GTA VI Macca & Friends: the in-game cartoon gets a trailer
GTA VI will have its own TV cartoon about an alligator called Macca. A 30-second teaser for Macca & Friends has appeared, days before the game's launch.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesRockstar has built a cartoon for a game world. Macca & Friends, an animated show you can apparently watch inside GTA VI, now has its first teaser trailer.
The show follows an alligator named Macca and his swampy pals in Leonida, the state where GTA VI is set. It is an exclusive on Weazel, the game's in-world TV network. The half-minute teaser was shared by the DiscussingFilm account and shows snippets from several scenes with the main characters, so you can judge the animation for yourself.
The cartoon was not a complete surprise. In August, the hosts of the Kinda Funny Gamescast podcast said, citing Rockstar, that the developers had hired an outside animation studio to produce a full season, probably of this show.
Players are amused. One commenter, pnkthereup, wrote: "I'm buying the game just to watch TV."
Is there Macca & Friends merchandise?
Yes. The $400 GTA VI collector's edition will include items from the show: a Macca figure, a magnetic mirror with his picture and a shot glass called the Lamantin Pukhlyash. The one thing the set will not include is the game itself.
When does GTA VI come out?
GTA VI goes on sale on 19 November for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. A PC version is rumoured for the first quarter of 2027. Analysts say pre-orders have passed 12 million copies and more than $1 billion in revenue.
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