{"id":664378,"date":"2026-08-31T00:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/664378\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T00:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T00:25:31","slug":"rockstar-says-gta-has-no-generative-ai-or-microtransactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/664378\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar says GTA has no generative AI or microtransactions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Aug 30, 2026 at 9:27 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Rockstar says GTA has no generative AI or microtransactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">During a recent episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nd81Md-kByI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kinda Funny Gamescast<\/a>, Andy Cortez said he asked the studio point-blank about the topics and was told there would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/gta-6-will-have-no-microtransactions-or-generative-ai-at-launch-rockstar-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no in-game monetization<\/a> and that there was absolutely \u201cno AI\u201d used in the game. 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