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 "name": "GTA6Gang Fact Ledger",
 "description": "Every claim about Grand Theft Auto VI that GTA6Gang treats as load-bearing, graded against the source it actually traces to. Free to use with attribution.",
 "url": "https://gta6gang.com/ledger/",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-07-16",
 "record_count": 136,
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  "confirmed": "Rockstar or Take-Two published it. The link goes to their words.",
  "likely": "One inference step from official material. The step is named on the record.",
  "not-stated": "Widely repeated. Never officially said — including claims that trace to credible leaks. The link goes where it would be if it were real.",
  "debunked": "Official material contradicts it."
 },
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  "likely": 9,
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  "debunked": 3
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   "label": "Rockstar Newswire, May 2, 2025 — launch moved to May 26, 2026",
   "type": "rockstar-official",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
  },
  {
   "key": "rs-nw-nov19",
   "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026",
   "label": "Rockstar Newswire, November 6, 2025 — launch moved to November 19, 2026",
   "type": "rockstar-official",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
  },
  {
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   "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/517oa135328155/grand-theft-auto-vi-pre-orders-begin-on-june-25",
   "label": "Rockstar Newswire, June 18, 2026 — pre-orders begin June 25",
   "type": "rockstar-official",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
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  {
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   "label": "Rockstar Newswire, June 24, 2026 — “Pre-Order Grand Theft Auto VI on June 25”",
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   "verified": "2026-07-16 (fetched; body is client-rendered, metadata read)"
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   "type": "rockstar-official",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
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  {
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   "label": "Rockstar Newswire, May 6, 2025 — Trailer 2",
   "type": "rockstar-official",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
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   "label": "Rockstar Support — GTA VI pre-order details",
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   "verified": "2026-07-16 — host returns 503 to automated checks; opens normally in a browser. Read via search index, not fetched."
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   "label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
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   "verified": "2026-07-16 (fetched)"
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  {
   "key": "rs-x-delay",
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   "label": "Rockstar Games on X, November 6, 2025 — delay statement",
   "type": "rockstar-social",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
  },
  {
   "key": "rs-x-trailer2",
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   "label": "Rockstar Games on X, May 7, 2025 — how Trailer 2 was captured",
   "type": "rockstar-social",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
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   "label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "type": "publisher-press-release",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (fetched, full text)"
  },
  {
   "key": "t2-trailer2-pr",
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   "label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, May 6, 2025 — Trailer 2",
   "type": "publisher-press-release",
   "verified": "2026-07-16 (search result)"
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   "claim": "Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, 2026.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2025-11-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-11-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar set this date in November 2025 and Take-Two restated it in the June 24, 2026 pre-order release. Two independent official surfaces, same date."
  },
  {
   "id": "release-day-is-a-thursday",
   "claim": "November 19, 2026 is a Thursday, and Rockstar named the weekday itself.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, November 6, 2025 — launch moved to November 19, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2025-11-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-11-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Small detail, load-bearing for launch-day planning: Rockstar wrote the weekday into the announcement rather than leaving it to be calculated."
  },
  {
   "id": "prior-date-may-26-2026",
   "claim": "Before the current date, GTA 6 was scheduled for May 26, 2026.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/258aa538o412ok/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-coming-may-26-2026",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, May 2, 2025 — launch moved to May 26, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-02",
   "last_changed": "2025-11-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Superseded on November 6, 2025. Kept in the ledger because the delay history is the best available evidence about how Rockstar handles dates."
  },
  {
   "id": "prior-window-2025",
   "claim": "The first trailer gave the release window as 2025.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/8978kok9385a82/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-1-now",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, December 5, 2023 — Trailer 1",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-02",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date",
    "trailers"
   ],
   "note": "Superseded twice. From 2025 to May 2026 to November 2026."
  },
  {
   "id": "delay-reason-polish",
   "claim": "Rockstar's stated reason for the November 2026 delay was finishing the game to the level of polish players expect.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, November 6, 2025 — launch moved to November 19, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2025-11-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-11-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "This is Rockstar's stated reason. It is not the same as the actual reason, which nobody outside Rockstar knows."
