Rockstar reveals GTA 6 art, maintains 25-year tradition

Rockstar Games has officially revealed the cover art for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6, a move that also announced the start of preorders for the game on June 25. The artwork, released on June 18, continues a visual tradition that has spanned the series for 25 years, featuring a helicopter in the top-left corner of its multi-panel grid design.

The cover art depicts a pink-and-orange sunset over palm tree silhouettes, strongly suggesting a return to the fictional Vice City, a locale inspired by Miami, Florida. The imagery includes an alligator and a pink flamingo, hinting at environments beyond the urban grid, such as a parody of the Florida Everglades. Key characters featured include protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, as well as a veteran bank robber named Raul Bautista, indicating high-stakes criminal activity will remain a central theme. The collage contrasts scenes of luxury, like a sleek sports car and a high-speed boat, with grittier street life imagery, including a biker performing a wheelie while being chased.

The inclusion of the helicopter in the top-left corner is a deliberate nod to a longstanding, though not unbroken, design tradition within the...