Rockstar Doubled Its Headcount and Hired Real-World Pros to Build GTA 6
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Rockstar Games doubled its staff to roughly 4,000 employees and hired real-world fashion stylists, racecar drivers, and street artists to build the massive world of GTA 6.
Rockstar Games expanded significantly following the release of Red Dead Redemption 2, effectively doubling its employee headcount to roughly 4,000 developers worldwide to bring Grand Theft Auto 6 to life. As detailed in a recent cover story by Dazed, the studio even opened a brand new Los Angeles office dedicated almost solely to crafting the behavior and routines of the game's non-player characters. This massive scaling reflects the sheer scope of modern blockbuster production, where creating a believable digital society requires resources that rival major film studios.
Beyond traditional game developers, Rockstar brought in outside experts across fashion, automotive performance, and urban art to inject authenticity into Vice City. The studio hired Miami-based stylist Jillian Carr as a full-time employee to design a complete fashion ecosystem that mirrors modern social media culture, celebrity obsession, and rapid trend cycles. Alongside Carr, the team enlisted professional racecar drivers to fine-tune vehicle handling and fifty real street artists to paint murals across the open world.
These production details arrive just ahead of an extended gameplay reveal scheduled on Netflix, giving players their best look yet at the systems powering the sequel. Additional survival and lifestyle mechanics, such as how daily routines like eating and sleeping affect your characters, point to a deeply immersive world. For a community that has waited over a decade for the next chapter in the franchise, these insights show just how much ambition is driving Rockstar's next big release.
Tags: GTA 6, Rockstar Games, Industry News, Open World
Original article: IGN South Africa