  },
  {
   "id": "delay-reason-quality-may",
   "claim": "Rockstar's stated reason for the May 2025 delay was needing extra time to deliver at the expected level of quality.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/258aa538o412ok/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-coming-may-26-2026",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, May 2, 2025 — launch moved to May 26, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-02",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-02",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Near-identical framing to the second delay seven months later."
  },
  {
   "id": "delay-apology-published",
   "claim": "Rockstar apologised publicly for the added wait in its delay announcement.",
   "status": "confirmed",
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   "source_type": "rockstar-social",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games on X, November 6, 2025 — delay statement",
   "first_seen": "2025-11-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-11-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Posted to X and the Newswire the same day, in the same words."
  },
  {
   "id": "no-further-delay-announced",
   "claim": "GTA 6 will be delayed a third time.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire — the full announcement archive",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Listed because it circulates constantly, not because there is evidence for it. No delay past November 19, 2026 has been announced. The Newswire is where it would appear; both previous delays were posted there first. This record is a watch item, not a prediction."
  },
  {
   "id": "preload-november-12",
   "claim": "Digital pre-orders can begin pre-loading on November 12, 2026.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "release-date",
    "preorder"
   ],
   "note": "Seven days before launch."
  },
  {
   "id": "preorders-opened-june-25",
   "claim": "Pre-orders opened on June 25, 2026, at midnight local time.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/5171972o3ak5oa/pre-order-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-june-25",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, June 24, 2026 — “Pre-Order Grand Theft Auto VI on June 25”",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-25",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder"
   ],
   "note": "“Midnight local time” meant the rollout moved across time zones rather than opening globally at once."
  },
  {
   "id": "preorder-date-pre-announced",
   "claim": "Rockstar announced the June 25 pre-order date a week in advance, on June 18, 2026.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/517oa135328155/grand-theft-auto-vi-pre-orders-begin-on-june-25",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, June 18, 2026 — pre-orders begin June 25",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-18",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-18",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder"
   ],
   "note": "The June 18 post gave the date. The June 24 post gave the prices. Two separate beats, often collapsed into one in later coverage."
  },
  {
   "id": "price-standard-79-99",
   "claim": "The Standard Edition costs $79.99 USD.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "pricing",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Stated in the Take-Two press release. Prior to June 24 every price figure in circulation was a guess, including ours."
  },
  {
   "id": "price-ultimate-99-99",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition costs $99.99 USD.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "pricing",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Same source, same sentence family."
  },
  {
   "id": "price-upgrade-unknown",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition Upgrade costs $20.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-25",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-25",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "pricing",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "$99.99 minus $79.99 is arithmetic, not a price. Rockstar confirmed the upgrade exists and can be bought separately at any time, but published no figure for it. The $20 is probably right — that is not the point. The point is that outlets are printing it as a confirmed Rockstar price, and it is a subtraction they did themselves. If the upgrade ships at a number other than $20, every one of those pages was wrong and this record was not."
  },
  {
   "id": "price-only-usd-published",
   "claim": "Rockstar has published an official GTA 6 price list for regions outside the US.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "pricing"
   ],
   "note": "The announcement gives USD only. Local prices do exist — every regional storefront lists one — but they come from the storefronts, not from a Rockstar price list, and they do not all convert cleanly from $79.99. Check your own store. Every non-USD figure on this site, including ours, is a store reading rather than an official number."
  },
  {
   "id": "price-79-99-not-69-99",
   "claim": "GTA 6 costs $69.99.",
   "status": "debunked",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "pricing"
   ],
   "note": "$69.99 was the most common pre-announcement prediction and it was wrong. Included because it is still in circulation and was on this site until June."
  },
  {
   "id": "editions-two-only",
   "claim": "GTA 6 has exactly two editions: Standard and Ultimate.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's own edition comparison shows two tabs. Every additional tier reported anywhere is someone's invention."
  },
  {
   "id": "edition-collectors-nonexistent",
   "claim": "A Collector's Edition of GTA 6 exists.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "It does not appear on Rockstar's edition page. Nor does a Deluxe, Special, or Premium tier. This site carried phantom tiers until June 2026 and they were removed once the real structure was published."
