Informer Publishes GTA VI Feature Amid Access Problems

Game Informer published its 14-page Grand Theft Auto VI cover feature in Issue 382 on September 29, including 12 new screenshots and interviews with Rockstar Games designers, as readers reported trouble accessing the magazine’s website and app around the digital release. The feature focuses on the game’s fictional state of Leonida, inspired by Florida, and Rockstar’s work on its weather, wildlife and setting. Game Informer said the interviews discuss the studio’s research into Florida and its approach to building the game world. The issue’s screenshots and reporting gave readers new material about the game ahead of its scheduled November 19 release. Users described slow or inaccessible pages and login difficulties as they tried to reach the digital issue. Some reported problems creating accounts, including through Apple or Google sign-in. The reports appeared around the feature’s release, but Game Informer had not publicly confirmed that demand for the story caused the access problems. The available information does not establish a technical cause, and the precise terms of digital access were not clear in the reports.