LEONIDA LOFT

Independent GTA VI fan channel

GTA VI through the eyes of a lifelong fan.

From the original GTA on PlayStation to the streets of Leonida, I've been along for the ride. I'm Chad, and this is where I share my takes on GTA VI, revisit the classics, and dive into the stories, characters, and gameplay that make Grand Theft Auto unforgettable.

DAYS TO LEONIDAGTA VI unlocks November 19
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CONFIRMEDRockstar has named a dynamic score and 'the next evolution of in-game radio' but hasn't explained either yet.REPORTEDGame Informer, via GamingBolt, describes moving storm systems.SHOWNThis is an official Rockstar screenshot of Mount Kalaga National Park.CONFIRMEDRockstar names Vice City as one of the areas of Leonida.REPORTEDHow often hurricanes hit, and whether they matter to the story, hasn't been explained.CONFIRMEDRockstar names Leonida Keys as one of the areas of Leonida.SHOWNThis is an official Rockstar screenshot of Vice City.

On the feed

Fresh off the causeway.

255 videos so far. Four a day in the countdown week, then three a day from my own play through December 3, with long guides on November 21, 23, 25 and 28.

Newest · ExplainerGTA VI's Radio Finally Follows You Out of the CarLoft TakeLoft Take: A Gun Limit Beats a Hoard, Wheel or NotExplainerSix Stars Is the Right Number for GTA VIField GuideField Guide #71: Tracker Cars Make the Old GTA Getaway a Bad IdeaExplainerPrediction: Ignoring Lucia's Goodnight Text Comes Back LaterField GuideField Guide #62: The Gator Park Is Leonida's Only Real Theme Park LeadExplainerThe November 18 GTA VI Review Date Is Still a RumorField GuideField Guide #63: Bad Bunny Reportedly Hosts GTA VI's Cocoteo FMExplainerFirst Person in GTA VI Is Still a Question MarkExplainerNo Gold Announcement for GTA VI YetExit ↓Every series255 videos, sorted

