Art © Rockstar GamesReal in-game easter eggs can only be found once GTA 6 is out on 19 November. But Rockstar has already hidden nods to older GTA games in its own pictures and item names. Here are 11 you can check for yourself today.
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The weapon pattern in the Vintage Vice City Pack is called Channel the Original Kingpin. Rockstar says its palm-tree print is based on the famous shirt Tommy Vercetti wore in GTA Vice City. You get it free if you buy before 20 November.
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The two revolvers in the Ultimate Edition have palm-tree grips, and Rockstar says they come from the Vercetti Estate. That is the family name of the lead in GTA Vice City. Rockstar has not said if the estate is a place you can visit.
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One official picture shows Jason and Lucia in 1980s outfits under a pink neon sign that reads Ocean View Hotel. In GTA Vice City, the Ocean View Hotel on Ocean Beach is where Tommy Vercetti stays at the start of the story.
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Rockstar calls Flash FM a long-running Vice City pop station. It is the same station name players tuned to in GTA Vice City, set in 1986. In GTA 6 it is hosted by Robyn and Alex.
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The Goodtime Gear shop in the Ultimate Edition sells Vice City shirts and caps with pink lettering that looks a lot like the logo of GTA Vice City. Behind Jason and Lucia is a Greetings from Vice City mural with an alligator in sunglasses.
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Lucia's official story says her mother has dreamed of the good life since their Liberty City days. Liberty City is the setting of GTA 3 and GTA 4. Rockstar has not said that you go there.
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Three vehicles Rockstar has named carry names long-time players know. The Cheetah sports car goes back to GTA 3, the Squalo speedboat to GTA Vice City, and the Stanier was a common sedan in GTA 4 and GTA 5. Here they come back as the '95 Grotti Cheetah, the Shitzu Squalo and the '55 Vapid Stanier.
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The speedboat in the Ultimate Edition has a Squalo badge on its hull. The Squalo has been a fast boat in GTA games since Vice City.
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In a picture of a biker gang riding through Ambrosia, a tall gas station sign carries the big X of Xero. Xero is a fuel brand from GTA San Andreas and GTA 5.
Seen in an official screenshot
An official picture shows Jason and Lucia, masked, holding up a small green bank branch. The big letters on the wall behind Jason start with F and E, in the green of Fleeca, the bank chain from GTA 5.
Seen in an official screenshot
One of the Ultimate Edition shops is called Stock 305. 305 is the telephone area code for Miami, the real city Vice City is modelled on.
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Once the game is out we will add what we find, with a picture and the place on the map. This is what we will look for first.