GTA Online Mansion Update
The highly anticipated “Mansion Update” for GTA Online is set to launch soon, giving players their first chance to own luxury Vinewood Hills estates. However, a recent datamine has revealed that the update originally contained even more immersive—and mundane—features that were ultimately cut, leading to intriguing speculation about the future of the franchise.
Dataminers digging into the game’s files uncovered code pointing to a range of interactive animations that were planned for the new mansions. These included characters being able to wash their hands or face at sinks, engage in various exercises, and even use the toilet. While these features didn’t make the final cut for the GTA online update, their discovery has ignited a theory within the community.
Many fans are now speculating that GTA Online could be acting as a live testbed for mechanics destined for Grand Theft Auto VI. The idea is that Rockstar could use the existing, active player base to trial new interactive systems in a controlled environment before implementing them in the massive, upcoming single-player world.
“Finally being able to poop means all my dreams have come true,” one fan joked on Reddit, capturing the humorous yet curious sentiment surrounding the find.
While the theory is compelling, it’s important to note that game development typically involves extensive internal testing long before features reach the public. The scrapped animations could simply represent ideas that were prototyped but deemed unnecessary for the online experience, or they might be remnants of a more ambitious vision for property interaction that was scaled back.
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Whether these finds are clues to GTA VI’s increased interactivity or just fascinating glimpses into the cutting-room floor, the datamine has successfully added another layer of mystery and anticipation around Rockstar’s next evolution in open-world gameplay.