GTA 6 censorship rumours debunked for version of game that will allow you to play earlier than the rest of the world
Rockstar's upcoming GTA 6 game has been causing a stir online after fans of the games began to speculate that censorship would stop them from taking advantage of an early-access hack.
As arguably the most anticipated games of the year, Grand Theft Auto is finally getting its long-awaited instalment, which will see players able to choose to body one of two characters (Jason or Lucia) as they hit Vice City.
The latest from the series has promised a whole new map, and fans have been eager to get into it as the different access dates approach.
Currently, the game will be released in a staggered way, first starting in New Zealand at 11am UTC on 18 November, and then ending with Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador at 6am UTC on 19 November.
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As for the UK, it should go live at 12am UTC on 19 November.
But for those who don't want to wait, an apparent hack based on whether you play Xbox or a Playstation, can help you to access it as soon as it drops in NZ.
On a Playstation, you'd have to create a new account on the Playstation network and choose the location as 'New Zealand', before then buying and downloading GTA 6 from the New Zealand online store.
From there, you'd have to go into your settings on the device and enable console sharing and offline play, and then select your main account and launch the game.
For Xbox users, they can simply go into their location settings on their device change it to New Zealand, restart the console and launch the game.
However, console users on Reddit believe that the 18 age-range and restricted content tags on the New Zealand edition means the game will be available with censored content, which is why it is available earlier than the rest of the world.
They also think that to have access to the 'full version' without censorship, they'd have to wait until the rest of the world gets access, and then download it from a global store, and not from a New Zealand location to bypass certain content restrictions.
This rumour came about after the classification in Australia came to light, which marks it as Restricted for 18 plus users, thanks to its 'high impact violence, sex scenes and drug use'.
But this has since been debunked.
Another user took to the platform to call out the misinformation, and set the rescord straight.
They wrote, along with a link to the classification page, which doesn't mention censorship occurring over the game: "Over the last day or so. I’ve been hearing a lot of you say that it’s been censored in both New Zealand and Australia. This is untrue.
You can check the official classification website which I will link before which clearly states the ORIGINAL game has been officially rated at R 18+ with no amendments made."
They added: "Further, under Australian consumer law if any amendment or censorship were made they would need to be made public as people are paying for the finished product.
"I don’t know why everyone is spreading lies. You can still change your location on Xbox and be fine to play this. It’s the exact same version you’ll have in the states. I’ve provided the link below."
Upon further digging, they seem to be right, as per the Australian government, if they were to amend the content to censor it, the public would need to be notified first.
Britt Jones
