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Who is making GTA 6? Rockstar’s leads and writers

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Rockstar has not published a GTA 6 credits list Not confirmed. What we know comes from Bloomberg’s 14 October 2026 making-of feature by Jason Schreier, read through outlet write-ups Reported. Outlets disagree on job titles, so each title below names its source. Background: Bloomberg explainer. New here? Start here.

Person	What outlets report	Label
Rob Nelson, Aaron Garbut, Phil Hooker	Bloomberg (full text via The News): all three “received the title head of development”, an arrangement Bloomberg calls unusual; it is more common for a single director to run the show. Nelson: “Nobody ever really directly said to me, ‘It’s really annoying having three of you making decisions.’ But I’m aware that people would say that.”	Reported
Phil Hooker	IGN: co-head of development with Garbut. GamesRadar+: technical director. Insider Gaming: head of development. VICE: head of development.	Reported
Aaron Garbut	IGN: co-head of development with Hooker. GamesRadar+: artist. VICE: head of development.	Reported
Rob Nelson	TheGamer: “development lead” who flew to Miami in 2015 for the first research trip on what was then dubbed “Project Americas”.	Reported
Jennifer Kolbe	Head of publishing, per IGN. She called Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick to ask for both delays (GamesRadar+).	Reported
Jonathon Ashcroft	Senior vice president for technology, per Bloomberg (full text via The News).	Reported
Writers	Co-founder Dan Houser, lead writer on most earlier Rockstar games, left Rockstar in March 2020 after an extended break that began in spring 2019 (IGN). No GTA 6 writing credits are published.	Reported · credits Not confirmed
Studio size	4,711 staff across 12 offices as of August 2026, up from 2,441 in 2018, by Rockstar’s own figures (IGN, citing Bloomberg). GamesRadar+ says 11 studios.	Reported