  },
  {
   "id": "edition-standard-formats",
   "claim": "The Standard Edition is sold as digital or as a code in a box.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "physical"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar labels the Standard tab exactly this way — “Digital or Code in Box.”"
  },
  {
   "id": "edition-ultimate-digital-only",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition is digital only.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "physical"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar labels the Ultimate tab “Digital.” There is no boxed Ultimate."
  },
  {
   "id": "edition-ultimate-scope",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition's extra content is threaded through the story rather than bundled as a separate mode.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar describes the collection as threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story. That framing is the reason the upgrade decision is not purely cosmetic."
  },
  {
   "id": "edition-upgrade-sold-separately",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition Upgrade can be bought separately after buying the Standard Edition.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-25",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-25",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "pricing"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar lists the upgrade as an add-on requiring the base game. This removes the deadline from the $99.99 decision, and it received almost no coverage."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-grotti-cheetah",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes a '95 Grotti Cheetah.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": "One of the very few GTA 6 vehicles Rockstar has named itself."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-morgan-revolvers",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Hawk & Little Morgan Revolvers.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "weapons"
   ],
   "note": "Hawk & Little is a returning in-fiction manufacturer. The Morgan model name is new."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-weapon-variants",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes personalized weapon variants.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "weapons"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-vice-city-style",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes a Vice City Style item set.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "clothing"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-jason-safehouse-vehicles",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Jason's Safehouse Vehicles.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-ganado-retro-build",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes a Ganado Retro Build.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar named this item and this site has no page on it. Flagged as a coverage gap rather than quietly ignored."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-rideout-customs",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Rideout Customs Mod Shop.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": "One of two mod shops in the Ultimate Edition. Car customisation sitting behind the paid tier is the genuinely contested part of the June announcement."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-saras-salon",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Sara's Unisex Salon.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar-named, zero pages on this site as of v217."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-shitzu-squalo",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes a Shitzu Squalo.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": "The Squalo's own item copy is where fishing in GTA 6 actually traces to — not to any trailer, and not to the Mount Kalaga blurb the press cited."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-stock-305",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Stock 305 Clothing Store.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses",
    "clothing"
   ],
   "note": "Stock 305 is the clothing store. Stockyard is a district; Electric Fang is the tattoo parlour inside it. Several outlets merged the two into a streetwear shop that does not exist. We nearly published the same error and caught it in review — by cross-checking four summaries against each other and getting agreement."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-dominator-buggy",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes a '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-electric-fang",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Electric Fang Tattoo Parlor.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": "A tattoo parlour, not a clothing store."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-one-eyed-willies",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes One-Eyed Willie's Mod Shop.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": "The second of the two Ultimate mod shops. Rockstar-named, zero pages on this site as of v217."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-goodtime-gear",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes Goodtime Gear.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-ptt-youngins",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes the PTT Youngin$ Illegal Goods Store.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's edition page calls it an Illegal Goods Store. Other Rockstar surfaces have called the same item a compound. Two official surfaces, two names — logged rather than resolved, because we cannot resolve it."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-classic-car-collection",
   "claim": "The Ultimate Edition includes a Classic Car Collection.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": "Widely reported as Wyman's Classic Car Collection. Rockstar's edition page lists it without the name attached."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-item-count-16",
   "claim": "Rockstar lists sixteen distinct items under the Ultimate Edition.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Counted directly off Rockstar's edition page on 2026-07-16, excluding the two pre-order bonuses that also apply to Standard."
  },
  {
   "id": "ult-storefront-count-five",
   "claim": "Five of the Ultimate Edition items are storefronts.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "editions",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": "Rideout Customs, Sara's Unisex Salon, Stock 305, Electric Fang, One-Eyed Willie's. The inference step: Rockstar does not label them as a group, so the count is ours, from its list. Two are mod shops."
  },
  {
   "id": "bonus-vintage-vice-city-pack",
   "claim": "Every pre-order or purchase made before November 20, 2026 includes the Vintage Vice City Pack.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Both editions, not Ultimate only. The deadline is the day after launch, which is unusually generous and widely misreported as a pre-order-only window."
  },
  {
   "id": "bonus-pack-applies-to-standard",
   "claim": "The Vintage Vice City Pack is exclusive to the Ultimate Edition.",
   "status": "debunked",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar lists it as a pre-order bonus on the Standard tab as well. Buying Ultimate is not required to get it."
