Game Informer publishes 'Welcome to Leonida': 14 pages of GTA VI with hurricanes, 170 species and a map twice the size of GTA V's
Issue 382's full cover story is now available digitally, with developer interviews and 12 exclusive screenshots. Demand has crashed the magazine's app and website.
The day has come. Game Informer has published ‘Welcome to Leonida’, the 14-page cover story of issue 382 it teased last week, featuring exclusive interviews with several Rockstar leads and 12 never-before-seen screenshots. The digital edition launched under such heavy demand that, according to Polygon, the magazine’s app and website suffered outages and errors during its first hours.
The story, written by Marcus Stewart - a writer born and raised in South Florida - focuses on how Rockstar built its version of the state: the culture, the contradictions and the field research behind making Leonida the studio’s “most lifelike world to date”.
The headlines it delivers are the kind that define a countdown. Hurricanes and tropical storms confirmed with a rewritten weather system, over 170 animal species with Red Dead Redemption 2-style legendary creatures, a map twice the size of GTA V’s and a list of activities running from base jumping to scuba diving.
The digital edition is available to Game Informer subscribers; the print version will reach newsstands and mailboxes in the coming weeks. GTA VI launches on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Source: Game Informer
From the wiki
GTA VI release date
GTA VI launches on November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. That is Rockstar's current official date, after the initial 2025 window, a first delay to May 26, 2026 and a second one to November 19. Pre-orders have been open since June 25, 2026.
GTA VI map: the state of Leonida and its locations
GTA VI takes place in the state of Leonida, the game's stand-in for Florida. Rockstar has not released the full map yet, but it showed part of it in September 2026 (the Sandbars and Crude Islands) and has confirmed its locations: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, the Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga.
Leonida
The fictional state where GTA VI takes place, the game's stand-in for Florida: from the beaches of Vice City to the Grassrivers swamps and the southern keys.
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