Wait, Is That a Kid in GTA 6?

The Grand Theft Auto bid does not diagnostic kids successful gameplay. It’s a aureate regularisation for beauteous overmuch each video games that fto you indiscriminately termination NPCs. Look astatine what happened with The Sims rival inZoi earlier this year, erstwhile players recovered they were capable to tally implicit children (the developer rapidly patched it retired and called it a bug).

So, you tin recognize wherefore a seemingly innocuous screenshot released for GTA 6 that looks similar it shows a kid in-game has sparked truthful overmuch speculation.

The screenshot successful question is of the Grassrivers conception of GTA 6 (we’ve got a full leafage devoted to the country if you privation to cognize more). If you look intimately astatine the bottommost right-hand country of the image, below, you tin marque retired a fewer radical sitting astatine an extracurricular table. One of these radical looks a batch smaller than the different two, truthful overmuch truthful that observers are saying it’s a child.

Time to play Where's Waldo? with this GTA 6 screenshot.

This item was picked up by X / Twitter relationship TheGTAVerse and their station has since gone viral, picking up implicit 1.5 cardinal views.

A kid spotted successful #GTAVI screenshot 👀 pic.twitter.com/pGjSuNn9yt

It’s worthy noting that determination is simply a zero accidental that kids volition beryllium retired and astir successful the GTA 6 crippled world, due to the fact that that would mean you would beryllium capable to termination them, and that is simply a large no-no. GTA games are celebrated for letting you termination beauteous overmuch anyone successful each mode of over-the-top ways. From simply beating a mediocre NPC to decease with your bare hands to landing a level connected their head, GTA 6 volition no-doubt ramp up the reckless NPC destruction.

So no, this screenshot does not corroborate you tin termination children successful GTA 6. It is simply a screenshot of GTA 6 implicit a twelvemonth distant from the game’s merchandise date. It is simply a snapshot of the crippled astatine this moment, and thing more.

But it is… unusual to spot what could beryllium a kid successful a GTA 6 screenshot. If it is so a child. While astir radical bash deliberation it is simply a child, it could beryllium a tiny adult, oregon determination could beryllium immoderate benignant of graphics effect astatine play present that makes what is an big look smaller successful this situation.

The merchandise of GTA 6 Trailer 2 and Rockstar's accompanying info-dump has sparked each sorts of speculation astir what to expect from what is definite to beryllium the biggest video crippled of each time. Some GTA fans adjacent deliberation Liberty City whitethorn extremity up successful GTA 6 either astatine motorboat oregon arsenic post-launch DLC.

While we hold to find out, we’ve got plentifulness much connected GTA 6, including each the details we’ve discovered truthful far, a roundup of 70 marque caller screenshots, and the adept sentiment connected however GTA 6 volition look connected PS5 Pro.

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