Patents filed by Take-Two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar Games, indicate that GTA 6 will outperform GTA Online in at least one important way.
New patents filed by Take-Two Interactive indicate GTA VI will have a big advantage over GTA Online in at least one respect, but how the functions will be implemented in a theoretical future car theft game has yet to be seen. Take-Two Interactive is the parent company of Rockstar Games, the developer behind the car theft series. Although rumors of GTA 6 now persevering for several years, Rockstar Games remains publicly dedicated to both GTA Online, the hugely popular online multiplayer component of GTA 5, en Red Dead Online also.
With current versions of GTA 5 already confirmed and a new focus on online multiplayer components of existing games thanks to Red Dead online become an independent game, it would appear that Rockstar has no immediate plans for a new installment in the United States car theft series. This attitude has been around for some time now and has frustrated fans who want more of the popular franchise releases more often, but with the ongoing financial success of both GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 To remain profitable, it’s understandable why Rockstar did not feel the need to push hard to release a new game.
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Take-Two Interactive’s recent patent files indicate GTA VI is becoming more of a focus – or at least potential technologies that could inform the development of the game. As highlighted by Twitter user Great Jim Colosimo (and reported by Rockstar Intel), some new patents regarding session management systems and virtual environments have been filed by Take-Two Interactive. In essence, session management is an online feature that determines how effectively a game can use its multiplayer feature. In essence, the new patent is an advanced method that can help you switch online sessions seamlessly between friends, or prevent interruptions in the service of disconnections.
The patent for virtual environments, on the other hand, indicates improvements to AI behavior and how consoles process it. The patent refers to the use of dedicated servers to help more advanced AI design, rather than the hardware that drives the game, which in turn suggests some important plans for GTA VI online features.
It is of course important to exploit this potential GTA VI online patents with a grain of salt. It is confirmed that there is nothing about these patents related to the game – which has not been announced yet – and it may not be implemented in it at all. Even though they are part of GTA VI plans, it can be integrated into the experience in ways that are not as obvious as those now being discussed by analysts. All that being said, however, it seems that Rockstar Games is once again pushing the envelope in online game design and AI systems, and it will be exciting to see how it plays out when it becomes part of the company’s next release.
Source: Great Jim Colosimo (via Rockstar Intel)
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