# GTA 6 may be censored in Australia and other regions, dataminer suggests

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gta-6-may-be-censored-in-australia-and-other-regions-dataminer-suggests/
- Published: 2026-11-09T13:44:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T21:53:31+00:00
- Original publisher: VGC
- Original article: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-6-may-be-censored-in-australia-and-other-regions-dataminer-suggests/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, GTA 6

## Key points

- Australia and New Zealand’s pre-load is missing a 704 KB game data chunk.
- The dataminer has not identified what content, if any, is affected.
- Australia has seen modified game releases before.

## Summary

A dataminer says the Australian and New Zealand pre-load of Grand Theft Auto 6 is missing a small data chunk, raising the possibility that those versions contain modified content. The finding is based on a comparison of files, and does not establish what the missing material is or why it is absent.

The PlayStation 5 game data is split into 32 chunks, including one called “core_restofworld001” that is about 704 KB; the dataminer says it is missing from the Australia and New Zealand version. A separate “core_restofworld” chunk is around 1.28 GB and was suggested as possibly relating to regional censorship, likely in Japan. Australia has previously received modified versions of Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City, while another game, Halloween: The Game, was refused classification.

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