GTA 6 remains unseen by the creators of the original game

Rockstar is keeping Grand Theft Auto 6 so tightly under wraps that even the people who created the original game have not played it. The secrecy adds to anticipation for a release that follows a 13-year wait, two delays and several leaks.

Co-creator Dave Jones and original writer and publicist Brian Baglow are waiting with everyone else; Baglow has pre-ordered the game. They recall how the 1997 original grew from a proposed racing game into an open-world crime game where players could leave cars and steal others. Its early sales built through word of mouth, while controversy over its criminal themes later proved to have been fuelled in part by a marketing stunt.