‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ to have female hero, scale back racist, sexist jokes: report

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Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The game will take place in a fictionalized version of Miami and South Florida, according to the report.

The last Grand Theft Auto game to take place in a fictionalized Miami was 2002’s “Vice City.” Grand Theft Auto VI’s developers, Rockstar Games, are also reportedly abandoning the series’ record of making crude, potentially offensive jokes about minority groups.

The developers are being “cautious” to not “punch down” at the expense of such groups, according to the report. Previous Grand Theft Auto games stoked controversy both for their violent content and use of humor that critics said was racist, sexist and homophobic.

Grand Theft Auto VI’s release is at least two years away — and two Rockstar Games employees quit the company’s Edinburgh office due to frustrations about the game’s slow development, according to Bloomberg.