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ExplainerGTA VI's Radio Finally Follows You Out of the CarExplainerSix Stars Is the Right Number for GTA VIExplainerPrediction: Ignoring Lucia's Goodnight Text Comes Back LaterExplainerThe November 18 GTA VI Review Date Is Still a RumorExplainerFirst Person in GTA VI Is Still a Question MarkExplainerNo Gold Announcement for GTA VI YetExplainerGTA V Habits That GTA VI Reportedly Makes You Pay ForExplainerI Installed GTA 6 on My Xbox: 211.9 GB, Two Hours, One DogExplainerSkipping Snapmatic Posts Is GTA VI's Smartest DetailExplainerWhat Rockstar Hasn't Said: How Long a Leonida Day LastsExplainerRob Nelson's Dumpster Story Is the Most Red Dead Thing About GTA VIExplainerGTA 6's Phone: From Selfie Machine to Crime ToolExplainerHotel Dixon: A Nod to Miami Beach's 1937 Hotel VictorExplainerKeep Your Own Car Out of Every GTA VI GetawayExplainerRed Dead 2 and GTA VI: The Link Is the Design, Not the StoryExplainerGTA 6 Hurricanes: What Cops Do in a Storm Is Still SecretExplainerMegamundo: Vice City Roasts Miami, and Miami Plays AlongExplainerGTA VI Cops Reportedly Send Dogs After You on FootExplainerThe Real Miami Behind Leonida, From PortMiami to the KeysExplainerEarly GTA VI Review Copies Matter More Than the DateExplainerGTA VI Has No Announced PC Version, and No Streaming Plan YetExplainerGTA 6 Length: Eighty Hours Was One Developer's RunExplainerGTA 6 on PS5 Pro: Why Digital Foundry Bets on 40fpsExplainerPlaying GTA VI at Launch Takes a PS5 or an Xbox SeriesExplainerNo $260 Million Pre-Order Number Comes From RockstarExplainerJason Duval: GTA Never Lets Anyone RetireExplainerMiami's GTA VI Ad Deal Reportedly Hit $3.9 Million, Not $3 MillionExplainerGetting Lost for Two Hours Is the Best Sign YetExplainerVoice Cast: One Actor Talked, Rockstar Hasn'tExplainerSkipping the Crunch Beats the Budget NumberExplainerJustice Didn't Make the Whole GTA VI SoundtrackExplainerFive Rockstar Developers All Describe the Same LeonidaExplainerRockstar Hasn't Said Romance Changes GTA VI's EndingExplainerOne Trailer Song Isn't the Whole GTA VI SoundtrackExplainerGTA VI's Game of the Year Shot Hangs on One Cutoff DateExplainerGTA V Reportedly Leaves PS Plus Two Days Before GTA VIExplainerI'm Going Dark the Day GTA VI Starts Pre-LoadingExplainerYour Boss, Not Rockstar, Decides Your GTA VI Launch DayExplainerLeonida's Best-Known Mascot Is a TV Gator, Not a CastleExplainerGTA VI's Rating Flags In-Game Purchases, and Rockstar Won't Say WhyExplainerNobody's Promised You L.A. Noire 2 After GTA VIExplainerGTA V Cops Forgot You at Sea. GTA VI's Might NotExplainerFast Travel in GTA VI Reportedly Comes With a DriverExplainerWanted Level: Escaping Now Means a Disguise, Not a DriveExplainerThe GTA VI Launch Trailer Blur Doesn't Prove a DowngradeExplainerGTA VI's Launch Trailer Came Straight Off a PS5ExplainerJason and Lucia Skipped the Billboard for a Brooklyn WallExplainerSwitching Characters: GTA VI Turns the Swap Into a RelationshipExplainerRockstar's New GTA VI Page Is a Shop Window, Not a RevealExplainerRockstar's Mod Rules: Five Lines That MatterExplainerGym and Weight: From CJ to Red Dead 2 to GTA VIExplainerGTA VI's M Rating Changes Nothing You'll Actually PlayExplainerNo Early GTA VI Copies, Just a Code and Pre-Load NightExplainerGTA VI Launch Night Reportedly Starts in New Zealand, Not MiamiExplainerThat Discord GTA VI Promo Is Fan Fiction Until Rockstar Says SoExplainerSales: Take-Two's Only Number Covers the Whole CompanyExplainerGTA VI Still Launches November 19, Whatever September SaidExplainerRob Nelson: GTA VI Gets Judged Every Eight WeeksExplainerZelnick Reportedly Calls GTA VI's Launch Single-PlayerExplainerRockstar Hasn't Promised GTA VI Hurricanes YetExplainerDon't Wait on Fan-Circled GTA VI Trailer DatesExplainerGTA VI's Fanciest Rooftop Bar Is Called EffluviaExplainerThe Knock Button in GTA VI Says a Lot About Its DoorsExplainerDon't Buy a Foreign PlayStation Code for GTA VIExplainerGTA VI's Celebrity DJs Are Reports, Not Rockstar's WordExplainerAndrés de León Hired Two Robbers as Security. Enter MegamundoExplainerPrediction: Dre'Quan's Label Story Plays Out in Real VenuesExplainerGTA Radio Through the Years: The Music Finally Leaves the CarExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: The Méndez Villain