Ex-Rockstar North tech chief Obbe Vermeij says AI port fears could speed up a GTA 6 PC release

Obbe Vermeij, a former technical director at Rockstar North, said fears of AI-made ports could lead Rockstar to release GTA 6 on PC sooner than people expect, Eurogamer reported on November 6, 2026. He made the comments in a wider interview with Rock Paper Shotgun. It is one former employee's opinion, and Rockstar has not announced a PC version.

Eurogamer quoted Vermeij saying he would be concerned, in Rockstar's position, that someone could take the PS5 version and get AI to convert it to PC. Such a port would not match the developer's own work, he said, but it could still hurt sales. In his words: "I wouldn't be surprised if there was an effort to get [the releases] a little bit closer together."

Vermeij stressed that he does not know what Rockstar is planning, according to Eurogamer. Drawing on his technical background, he said today's generative AI could "probably" manage such a port. It would be slow, he said, and could cost "tens of thousands of dollars in tokens", but he expects people to try it with a game as big as GTA.

Eurogamer set his comments against a wider worry about AI copies of games. It noted that AI-altered videos built from GTA 6 footage had drawn millions of views on social media, and that some developers have cancelled public demos for fear of having their games cloned.

Vermeij no longer works at Rockstar, and by his own account he is guessing, so this is informed speculation rather than inside knowledge. Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick told Bloomberg in May 2026 that Rockstar always starts on console, and neither Rockstar nor Take-Two had given a PC release date when Eurogamer's report appeared. GTA 6 is due on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19, 2026.