  },
  {
   "id": "bonus-gta-plus-free-month",
   "claim": "Digital pre-orders include a free month of GTA+.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder",
    "gta-plus"
   ],
   "note": "Digital only. A code-in-box buyer does not get it."
  },
  {
   "id": "bonus-gta-plus-instant",
   "claim": "The free GTA+ month is redeemable immediately rather than at launch.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder",
    "gta-plus"
   ],
   "note": "Take-Two's wording is explicit that it is instantly redeemable, which is why it is a GTA Online benefit in 2026 rather than a GTA 6 benefit in November."
  },
  {
   "id": "bonus-gta-plus-library",
   "claim": "The GTA+ month gives access to the GTA+ Games Library, which includes Grand Theft Auto V.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gta-plus"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "bonus-gta-plus-carries-to-gta6",
   "claim": "The free GTA+ month carries over into GTA 6 benefits at launch.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gta-plus"
   ],
   "note": "Take-Two describes the month in GTA Online and Games Library terms only. Whether GTA+ does anything in GTA 6 has not been addressed at all."
  },
  {
   "id": "physical-download-code",
   "claim": "The physical version of GTA 6 contains a download code inside the box.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "physical"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "physical-has-disc",
   "claim": "The physical version of GTA 6 contains a disc.",
   "status": "debunked",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "physical"
   ],
   "note": "Directly contradicted: the box holds a code. This has consequences the coverage mostly skipped — no resale, no lending, and a disc-drive-less console is no longer a reason to buy physical."
  },
  {
   "id": "physical-avail-november-12",
   "claim": "The physical version becomes available starting November 12, 2026.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "physical",
    "release-date"
   ],
   "note": "Take-Two states the boxed version arrives on the 12th specifically so code-in-box buyers can pre-load alongside digital buyers. A week before launch, not on launch day."
  },
  {
   "id": "physical-steelbook",
   "claim": "Steelbook or retailer-exclusive physical variants exist.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "physical",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "None are listed anywhere official. There is also no disc to put in a steelbook."
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-ps5",
   "claim": "GTA 6 launches on PlayStation 5.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": "Named on every official surface since Trailer 1."
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-xbox-series",
   "claim": "GTA 6 launches on Xbox Series X|S.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-pc",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is coming to PC.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's own site lists two platforms. It has never announced a PC version, a PC window, or a PC intention. GTA V's PC release came 19 months after console, which is a precedent, not an announcement."
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-switch-2",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": "No official statement of any kind exists."
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-last-gen",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is coming to PS4 or Xbox One.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": "Never announced, and the trailer platform line has excluded last-gen from the beginning."
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-plays-best-ps5",
   "claim": "Rockstar's GTA 6 site carries a “Plays Best On PlayStation 5” badge.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms",
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "A marketing arrangement, not a technical claim. It sits on Rockstar's own site and links to a PlayStation features page. Nothing published says what, if anything, differs on Xbox."
  },
  {
   "id": "platform-ps5-benefits-page",
   "claim": "PlayStation hosts a GTA VI features page that Rockstar links to directly.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.playstation.com/GTAVIfeatures/",
   "source_type": "platform-official",
   "source_label": "PlayStation — GTA VI features page (linked from Rockstar's VI site)",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms",
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Linked from the footer of rockstargames.com/VI. Worth watching — platform-exclusive framing tends to arrive there before it arrives on the Newswire."
  },
  {
   "id": "storefronts-official",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is sold through the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, the Rockstar Games Store, and global retailers.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder",
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "storefront-steam",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is available to pre-order on Steam.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "platforms",
    "preorder"
   ],
   "note": "Follows from there being no PC version. Take-Two's storefront list names three digital stores and Steam is not among them."
  },
  {
   "id": "preorder-region-list",
   "claim": "Rockstar Store pre-orders are limited to a published list of about thirty countries.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/46YkMi4rHxYXMeIHtZiKaE/grand-theft-auto-vi-pre-order-details",
   "source_type": "rockstar-support",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Support — GTA VI pre-order details",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-25",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-25",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "preorder"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar Support publishes the list. Availability elsewhere depends on platform policy, regional regulation, and age ratings — which is Rockstar's own stated caveat, not ours."