TheoryExplainer170 Animals, and Some of Them Reportedly GlowExplainerWho Owns What in Leonida, According to RockstarExplainerWill GTA VI Let Streamers Mute the Licensed Radio?ExplainerWe Predict GTA VI Drops GTA V's Character WheelExplainerReal Dimez Want Lightning to Strike Twice. GTA Has Seen This BeforeExplainerJack of Hearts in GTA VI: A Motto Before It Is a PlaceExplainerCJ Got Fat in 2004, and GTA VI Is Reported to Bring It BackExplainerGTA 6 Online Has No Date Yet, and Here's What Actually ExistsExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: The GTA VI Vice City BlimpExplainerRaul Bautista's Jobs Should Start Small and End EnormousExplainerCops Off the Radar in GTA VI? What the Coverage Actually SaysExplainerThe GTA VI Box Has No Disc, Just a Download CodeExplainerWhat to Play Before GTA 6: The Cowboy Game Comes FirstExplainerThe GTA VI PS5 Firmware Rumor Is Fan Fiction for NowExplainerHalf of GTA VI's Biggest Numbers Didn't Come From RockstarExplainerWhat Those Welcome To VI Signs in Miami Actually MeanExplainerAlbum: 34 Songs Nobody Can Play Anywhere ElseExplainerWhat Rockstar Hasn't Said: Is Spotify Going to Be in the Game?ExplainerLucia’s Bench Press, and What Skipping the Gym CostsExplainerThe Sandwich Ad: Leonida's TV Is Already Selling to YouExplainerMount Kalaga: Florida Doesn't Have MountainsExplainerThe Parachute Shot: Why That Orange Canopy MattersExplainerJason and Lucia: LOVE Wasn't Their First CoverExplainerRacing: A Lap Counter Is Not SceneryExplainerNo Monetization, Reportedly. In-Game Purchases, Says the BoxExplainerJason Duval: The Army Line Everyone SkipsExplainerThe Miami Heat Go Vice City the Night Before GTA VIExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: GTA VI Got Delayed to 2027ExplainerWhich of Leonida’s Side Activities Show a HUDExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: GTA VI Comes With a Paper MapExplainerGrassrivers Is a Name, and This Swamp Is a ShotExplainerWhat Rockstar Hasn't Said About GTA VI's HurricanesExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: You Can Download GTA VI on PC Right NowExplainerSony Says GTA VI Will Use Your DualSense TriggersExplainerTrailer 3 Never Showed Up at Take-Two's MeetingExplainerWhere GTA VI's 80-Hour Number Actually Comes FromExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: Is N3on in GTA VI?ExplainerThat 32-Player GTA 6 Online Claim Has Nothing Behind ItExplainerWhy Leonida's Water Is More Than SceneryExplainerReal Dimez Might Be GTA's Sharpest Joke About Going ViralExplainerWhat Rockstar Hasn't Said: Will GTA VI Have a Streamer Mode?ExplainerGame Informer's GTA VI Issue, FastExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: Is Leonida Really Twice GTA V's Size?ExplainerWhat Rockstar Hasn't Said: Can GTA VI Cops Track Your Car?ExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: Six Stars and Disguises in GTA VIExplainerFact or Fan Fiction: The Vice City Collection Includes GTA VIExplainerGTA VI's Dynamic Score Is Two Phrases So FarExplainerGTA VI's File Size Isn't Out Yet, So Every Number Is a GuessExplainerEverything Confirmed About Buying GTA VI Fits on a FridgeExplainerAll Six GTA VI Singles, Ranked by a GTA PlayerExplainerNo, Take-Two Didn’t Announce GTA VI for PCExplainerWhat Rob Nelson Actually Said About GTA VI's CopsExplainerHUD: What the Screen Already Tells UsExplainerGTA VI's 34-Song Album Drops the Same Day as the GameExplainerWhat Rockstar Hasn't Said: Is GTA VI's Map Bigger Than GTA V's?ExplainerSeven Artists Posted First, Then Came the BillboardsExplainerBrian Heder vs. Boobie Ike, Who Really Runs Things?ExplainerMap So Far: Six Places Rockstar Has NamedExplainerRockstar Has Named Three Areas of Leonida. That Is the List.ExplainerWhy Jason Lives Rent-Free at Brian Heder'sExplainerCal Hampton and the Internet Rabbit HoleExplainerTake-Two's Annual Meeting: What Was Actually Said About PCExplainerRecord Label Storyline: Only Raw Records Needs a HitExplainerRaul Bautista's Crew Has a ProblemExplainerJason and Lucia Want Different ThingsExplainerGTA VI's Character Taglines, DecodedExplainerTake-Two Reportedly Calls GTA VI's Launch Single-PlayerExplainerGTA VI Has an Album. The Radio Is Still a MysteryExplainerTwo Leads: What Rockstar Hasn't Said About SwitchingExplainerRelease Date: What's Actually Locked In

