Like or loathe the fact GTA 6 will almost certainly dominate video game conversations between now and its expected 2025 release, I'm sure we can all agree on one thing: the crime sim series understands hype.
This is a series, after all, whose earliest, most crudely-animated, top-down law-breaking fare was debated and dissected in the UK parliament and US senate. It has now courted controversy for over 26 years, and has been the driving force of misleading tabloid headlines since day one. In the face of the much-publicized response to the GTA 6 trailer from the real-world Florida Joker, I likewise reckon it's safe to say the next game will be no different from its predecessors.