  },
  {
   "id": "single-player-experience",
   "claim": "Take-Two describes GTA 6 as a single-player experience.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "multiplayer",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The exact framing sits in the first paragraph of the pre-order press release. It is the single most consequential wording in the whole June announcement and got the least attention."
  },
  {
   "id": "gta6-online-at-launch",
   "claim": "GTA 6 ships with an online or multiplayer mode at launch.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "multiplayer"
   ],
   "note": "Not announced, and the official framing points the other way. GTA V shipped single-player first and added Online 22 days later, so the pattern is available — but a pattern is not a plan."
  },
  {
   "id": "gta6-online-ever",
   "claim": "GTA 6 will eventually get an online mode.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "multiplayer"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: GTA Online is Take-Two's largest recurrent-spending business and the free GTA+ month is being used to keep GTA Online buyers warm. That is commercial logic, not an announcement. Rockstar has said nothing."
  },
  {
   "id": "gta6-modding-support",
   "claim": "Rockstar will support modding in GTA 6.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire — the full announcement archive",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "modding"
   ],
   "note": "Nothing has been announced. The roleplay community's plans are running well ahead of anything Rockstar has said, and the third-party GTA V multiplayer shutdowns through 2026 have not been linked by Take-Two to GTA 6 in either direction."
  },
  {
   "id": "esrb-not-yet-rated",
   "claim": "GTA 6 has not been assigned an ESRB rating.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Stated in bold in the press release, and Rockstar's site still carries the rating-pending notice. Five months from launch."
  },
  {
   "id": "esrb-ao-rating",
   "claim": "GTA 6 will be rated AO (Adults Only).",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "A recurring rumour with no official basis. Every mainline GTA has been rated M."
  },
  {
   "id": "story-vice-city-leonida",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is set in Vice City and the wider state of Leonida.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/8978kok9385a82/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-1-now",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, December 5, 2023 — Trailer 1",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "Named in the Trailer 1 announcement and restated in every official description since."
  },
  {
   "id": "story-two-protagonists",
   "claim": "Jason and Lucia are the two protagonists.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "story-easy-score-goes-wrong",
   "claim": "The story begins with a score that goes wrong and opens into a conspiracy across Leonida.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "This is Rockstar's standing synopsis, unchanged across the VI site, both press releases, and the Trailer 2 copy."
  },
  {
   "id": "story-bonnie-and-clyde",
   "claim": "GTA 6 is a Bonnie and Clyde story.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: Rockstar has never used the phrase. It describes two partners in crime who depend on each other, and the press supplied the comparison. Reasonable, but it is a reading, not a quote."
  },
  {
   "id": "story-chapters",
   "claim": "GTA 6's story is structured in chapters.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "Upgraded from rumour in June 2026: Rockstar's own edition copy refers to content threaded across the story in a way that implies chaptering, and the item list is organised to match. Still one inference step short of a statement. The specific five-chapter count still traces to a 2025 leak and nothing else."
  },
  {
   "id": "story-rdr2-chapter-structure",
   "claim": "GTA 6 uses Red Dead Redemption 2's chapter structure specifically.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The RDR2 comparison is an outlet addition. Nothing official mentions RDR2 in connection with GTA 6's structure."