Loft Take 4

Loft TakeLoft Take: A Gun Limit Beats a Hoard, Wheel or NotLoft TakeLoft Take: The Couple Scenes Will Outlast the HeistsLoft TakeLoft Take: Shrinking GTA VI to Miami Was the Right CallLoft TakeLoft Take: The Two Delays Were the Right Call

Field Guide 64

Field GuideField Guide #71: Tracker Cars Make the Old GTA Getaway a Bad IdeaField GuideField Guide #62: The Gator Park Is Leonida's Only Real Theme Park LeadField GuideField Guide #63: Bad Bunny Reportedly Hosts GTA VI's Cocoteo FMField GuideField Guide #88: GTA VI's Alleys and Rooftops Reportedly Got Real WorkField GuideField Guide #87: Jason and Lucia Reportedly Pass on a Bank JobField GuideField Guide #66: Rockstar Tried to Kill the Weapon Wheel, and the Wheel WonField GuideField Guide #61: The GTA VI Impound Lot Is a Job Now, Per IGNField GuideField Guide #58: RydeMe Makes GTA VI Fast Travel a Real RideField GuideField Guide #86: Hundreds of GTA VI Buildings Reportedly Open UpField GuideField Guide #83: Flash FM Is Back, and the Hosts Matter More Than the SongsField GuideField Guide #85: GTA VI's Car App Reportedly Won't Come Mid-RobberyField GuideField Guide #84: The Alarm Goes Before the RegisterField GuideField Guide #82: Jennifer Kolbe Reportedly Asked for Both GTA VI DelaysField GuideField Guide #60: Leonida Is Over the Top on Purpose, Rockstar SaysField GuideField Guide #80: Jason Might Drive While Lucia ShootsField GuideField Guide #46: Your Leonida Map Lives in the Pause MenuField GuideField Guide #78: Mud Dog Mike Is GTA VI's Swamp WeathermanField GuideField Guide #59: Boobie and Dre'Quan Need a Hit in GTA VIField GuideField Guide #77: GTA VI Cops Reportedly Remember the NeighborhoodField GuideField Guide #75: NOOSE Might Be Waiting at GTA VI's Six StarsField GuideField Guide #74: Downtown Vice City Reportedly Borrows Real Miami BlocksField GuideField Guide #56: Sara's Unisex Salon Might Be a Getaway, Not Just a HaircutField GuideField Guide #55: Justice Scored GTA VI, and the Radio Has CompetitionField GuideField Guide #36: GTA VI Hurricanes Could Wreck Every GetawayField GuideField Guide #34 | Ultimate Edition Upgrade: You're Buying Places, Not SkinsField GuideField Guide #42 | Petra Navarro: Megamundo's COO Could Be Leonida's Quietest ThreatField GuideField Guide #54: AfroBank FM Is the Station I'm Trying FirstField GuideField Guide #43: The '95 Grotti Cheetah Tops Rockstar's Upgrade ListField GuideField Guide #44: GTA VI Has Chapters, and a Help Page Let It SlipField GuideField Guide #57: Rob Nelson Says GTA VI Skips the Boring RealismField GuideField Guide #45: Leonida's Busiest Street Should Sound Like a Hundred ConversationsField GuideField Guide #49: GTA VI Reportedly Has Twice the Animations of Red Dead 2Field GuideField Guide #50: GTA VI's M Rating Tells You What, Never How MuchField GuideField Guide #41: Lori Heder Gets One Sentence, and It's a Loaded OneField GuideField Guide #47: Leonida's Locals Reportedly Come in Every ShapeField GuideField Guide #48 | Focus Mode: The Cops Reportedly Vanish From Your RadarField GuideField Guide #51: Ambrosia Has a Name, Not an AddressField GuideField Guide #40: Cal Hampton Listens to the Coast Guard for FunField GuideField Guide #37: The WildlifeField GuideField Guide #52: The Jack of Hearts Is a Motto, Not a Map Pin (Yet)Field GuideField Guide #38: Side ActivitiesField GuideField Guide #35: Leonida PenitentiaryField GuideField Guide #33: Macca the GatorField GuideField Guide #32: Suppressive FireField GuideField Guide #30: The Criminal ProfileField GuideField Guide #31: Store RobberiesField GuideField Guide #24: Five Leonida Places Rockstar Named That Nobody Talks AboutField GuideField Guide #22 | Leonida Keys: Rockstar's Smuggling CountryField GuideField Guide #25: Brian Heder Gives Jason a Free Place to Live. There's a CatchField GuideField Guide #26 | Boobie Ike: A Vice City Legend Who Needs a HitField GuideField Guide #23: Vice City, Seen Through the Extended LookField GuideField Guide #18: Lucia Was Taught to Fight. GTA V’s Melee Is a Punch ButtonField GuideField Guide #19: Real Dimez Made Social Media a Career. Bleeter Never DidField GuideField Guide #20: DWNPLY Is the GTA VI Rapper Rockstar Named OnceField GuideField Guide #20: Port Gellhorn and What Ports Usually Mean in GTAField GuideField Guide #39: The Vintage Vice City PackField GuideWho Is Lucia Caminos?Field GuideWho Are Real Dimez?Field GuideDre’Quan Priest and Only Raw RecordsField GuideWho Is Cal Hampton?Field GuideWho Is Raul Bautista?Field GuideWho Is Boobie Ike?Field GuideWho Is Brian Heder?Field GuideWhat We Know About Jason Duval

