A sizable leak of Rockstar’s 2023 source‑code stash, measuring roughly 200 GB, has revealed the full schematic of the canceled Liberty City expansion, reigniting speculation that the city could surface as a GTA 6 DLC.
Leaked Source Code Reopens Liberty City
Information was shared by X user TJGM, who cites developer Ook from the World Travel modding team responsible for the Liberty City Preservation Project. TJGM details that the dropped files contain an expanded shoreline map, surpassing the scale of GTA 4’s Liberty City and displaying newly added districts that Rockstar had been refining.
Rockstar’s own development cycle illustrates that the Liberty City DLC was put on hold once GTA Online was locked into an exclusive lifecycle. Nevertheless, the newly surfaced data point to substantive progress on the expansion before its abandonment.
Implication for GTA 6 Map Expansion
Given recent reports positioning the launch of GTA 6 for late 2027, and Take‑Two’s confirmation that GTA Online support will extend beyond the new title, the company has the option to transplant the Liberty City design into GTA 6, creating the biggest map in franchise history.
Officially, the forthcoming GTA 6 terrain is slated to be twice as large as GTA 5 and three times larger than Red Dead Redemption 2, ensuring that even without a Liberty City DLC the map would open unprecedented slotlessness for online play.
What’s Next for the Series?
Should Rockstar choose to resurrect Liberty City, the game would benefit from the richer urban environment that the foundation of the expansion already offers. The audience now faces an intriguing crossroads: unlock a piece of Rockstar’s long‑gone project or focus entirely on the new Leonida territories.
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With the data surfacing publicly, the decision to integrate Liberty City into GTA 6 will very likely define the next era of open‑world gameplay for the franchise.
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