  },
  {
   "id": "story-playable-both",
   "claim": "Both Jason and Lucia are playable.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: Rockstar presents both as protagonists with equal billing and separate character pages, but has never described the switching mechanic. Everything specific about how switching works is leak-sourced."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-jason-duval",
   "claim": "Jason Duval is a protagonist.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-jason-army",
   "claim": "Jason served in the Army before arriving in the Keys.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": "From Rockstar's own character bio."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-jason-drug-runners",
   "claim": "Jason works for local drug runners in the Leonida Keys.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-jason-grifters",
   "claim": "Jason grew up around grifters and crooks.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-lucia-caminos",
   "claim": "Lucia Caminos is a protagonist.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-lucia-penitentiary",
   "claim": "Lucia was imprisoned in the Leonida Penitentiary and is out at the start of the story.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "map"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar names the prison. It is one of the few Leonida locations named in a character bio rather than on the map."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-lucia-liberty-city",
   "claim": "Lucia's mother came to Leonida from Liberty City.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The only explicit link Rockstar has drawn between GTA 6 and an earlier GTA setting."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-lucia-fighter",
   "claim": "Lucia was taught to fight by her father from a very young age.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-cal-hampton",
   "claim": "Cal Hampton is a named character and a friend of Jason's.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-cal-coast-guard",
   "claim": "Cal monitors Coast Guard communications from home.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": "From Rockstar's bio. The conspiracy-theorist characterisation is Rockstar's own framing, not a fan reading."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-cal-brian-associate",
   "claim": "Cal is an associate of Brian's, as is Jason.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's bio ties Cal to Brian Heder explicitly, which is how the Keys cluster of characters is linked."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-boobie-ike",
   "claim": "Boobie Ike is a named character.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-boobie-empire",
   "claim": "Boobie Ike's businesses span real estate, a strip club, and a recording studio.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-boobie-partnership",
   "claim": "Boobie Ike is in business with Dre'Quan Priest through Only Raw Records.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-drequan-priest",
   "claim": "Dre'Quan Priest is a named character.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-drequan-signs-real-dimez",
   "claim": "Dre'Quan Priest has signed the Real Dimez to Only Raw Records.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "music"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-real-dimez",
   "claim": "Real Dimez is a rap duo made up of Bae-Luxe and Roxy.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "music"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-real-dimez-history",
   "claim": "Bae-Luxe and Roxy have been friends since high school.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-dwnply",
   "claim": "DWNPLY is a named local rapper who had an early hit with Real Dimez.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "music"
   ],
   "note": "Named in Rockstar's Real Dimez bio, five years before the story's present."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-raul-bautista",
   "claim": "Raul Bautista is a named character and a bank robber.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-raul-crew",
   "claim": "Raul Bautista runs a crew and recruits for scores.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The closest thing to a heist-structure signal in any official material — and it is a character bio, not a mechanic description."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-brian-heder",
   "claim": "Brian Heder is a named character and a veteran drug runner.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-brian-lori",
   "claim": "Brian Heder's third wife is named Lori.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-brian-boatyard",
   "claim": "Brian Heder moves product through his boat yard.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "businesses"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "char-brian-houses-jason",
   "claim": "Jason lives rent-free in one of Brian Heder's properties in exchange for doing local shakedowns.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "story",
    "properties"
   ],
   "note": "This is the clearest cause-and-effect Rockstar has published about how Jason gets pulled into anything."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-cover-boobie-raul",
   "claim": "Boobie Ike and Raul Bautista appear on the official cover art.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters",
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Sourced from Rockstar's own alt text on the edition page, which names both. Alt text is an odd place for a confirmation to live, but it is Rockstar's text on Rockstar's site."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-cover-elements",
   "claim": "The cover art includes a helicopter, a flamingo over a speedboat, and an alligator in water.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Same alt text. Useful mainly as a check on cover-art readings that claim to see more than is there."
  },
  {
   "id": "char-count-official",
   "claim": "Rockstar has published individual character bios for eight named characters or acts.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "characters"
   ],
   "note": "Jason, Lucia, Cal, Boobie, Dre'Quan, Real Dimez, Raul, Brian. Counted off the Only in Leonida page on 2026-07-16. Every other GTA 6 character name in circulation comes from trailers, leaks, or fans."
  },
  {
   "id": "map-leonida-state",
   "claim": "Leonida is the state GTA 6 is set in.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/8978kok9385a82/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-1-now",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, December 5, 2023 — Trailer 1",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "map-leonida-keys",
   "claim": "Leonida Keys is an official region.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": "One of six regions Rockstar links to by name from the Only in Leonida page."
  },
  {
   "id": "map-grassrivers",
   "claim": "Grassrivers is an official region.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "map-port-gellhorn",
   "claim": "Port Gellhorn is an official region.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "map-ambrosia",
   "claim": "Ambrosia is an official region.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "map-mount-kalaga",
   "claim": "Mount Kalaga is an official region.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "map-vice-city-region",
   "claim": "Vice City is an official region within Leonida.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "map-six-regions",
   "claim": "Rockstar has named six explorable regions plus Vice City.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: Rockstar links to six region pages from the Only in Leonida page, but has never said the map has six regions or that these are all of them. The count is ours, off its own navigation."