News Drop 8

News DropNews Drop: Justice's GTA VI Score Lands Three Weeks After the GameNews DropNews Drop: Take-Two Reports Earnings Ten Days Before GTA VINews DropNews Drop: GTA VI Launch Trailer Lands With a New Justice SongNews DropNews Drop: Bad Bunny, Lana Del Rey and Slayer Are GTA VI's Radio DJsNews DropNews Drop: Six GTA VI Radio Stations, Plus Cardi B and Fuerza RegidaNews DropNews Drop: Rockstar's Store Gets a GTA VI CollectionNews DropNews Drop: GTA VI Is Rated M on Rockstar's Own PageNews DropNews Drop: Rockstar's $399.99 Vice City Box Doesn't Include GTA VI

Breakdown 11

BreakdownField Guide #27 | Jason Duval: Every Clue So Far, in OrderBreakdownThe Extended Look Saves Its Loudest Stretch for Floor 26BreakdownEvery GTA 6 Edition Compared, From $79.99 to the $400 BoxBreakdownField Guide #28: Who Is Brian Heder? Every Clue So Far, in OrderBreakdownEverything to Sort Before GTA VI Launches on November 19BreakdownGTA 6 on November 19: What's Confirmed and What's Only ReportedBreakdownGTA 6 Soundtrack Explained: The Album and Only Raw RecordsBreakdownGTA 6 Characters: Who Actually Lives in LeonidaBreakdownGTA 6: Everything Confirmed Before LaunchBreakdownCast, Mapped: Who Works With WhomBreakdownWhat the Footage Actually Shows

