Rockstar Won't Rule Out a GTA Outside the US, But Don't Expect One Soon

Rockstar Games has left the door open to a Grand Theft Auto set outside the United States, but anyone hoping for a passport-stamping entry in the series should keep expectations low. A Rockstar boss summed up the studio's position with a phrase that is itself a tease: "never say never." The message was clear, though. The idea is not off the table, and it is not the studio's next move.

The core of the answer is that the United States still has room to run. The Grand Theft Auto series has built its identity on American cities and landscapes, from the fictional Liberty City and Vice City to the sprawling San Andreas and Los Santos area. Rockstar's leadership argued that there are still many American stories left to tell, and that the team sees no reason to leave that setting while those stories remain untold.

The studio is not new to foreign locations. The original Grand Theft Auto had London-set expansion packs, and Red Dead Redemption 2 took players to Guarma, a fictional island in the Caribbean. Those examples show Rockstar is willing to move its worlds abroad when a setting serves a story. They also show that such moves tend to be deliberate, not a fan-driven shift the studio would announce on request.

The timing also matters. Grand Theft Auto VI is the franchise's main focus, and every official remark about the series' future gets read closely by a fanbase that follows the smallest details. For now, the takeaway is simple: an international Grand Theft Auto is possible in theory, but Rockstar is not promising one, and fans should not treat the comment as a release hint.