  },
  {
   "id": "map-size-claim",
   "claim": "GTA 6's map is a specific multiple of GTA V's.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar has published no map dimensions, no area figure, and no comparison. Every “X times bigger” number in circulation is derived from leaked material or invented outright."
  },
  {
   "id": "map-leonida-penitentiary",
   "claim": "The Leonida Penitentiary is a named location.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "map"
   ],
   "note": "Named in Lucia's bio rather than on the map."
  },
  {
   "id": "trailer1-date",
   "claim": "Trailer 1 was released on December 5, 2023.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/8978kok9385a82/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-1-now",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, December 5, 2023 — Trailer 1",
   "first_seen": "2023-12-05",
   "last_changed": "2023-12-05",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "trailers"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "trailer2-date",
   "claim": "Trailer 2 was released on May 6, 2025.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/3928aaa9471o3a/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-2-now",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire, May 6, 2025 — Trailer 2",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "trailers"
   ],
   "note": "Four days after the delay to May 26, 2026 — Rockstar followed bad news with the trailer inside the same week."
  },
  {
   "id": "trailer2-captured-ps5",
   "claim": "Trailer 2 was captured entirely in-game on a PlayStation 5.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://x.com/RockstarGames/status/1920181314092765494",
   "source_type": "rockstar-social",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games on X, May 7, 2025 — how Trailer 2 was captured",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-07",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-07",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "trailers",
    "platforms"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar stated this the day after release. It is the only claim Rockstar has made about how any GTA 6 footage was produced."
  },
  {
   "id": "trailer2-gameplay-cutscene-split",
   "claim": "Trailer 2 is made of roughly equal parts gameplay and cutscenes.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://x.com/RockstarGames/status/1920181314092765494",
   "source_type": "rockstar-social",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games on X, May 7, 2025 — how Trailer 2 was captured",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-07",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-07",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "trailers"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's own characterisation. It does not say which shots are which, and no official shot-by-shot breakdown exists."
  },
  {
   "id": "trailer3-announced",
   "claim": "Trailer 3 has been announced.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "trailers"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's VI site still lists Trailer 2 as its only video. Every Trailer 3 date in circulation — including ones tied to earnings calls — is a fan theory. Checked against the live site on 2026-07-16."
  },
  {
   "id": "trailer-gameplay-reveal",
   "claim": "Rockstar has released a gameplay reveal or extended gameplay demo.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "trailers"
   ],
   "note": "It has not. GTA V's gameplay video came about three months before launch and RDR2's about two, which is a pattern several outlets have noted — patterns are not schedules."
  },
  {
   "id": "business-470m-sold-in",
   "claim": "The Grand Theft Auto series has sold in over 470 million units.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's boilerplate figure as of June 2026. It said 440 million in the May 2025 Trailer 2 release — roughly 30 million units in thirteen months, with no new mainline game. That movement is the fact, not the round number."
  },
  {
   "id": "business-440m-superseded",
   "claim": "The Grand Theft Auto series had sold in over 440 million units as of May 2025.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/adding-multimedia-rockstar-games-releases-trailer-2-grand-theft",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, May 6, 2025 — Trailer 2",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Superseded by the 470 million figure. Retained so the delta is checkable rather than asserted."
  },
  {
   "id": "business-preorder-revenue",
   "claim": "GTA 6 pre-orders have generated $3 billion.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire — the full announcement archive",
   "first_seen": "2026-07-02",
   "last_changed": "2026-07-02",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "This figure comes from a union estimate made during a recognition dispute, not from a Take-Two disclosure. It is circulating as though Take-Two published it. Take-Two has published no pre-order figure at all."
