Grand Theft Auto VI will expand the series’ long-running use of music and broadcast media with in-game podcasts and at least six radio stations, according to details reported by The Verge.
Rockstar Games has described the forthcoming selection as the biggest and widest-ranging in the franchise. Players will be able to listen while inside vehicles and on foot, extending radio beyond the traditional car-based format.
The confirmed station line-up spans formats including talk radio and classic rock, with Cocoteo among the named stations. The addition of podcasts suggests Rockstar is broadening the game’s audio layer beyond music programming and fictional radio hosts.
For a series built around satirical depictions of contemporary culture, a wider mix of spoken-word audio could give GTA VI another channel for world-building. Rockstar has not detailed the full catalogue or the podcast formats in the information cited.