Grand Theft Auto VI's state of Leonida is about twice the size of GTA 5's map, and Rockstar Games says it's the biggest world the studio's ever built. That came out of Game Informer's 14-page cover story, built on interviews with Rockstar's developers, which went live digitally on 29 September. Then on Monday 5 October, LOVE magazine followed with four new screenshots and a long talk with the people writing Jason and Lucia.
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