  },
  {
   "id": "business-publisher",
   "claim": "Rockstar Games is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
   "source_type": "publisher-press-release",
   "source_label": "Take-Two Interactive investor press release, June 24, 2026",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "business-marketing-campaign",
   "claim": "Rockstar has published a marketing calendar for the run-up to launch.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire — the full announcement archive",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "business"
   ],
   "note": "Take-Two executives have talked about marketing ramping up. No dated plan, beat list, or schedule has been published by anyone."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-fishing",
   "claim": "Fishing is in GTA 6.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "Rockstar's own item copy for the Shitzu Squalo describes casting and reeling in catches. Worth reading twice: the press reached the right answer by the wrong road, citing a Mount Kalaga blurb and a columnist's guess rather than the sentence that actually says it. Underreading a primary source is quieter than overreading one, and it leaves a correct fact standing on nothing."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-car-customisation",
   "claim": "Car customisation is in GTA 6.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": "Two mod shops are Ultimate Edition items. That confirms customisation exists; it does not tell you what the Standard Edition gets, and Rockstar has not said."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-customisation-ultimate-only",
   "claim": "Car customisation requires the Ultimate Edition.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "editions"
   ],
   "note": "The two named mod shops are Ultimate items. Whether Standard players get any mod shop at all is simply unaddressed. This is the sharpest open question from the June announcement and it is being answered confidently in both directions by people with no source."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-tattoos",
   "claim": "Tattoo parlours are in GTA 6.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "Electric Fang is an Ultimate item."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-clothing-stores",
   "claim": "Clothing stores are in GTA 6.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "clothing"
   ],
   "note": "Stock 305 is an Ultimate item."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-hair-salons",
   "claim": "Hair salons are in GTA 6.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "Sara's Unisex Salon is an Ultimate item."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-boats",
   "claim": "Boats are in GTA 6.",
   "status": "confirmed",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "vehicles"
   ],
   "note": "The Shitzu Squalo is a boat and an Ultimate item. Brian Heder's bio also puts a boat yard in the Keys."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-property-ownership",
   "claim": "Player property ownership is in GTA 6.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "properties"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: Jason lives in a property Brian owns, and Jason's Safehouse Vehicles is an Ultimate item implying a safehouse with a garage. Neither says the player buys or manages property."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-fencing",
   "claim": "Fencing stolen goods is in GTA 6.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: an Illegal Goods Store is an Ultimate item, which strongly implies a channel for moving stolen property. Rockstar has not described the mechanic."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-weapon-locker",
   "claim": "GTA 6 has a weapon locker.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "weapons"
   ],
   "note": "Reported as confirmed after the June dump. The edition list supports weapons and weapon variants existing; a locker system is an outlet extrapolation."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-heists",
   "claim": "GTA 6 has heists.",
   "status": "likely",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — “Only in Leonida” people & places",
   "first_seen": "2025-05-06",
   "last_changed": "2025-05-06",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay",
    "story"
   ],
   "note": "The inference step: Raul Bautista is a bank robber who recruits a crew for scores, and the synopsis opens on a score gone wrong. That is a story premise. No heist mechanic has been described."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-in-game-tv",
   "claim": "GTA 6 has watchable in-game television.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/editions",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — GTA VI edition comparison",
   "first_seen": "2026-06-24",
   "last_changed": "2026-06-24",
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "Macca the Gator is described as a TV show character, which tells you television exists in the fiction. Whether you can sit down and watch it is a different claim, and one nobody official has made. GTA IV and V both had watchable TV, which is why the assumption slid through unexamined."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-six-star-wanted",
   "claim": "GTA 6 has a six-star wanted level.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Newswire — the full announcement archive",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "Widely leaked, never formally confirmed. Our own confirmed-features page rates this Highly Likely and that is not a contradiction — it grades how likely a claim is to be true, this ledger grades what the claim rests on. Six stars can be probable and leak-sourced at the same time. Where the two pages differ, they are answering different questions."
  },
  {
   "id": "gameplay-swimming",
   "claim": "Swimming is in GTA 6.",
   "status": "not-stated",
   "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
   "source_type": "rockstar-official",
   "source_label": "Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI official site",
   "first_seen": null,
   "last_changed": null,
   "ledger_added": "2026-07-16",
   "topics": [
    "gameplay"
   ],
   "note": "Almost certainly true, and still unsourced. Listed to make the point that this ledger's bar is what has been said, not what is obvious. A GTA set in the Keys without swimming is hard to imagine — imagination is not a source."
  }
 ]
}