{
  "site": "The Fixer Desk",
  "generated": "2026-06-30",
  "methodology": "/methodology/",
  "disclaimer": "Pre-launch records are labeled inferred. Confirmed records carry a trust block. See /methodology/.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "psblog-2026-06-24-launch",
      "type": "official-platform",
      "url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/24/grand-theft-auto-vi/",
      "title": "PlayStation.Blog \u2014 GTA VI pre-order / launch details",
      "captured_date": "2026-06-24",
      "confidence": "confirmed",
      "quote": "Grand Theft Auto VI launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.",
      "note": "Primary for: launch date Nov 19 2026; PS5/Xbox only; single-player emphasis at launch. GTA Online NOT confirmed at launch. No PC date."
    },
    {
      "id": "taketwo-preorder-2026",
      "type": "official-rockstar",
      "url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
      "title": "Take-Two Interactive \u2014 Rockstar announces GTA VI pre-orders",
      "captured_date": "2026-06-24",
      "confidence": "confirmed",
      "note": "Primary for: $79.99 price; pre-order availability; single-player experience framing."
    },
    {
      "id": "rockstar-vi-official",
      "type": "official-rockstar",
      "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
      "title": "Rockstar Games \u2014 official GTA VI site",
      "captured_date": "2026-06-28",
      "confidence": "confirmed",
      "note": "Checked directly 2026-06-28: no Trailer 3 / gameplay reveal yet. The 'Trailer 3 dropped June 25' rumor was FALSE (conflated the pre-order announcement)."
    },
    {
      "id": "rockstar-copyright-policy",
      "type": "official-rockstar",
      "url": "https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/7bNaeoMFTV0iUDGhStTXvz/policy-on-posting-copyrighted-rockstar-games-material",
      "title": "Rockstar \u2014 Policy on posting copyrighted Rockstar Games material",
      "captured_date": "2026-06-28",
      "confidence": "confirmed",
      "note": "Governs the leak firewall + transformative floor. Flags pre-release/leaked footage, spoilers, isolated cinematics, online cheating/exploits, unauthorized mods/ports; reserves case-by-case takedown."
    },
    {
      "id": "stateofleonida-map",
      "type": "community-corroborated",
      "url": "https://map.stateofleonida.net/",
      "title": "State of Leonida \u2014 fan interactive GTA 6 map",
      "captured_date": "2026-06-28",
      "confidence": "inferred",
      "note": "Corrects our V1 'map uncontested' read \u2014 a fan interactive map already exists. Map is a FEATURE, not the moat."
    },
    {
      "id": "series-precedent-gtav",
      "type": "community-corroborated",
      "url": null,
      "title": "GTA-series economy precedent (GTA V / GTA Online)",
      "captured_date": "2026-06-29",
      "confidence": "inferred",
      "note": "Series precedent ONLY. Used to label a pre-launch method 'inferred' (a mechanic that has appeared across prior titles). NEVER sufficient for 'confirmed' \u2014 GTA 6 may differ. Convert-in-place to a first-party-test source after launch."
    }
  ],
  "methods": [
    {
      "id": "armored-truck-robbery",
      "title": "Armored Truck Robbery",
      "slug": "/gta-6-money-guide/armored-truck-robbery/",
      "category": "robbery",
      "summary": "Armored money-transport vehicles have been a roaming early-game cash source across the GTA series. We EXPECT (do not yet confirm) a GTA 6 equivalent. Labeled inferred until tested.",
      "status": "pre-launch-inferred",
      "record_confidence": "inferred",
      "trust_block": null,
      "prerequisites_detail": "Unknown for GTA 6. In prior titles: a weapon to crack the rear doors and the ability to absorb a wanted level. To be replaced with tested prerequisites after launch.",
      "steps": [
        "INFERRED (series precedent \u2014 unverified for GTA 6): locate a roaming armored transport.",
        "INFERRED: disable/stop the vehicle and breach the rear doors.",
        "INFERRED: collect the cash drop and evade the resulting wanted level."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "series-precedent-gtav",
        "rockstar-vi-official"
      ],
      "corrections": [],
      "tags": [
        "early-game",
        "robbery",
        "low-risk",
        "roaming"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "id": "business-ownership-returns",
      "title": "Business Ownership Returns",
      "slug": "/gta-6-businesses/business-ownership-returns/",
      "category": "business",
      "summary": "Prior GTA and GTA Online entries made owned businesses and properties a long-tail money sink and income system. We expect a GTA 6 analogue only as a testing queue; buy-ins, locations, and returns are unknown until launch.",
      "status": "pre-launch-inferred",
      "record_confidence": "inferred",
      "trust_block": null,
      "prerequisites_detail": "Unknown for GTA 6. Prior-title precedent suggests story progress, cash reserves, or property access may matter, but none of those prerequisites are confirmed here.",
      "steps": [
        "INFERRED (series precedent - unverified for GTA 6): identify whether purchasable businesses or income properties exist.",
        "POST-LAUNCH TEST: record buy-in cost, unlock prerequisites, active/passive income, route time, and patch status.",
        "POST-LAUNCH TEST: rank returns only after net payout and repeatability are measured on a retail console build."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "series-precedent-gtav",
        "rockstar-vi-official"
      ],
      "corrections": [],
      "tags": [
        "businesses",
        "passive-income",
        "roi",
