GTA 6: What We Know About Leonida, Lucia and Jason So Far
Leonida, a modern-day return to Vice City. Dual protagonists Lucia — the series' first female lead — and Jason. Here's everything confirmed and widely reported about GTA 6's world and characters.
For all the mystery around Grand Theft Auto 6, a surprising amount is already confirmed or widely reported. Between the two official trailers, Rockstar's announcements, and credible reporting, here is everything we actually know about the setting and the protagonists — and what remains unconfirmed.
Leonida: a modern return to Vice City
GTA 6 is set in Leonida, Rockstar's fictionalized version of Florida — and the series' long-awaited modern-day return to Vice City, the Miami-inspired location of 2002's GTA: Vice City. The reveal trailer showcased sun-soaked beaches, neon-soaked streets, swampland, and the Florida Keys-style island chains, all rendered in the series' first contemporary setting since GTA 5.
The choice of setting is deliberate. Florida's mix of glossy tourism and stranger-than-fiction headlines gives Rockstar's satire an enormous canvas, and reporting around the game has consistently described Leonida as the largest and most detailed map the studio has built. The trailers suggest the map extends well beyond the city itself into surrounding towns, wilderness, and waterways. Early footage drew attention for how closely its beaches, strip malls, and roadside attractions mirror real Florida iconography.
Lucia and Jason: dual protagonists
GTA 6 features two playable protagonists: Lucia and Jason. Their names first surfaced through forum leaks ahead of the game's second trailer, when a forum poster correctly revealed the pair's full names before Rockstar confirmed them — one of the rare leaks that turned out to be accurate.
Lucia is the series' first female protagonist in a mainline GTA, a landmark for a franchise that has historically centered male leads. The trailers frame the pair as partners in crime with a Bonnie-and-Clyde dynamic, though Rockstar has revealed little about how the dual-protagonist system will work in practice — whether players switch freely as in GTA 5 or follow a more structured split.
What is still unconfirmed
Plenty remains in the dark. Rockstar has shown no substantial gameplay footage, so moment-to-moment details — the wanted system, side activities, the online component — are all unknown. Story specifics beyond the trailers' broad strokes are unconfirmed, and the many alleged "leaks" about plot chapters and cut content should be treated as unverified unless Rockstar says otherwise.
What is confirmed is the shape of the thing: Leonida, Lucia, Jason, and November 19, 2026. For a game this secretive, that is already more than fans of previous Rockstar launches had at the equivalent stage. The rest — as Rockstar keeps reminding everyone — will be revealed when Rockstar is ready.
Sources: GameRant, ScreenRant, TheGamer