Rockstar Games have just leaked their GTA 6 folder on PC. They also once again leaked the long-awaited Red Dead Redemption PC port. Plus, GTA Online PC players who have been waiting over 2 years for current gen features to come to PC will also be excited to learn upgrades may finally be coming.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rockstar Games updated GTA V on PC and the Rockstar Games Launcher. Included in these updates are more hints the studio are still working on these fan requested releases whilst they finish GTA 6.
Renowned Rockstar Games insider, Tez2, shared on Twitter that Rockstar left a file in Tuesday’s update which suggests the fabled current gen update for PC has been in the works for a while. He said that a “Gen9” version of GTA V on PC has possibly been in development since early this year. Gen9 refers to the 9th generation of consoles which is the Xbox Series X|S and PS5.
The update made to the PC version of GTA V on Tuesday solely added a 3rd party anti-cheat: BattlEye. This is a big moment for GTA V on PC as it looks to take aim at cheaters who have plagued the game since launch. Tez2 speculates “The addition of BattlEye could be seen as preparations for the arrival of the Gen9 version on PC.”
Why PC players want this update
Then Gen9 version of GTA V has several pieces of content not included in the PC version. For example, Hao’s Special Works, Career Progress and GTA+ are not available on PC. GTA+ especially has gained a lot of content in the past year. That’s a lot of content missing from the PC version since March 2022.
Plus, those consoles have upgraded graphics with various forms of Ray Tracing and AMD’s FSR. This is yet another thing the PC version is still get to receive. It would be greatly appreciated by the PC community as we get closer to GTA 6’s release.
GTA 6, Red Dead Redemption on PC also mentioned
As briefly mentioned above, it was not only GTA V that got an update from Rockstar this week. The Rockstar Games Launcher gained an update to support BattlEye. It can be toggled on or off in the launcher’s settings.
The initial update pushed by Rockstar contained three folders which should not have been seen yet. There is an Americas folder, GTAV Gen9 folder and a Red Dead Redemption folder. Project Americas is the codename for GTA VI. This is used internally by Rockstar. Meanwhile the GTAV Gen9 is something I explained earlier in the article. Then we have Red Dead Redemption which Rockstar and others have leaked a few times for PC now.
These folders were first spotted by @saiyambansal100. I have verified this is real visiting the Rockstar Games folder under My Documents. Below is what they look like on my PC. The folders are almost empty.
They have another folder inside them called Profiles then another folder with a name that is random letters and numbers. Rockstar have since updated the Rockstar Games Launcher to no longer put out these folders to those who are yet to download the new update.
Tez2 also shared the direct SteamDB links for the Gen9 version of GTA V and Red Redemption for PC. According to him, this link is for RDR on PC and this one is for the upgraded GTA V on PC.
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