{"id":79797,"date":"2026-08-27T03:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=79797"},"modified":"2026-08-27T03:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:15:50","slug":"rockstar-games-doubled-in-size-for-gta-6-hired-real-world-professionals-for-fashion-vehicles-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=79797","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar Games Doubled in Size for GTA 6, Hired Real-World Professionals for Fashion, Vehicles, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/08\/25\/vintage-vice-city-pack-exclusive-looks-01-1787655039708.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar Games doubled its employee headcount for Grand Theft Auto 6 and hired real-world professionals for the game&#8217;s vehicles, fashion, and more. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As part of a cover story for Dazed, Rockstar Games shared a boatload of information about Grand Theft Auto 6. In the piece, it was confirmed that Rockstar doubled in size following the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 in order to bring GTA 6 to life, with a new Los Angeles-based office being &#8220;almost solely&#8221; dedicated to working on nothing but the game&#8217;s NPCs. For context, Rockstar had around 2,000 employees in 2018. That would put them at around 4,000 now. The studio has expanded a lot over the last decade by acquiring new studios in Australia, India, and the aforementioned LA office.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar&#8217;s expansion doesn&#8217;t exclusively encompass game developers. The company brought on other real-world professionals, such as Miami-based stylist Jillian Carr, who was hired to help create a \u201cfashion ecosystem\u201d that can capture the diversity in style, culture, and class necessary to give Vice City&#8217;s people their distinct character. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cVice City is built around vanity,\u201d Carr said to the magazine. \u201cBetween social media, celebrity culture and a constant flow of tourists, appearances carry significant weight, and trend cycles turn over quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar also hired racecar drivers to help with vehicle handling and 50 real street artists to design murals around the game&#8217;s map. While consultants are hardly unique to this project, Carr and others are full-time employees at Rockstar and have been for years. Carr was specifically hired in 2023 and appears to be as much of the team&#8217;s regular operations as anyone else.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Rockstar also revealed new gameplay details for GTA 6, such as how eating, working out, and sleeping all impact your characters and much, much more. It&#8217;s just the start of a larger bombardment of GTA 6 information, too. Rockstar will officially pull the veil off the game tomorrow in an extended look on Netflix, which is widely expected to give us a deep dive on gameplay. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN&#8217;s news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/rockstar-games-doubled-in-size-for-gta-6-hired-real-world-professionals-for-fashion-vehicles-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockstar Games doubled its employee headcount for Grand Theft Auto 6 and hired real-world professionals for the game&#8217;s vehicles, fashion, and more. 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