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<span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-11-06T12:02:40+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Nov. 6, 2026, 12:02 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"7685df9e-22e2-4b0e-a893-03c1781df5f1\" data-name=\"Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following 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coded ports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> could push Rockstar to create an official PC version sooner than you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/its-a-brave-new-world-gta-6s-pc-port-will-release-sooner-than-you-think-to-avoid-losing-money-to-ai-rip-offs-says-former-rockstar-tech-director\">Speaking to RockPaperShotgun<\/a> as part of a wider interview, Vermeij said generative AI &#8220;really has changed the world.&#8221;. He elaborated: &#8220;I think I would be concerned, if I was Rockstar, that somebody would just take the PS5 version and get AI to change it to PC, which won&#8217;t be as good as [the developer&#8217;s] effort, but it could still also hurt their sales. So, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if there was an effort to get [the releases] a little bit closer together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CbbOo-nENLc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/CbbOo-nENLc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CbbOo-nENLc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vermeij emphasised that he doesn&#8217;t know what Rockstar&#8217;s plans are, but with his technical expertise, he does believe that generative AI tools are &#8220;probably&#8221; capable of pulling off a GTA 6 PC port.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will take a long time. It actually, physically takes hours and hours and hours to do these things,&#8221; Vermeij said. &#8220;And it will take a bunch of tokens and everything, so it would probably cost like, tens of thousands of dollars in tokens. But like, you know, if it&#8217;s GTA, I think people are gonna try it.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already seen people thrust footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 into AI software over the past few months. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-ai-slop\">AI slop videos have been pulling in millions of views on social media<\/a>, and people have been &#8216;improving&#8217; trailer footage with Nvidia&#8217;s DLSS5 &#8216;yassification&#8217; machine (<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2026\/11\/gamers-go-to-ridiculous-lengths-to-improve-gta-vi-with-nvidias-dlss-5\/\">thanks Ars Technica<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-microtransactions-generative-ai-rockstar\">Grand Theft Auto 6 itself will not feature any generative AI<\/a> or microtransactions at launch.<\/p>\n<p>AI game clones continue to be a problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dev-behind-russian-roulette-drinking-game-cancels-steam-demo-plans-following-ai-copycat-concerns\">Game developers have cancelled public demos<\/a> in fear of having their game copied, and Steam owner Valve has gone out to say it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-ai-clone-game-problem-valve-response\">the developer&#8217;s responsibility to prevent cloning by making their games more original<\/a>. Even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/anthropic-claude-generative-ai-game-clones-update\">Anthropic has introduced measures to prevent such practices<\/a>, other AI software can still perform such tasks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/rockstar-games\">Rockstar Games<\/a> North technical director Obbe Vermeij believes that the possibility of AI vibe coded ports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> could push Rockstar to create an official PC version sooner than you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/its-a-brave-new-world-gta-6s-pc-port-will-release-sooner-than-you-think-to-avoid-losing-money-to-ai-rip-offs-says-former-rockstar-tech-director\">Speaking to RockPaperShotgun<\/a> as part of a wider interview, Vermeij said generative AI &#8220;really has changed the world.&#8221;. He elaborated: &#8220;I think I would be concerned, if I was Rockstar, that somebody would just take the PS5 version and get AI to change it to PC, which won&#8217;t be as good as [the developer&#8217;s] effort, but it could still also hurt their sales. So, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if there was an effort to get [the releases] a little bit closer together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CbbOo-nENLc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/CbbOo-nENLc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CbbOo-nENLc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vermeij emphasised that he doesn&#8217;t know what Rockstar&#8217;s plans are, but with his technical expertise, he does believe that generative AI tools are &#8220;probably&#8221; capable of pulling off a GTA 6 PC port.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will take a long time. It actually, physically takes hours and hours and hours to do these things,&#8221; Vermeij said. &#8220;And it will take a bunch of tokens and everything, so it would probably cost like, tens of thousands of dollars in tokens. But like, you know, if it&#8217;s GTA, I think people are gonna try it.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already seen people thrust footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 into AI software over the past few months. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-ai-slop\">AI slop videos have been pulling in millions of views on social media<\/a>, and people have been &#8216;improving&#8217; trailer footage with Nvidia&#8217;s DLSS5 &#8216;yassification&#8217; machine (<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2026\/11\/gamers-go-to-ridiculous-lengths-to-improve-gta-vi-with-nvidias-dlss-5\/\">thanks Ars Technica<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-microtransactions-generative-ai-rockstar\">Grand Theft Auto 6 itself will not feature any generative AI<\/a> or microtransactions at launch.<\/p>\n<p>AI game clones continue to be a problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dev-behind-russian-roulette-drinking-game-cancels-steam-demo-plans-following-ai-copycat-concerns\">Game developers have cancelled public demos<\/a> in fear of having their game copied, and Steam owner Valve has gone out to say it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/steam-ai-clone-game-problem-valve-response\">the developer&#8217;s responsibility to prevent cloning by making their games more original<\/a>. Even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/anthropic-claude-generative-ai-game-clones-update\">Anthropic has introduced measures to prevent such practices<\/a>, other AI software can still perform such tasks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Grand Theft Auto VI Former Rockstar Games tech director thinks GTA 6 could be coming to PC sooner than you&#8217;d expect to curb AI clones Copycat fight. 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