Since the dawn of time, humanity has yearned for one thing: to trip balls and return to nature. While you’re not legally allowed to do that in most territories, the next best thing is a digital tour of the wild side in the few games brave enough to offer your in-game character a bag of cactus buttons. Will GTA 6 continue a proud tradition pioneered by its predecessor in the space of expanding your mind and giving you a sneak peek at what awaits you when you reincarnate and return to nature? Will I become an alligator in digital spirit?
I really, really hope so.
In case you’re wondering what I’m on about–and why there’s more smoke coming from my office than demo day at a vape shop–I’m referring to the cover reveal for GTA 6. It has all the hallmarks of a typical GTA cover, splitting images of the game’s location, protagonists, and a helicopter across multiple panels. The cover also features this delightfully toothy fella, occupying prime video game cover real estate in the center:
Some people might say that the prime positioning of an alligator is meant to hammer in how the Miami-inspired location of Vice City also has its own version of the Florida Everglades, a region that’s naturally teeming with the predators. GTA 5 featured its own diverse biomes when it first launched, and one of the best things about that game was the recurring drug-fueled hallucinations players could dive into between missions.