Extended Look 12

Extended LookThe Extended Look Topped Netflix's English Film List in Four DaysExtended LookWhy the Extended Look Keeps Putting Lucia Behind the WheelExtended LookVice City's Rich SideExtended LookThe Crimes on ScreenExtended LookInside the Effluvia Rooftop BarExtended LookLeonida Has Florida Man EnergyExtended LookSmall Details You MissedExtended LookEvery Way to Get AroundExtended LookVice City After DarkExtended LookJason and Lucia's Night OutExtended LookThe First Job Starts With a KnockExtended LookGTA VI's Extended Look Takes the Scenic Route

Did You Miss This 3

Did You Miss ThisDid You Miss This: The Plane Skimming GTA VI's BridgesDid You Miss ThisDid You Miss This: The Highway Signs Name Your Next StopsDid You Miss ThisDid You Miss This: GTA VI Races Come Back Around

Prediction Board 6

Prediction BoardPrediction Board: Skipping the Gym Will Show on Jason and LuciaPrediction BoardPrediction Board: GTA VI Missions Start at the DoorPrediction BoardThe Prediction Board: A Hurricane Will Wreck at Least One MissionPrediction BoardPrediction Board: One of Boobie's Businesses Is Yours to UsePrediction BoardPrediction Board: That Bench Press Is Something You PressPrediction BoardPrediction Board: Mount Kalaga Is Real Elevation, Not a Sign

Launch Countdown 8

Launch Countdown28 Days to GTA VI: Justice Wrote the ScoreLaunch Countdown35 Days to GTA VI: GTA V Let You Bring Your Own MusicLaunch Countdown49 Days to GTA VI: Jason Duval Might Want OutLaunch Countdown50 Days to GTA VI: The Goodtime State – Vice City CollectionLaunch Countdown51 Days to GTA VI: Your PlayStation Code Has a Home RegionLaunch Countdown52 Days to GTA VI: Dre’Quan’s Real Goal Is MusicLaunch Countdown53 Days to GTA VI: The Soundtrack Gets a Real RecordLaunch Countdown54 Days to GTA VI: The Mod Rules Rockstar Wrote

Inside the Loft

Every claim gets checked at the door.

Nobody outside Rockstar has played GTA VI, me included. So nothing gets in without a label that says where it came from.

The five labels

You'll see these on every video.

CONFIRMED

Rockstar said it: a trailer, the Newswire, or the game's own site. Nothing secondhand gets this one.

Rockstar calls Boobie Ike a Vice City legend.
SHOWN

It's on screen in footage Rockstar released. Shown isn't the same as explained.

Jason, in a suit, riding an elevator alone
REPORTED

A real outlet reported it, and I tell you which one. Rockstar hasn’t said it.

Vice City first had its own game back in 2002.
MY READ

My read of the evidence, labeled so you can argue with it.

UNCONFIRMED

Possible, but nothing official backs it. Rumors live here until proven.

Flight trackers say Goodyear's Wingfoot Three left Ohio on October 12 heading south; the GTA VI livery and the Florida stop are unconfirmed.

Launch night

Watch GTA VI live with Chad.

Come hang out while I explore GTA VI, play through the story, and see what kind of trouble I can get into. Relaxed gameplay, real reactions, and plenty of GTA talk. Story streams come with spoiler warnings.

  1. NOV 12Pre-loads open. Rockstar says digital pre-orders can start pre-loading at local midnight on November 12.
  2. NOV 12–18Countdown week: an episode every night at 7 PM Central (8 PM Eastern).
  3. NOV 18Launch night: I go live on YouTube and Twitch at midnight Central (1 AM Eastern), once the game is unlocked.
  4. NOV 19 ONVideos from my own play, finally, labeled My gameplay. Then live every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM Central and Sunday at 1 PM Central.

The community

Whether you've played GTA for decades or you're just getting started, you're welcome here.

Leonida Loft is for people who enjoy GTA's stories, characters, ridiculous moments, and everything in between. Good conversations, different opinions, and a little friendly debate are always welcome.

No gatekeeping, no unnecessary drama, and no ruining the story for everybody else. Just fellow GTA fans enjoying the ride.

Where to watch

Same Loft, six screens.

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