GTA 6 glossary: places, people and terms explained

Confirmed New to GTA 6, or lost in the names? Every term below comes from Rockstar’s own pages, starting with the setting: Leonida, home of Vice City (Rockstar Games). We’ll keep adding terms after launch.

Places

• Confirmed Leonida: the US state GTA 6 is set in, Rockstar’s take on Florida (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Vice City: Leonida’s big city, “the sunniest place in America” (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Leonida Keys (the Keys): the island chain where Jason worked for drug runners (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, Mount Kalaga: the other named regions. See the map (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Leonida Penitentiary: the prison Lucia gets out of (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Liberty City: the series’ New York, where Lucia’s family once lived (Rockstar Games).

People and groups

• Confirmed Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos: the two playable leads (Rockstar Games). See all characters.
• Confirmed Only Raw Records: the label run by Boobie Ike and Dre’Quan Priest (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Real Dimez: the rap duo Bae-Luxe and Roxy, signed to Only Raw (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed DWNPLY: the local rapper behind Real Dimez’s early hit (Rockstar Games).
• Confirmed Macca the Gator: a Leonida TV show, and the theme of Rockstar’s Goodtime State collector’s set (Rockstar Newswire).

Gameplay terms

• Confirmed Criminal Profile: a record of the crimes you commit in free roam (Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).
• Confirmed Wanted level: how hard the police are after you, now up to six stars (Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).
• Confirmed Character switching: swapping between Jason and Lucia (Rockstar’s Extended Look; Push Square).

Buying and launch terms

• Confirmed Standard and Ultimate Edition: the two versions of the game. See editions and price (Rockstar Support).
• Confirmed Vintage Vice City Pack: the pre-order bonus (Rockstar Support).
• Confirmed GTA+: Rockstar’s paid membership. Digital buyers before 20 Nov get a free month (PlayStation Store).
• Confirmed Pre-load: downloading the game before launch so you can play at unlock (Rockstar Support).
• Confirmed PS5 Pro Enhanced: Sony’s label for games with improvements on PS5 Pro (PlayStation Store).

Our labels

• Confirmed: said by Rockstar, Take-Two, PlayStation or Xbox.
• Reported: said by at least two different trusted outlets, not confirmed yet.
• Rumour: anything else. We rarely run them, and never in a headline.