ReportedUpdated 13 November 2026

Rockstar North’s Rob Nelson on a GTA set outside America: “Never say never”

Asked by The Guardian whether Rockstar could set a GTA outside America, Rob Nelson, whom The Guardian describes as one of GTA VI’s lead developers, said “Never say never, but there’s still so much to do in America”. It is an interview answer, not an announcement.

By GTA 6 Everything Editorial · 13 November 2026 · 1 min read

Rob Nelson, one of the lead developers on Grand Theft Auto VI, said “Never say never” when The Guardian asked whether Rockstar could ever set a GTA outside America. It is an interview answer, not an announcement. Rockstar has announced nothing about a next game or where it would be set.

The exchange is in Keza MacDonald’s Pushing Buttons newsletter for The Guardian, published on November 11, 2026. She asks whether Rockstar could ever envision a GTA set outside America. Nelson replies: “Never say never, but there’s still so much to do in America.”

MacDonald then asks whether Rockstar’s outsider status, as developers based mostly outside the US, gives it a unique take. Nelson answers: “I think we’re all outsiders to this version of America.” The Guardian notes that Rockstar also has offices in New York and San Diego.

Eurogamer relayed the comments on November 12. The quotations here are taken from The Guardian’s own piece, not from Eurogamer’s summary.

For background: as our GTA London 1969 page notes, MCV reported in 2013 that Dan Houser, the Rockstar co-founder who left the company in 2020, told The Guardian his “own personal feeling is that GTA is America”.

GTA VI itself is set in Leonida, which The Guardian calls a virtual Florida, and launches on November 19, 2026. The London mission packs of 1999 are still the only GTA games set outside the US. Whether the series leaves America again is, for now, an open question that Rockstar has not answered.