        "launch-test-queue"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-30"
    },
    {
      "id": "cheat-code-verification",
      "title": "Cheat Code Verification Queue",
      "slug": "/gta-6-cheats/cheat-code-verification/",
      "category": "cheat",
      "summary": "Prior GTA entries supported cheat inputs, but no GTA 6 cheat code is confirmed. This permanent page is a launch-test queue and will list only codes verified on retail console builds.",
      "status": "pre-launch-inferred",
      "record_confidence": "inferred",
      "trust_block": null,
      "prerequisites_detail": "Unknown for GTA 6. The only pre-launch claim is series precedent for cheat systems; exact input methods, effects, save restrictions, and platform differences require first-party tests.",
      "steps": [
        "INFERRED (series precedent - unverified for GTA 6): prior titles used controller or phone-style cheat inputs.",
        "POST-LAUNCH TEST: verify each code on PS5 and Xbox separately before publishing the input.",
        "POST-LAUNCH TEST: record effect, duration, side effects, save/trophy restrictions, and game build."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "series-precedent-gtav",
        "rockstar-vi-official"
      ],
      "corrections": [],
      "tags": [
        "cheats",
        "verification",
        "launch-test-queue",
        "no-codes-yet"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-30"
    },
    {
      "id": "collectible-set-routes",
      "title": "Collectible Set Routes",
      "slug": "/gta-6-collectibles/collectible-set-routes/",
      "category": "collectible-route",
      "summary": "Collectible sets and route planning are durable GTA guide surfaces. This page exists to convert in place once GTA 6 collectible sets and payouts are verified; no locations are asserted pre-launch.",
      "status": "pre-launch-inferred",
      "record_confidence": "inferred",
      "trust_block": null,
      "prerequisites_detail": "Unknown for GTA 6. Set names, counts, rewards, map coordinates, and route order must come from launch-tested console data or official sources, not trailers or fan-map inference.",
      "steps": [
        "INFERRED (series precedent - unverified for GTA 6): collectible sets may have rewards or completion payouts.",
        "POST-LAUNCH TEST: verify set name, total count, reward, and whether progress is story-gated.",
        "POST-LAUNCH TEST: add route order only after coordinates are earned by first-party testing."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "series-precedent-gtav",
        "rockstar-vi-official"
      ],
      "corrections": [],
      "tags": [
        "collectibles",
        "routes",
        "map-ready",
        "launch-test-queue"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-30"
    },
    {
      "id": "store-holdups",
      "title": "Convenience Store Holdups",
      "slug": "/gta-6-money-guide/store-holdups/",
      "category": "robbery",
      "summary": "Holding up small shops has been a repeatable early-cash staple of the series. We EXPECT a GTA 6 analog given the marketed shop density of Leonida, but confirm nothing pre-launch.",
      "status": "pre-launch-inferred",
      "record_confidence": "inferred",
      "trust_block": null,
      "prerequisites_detail": "Unknown for GTA 6. Series precedent: a weapon and tolerance for a low wanted level.",
      "steps": [
        "INFERRED (series precedent \u2014 unverified for GTA 6): enter a small shop and aim at the clerk.",
        "INFERRED: collect the register cash.",
        "INFERRED: leave and shake the wanted level; cooldown before the same store refills (unconfirmed)."
      ],
      "sources": [
        "series-precedent-gtav",
        "rockstar-vi-official"
      ],
      "corrections": [],
      "tags": [
        "early-game",
        "robbery",
        "repeatable",
        "low-payout"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-29"
    }
  ],
  "map_points": [
    {
      "id": "launch-war-room-coverage",
      "title": "Launch War-Room Coverage Layer",
      "kind": "coverage-layer",
      "summary": "The launch-night coverage layer for first-party console testers. It exists now so verified coordinates can be added without changing the permanent /gta-6-map/ URL.",
      "status": "pre-launch-reference",
      "record_confidence": "unknown",
      "map_layer": "coverage",
      "coordinates": null,
      "method_ids": [
        "armored-truck-robbery",
        "store-holdups"
      ],
      "sources": [
        "psblog-2026-06-24-launch",
        "rockstar-vi-official"
      ],
      "note": "No GTA 6 economy coordinates are confirmed before the retail console launch. This layer is a verified workflow placeholder, not a factual map claim.",
      "tags": [
        "launch-war-room",
        "coverage",
        "no-coordinates-yet"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-30"
    },
    {
      "id": "state-of-leonida-fan-map-reference",
      "title": "State of Leonida Fan Map Reference",
      "kind": "external-reference",
      "summary": "External fan-map reference used to keep the map feature honest: fan maps already exist, so The Fixer Desk map must compete on verified economy data and update discipline, not novelty.",
      "status": "pre-launch-reference",
      "record_confidence": "inferred",
      "map_layer": "reference",
      "coordinates": null,
      "method_ids": [],
      "sources": [
        "stateofleonida-map"
      ],
      "note": "Reference only. Do not copy coordinates or unverified fan claims into confirmed records.",
      "tags": [
        "fan-map",
        "competitive-context",
        "reference-only"
      ],
      "leak_safe": true,
      "last_updated": "2026-06-30"
    }
  ]
}