Steven Ogg, higher recognized to thousands and thousands of followers all over the world as Grand Theft Auto 5’s Trevor, has stated he feels “completely nothing” inside for GTA 6 — though Rockstar has steered it will likely be the largest online game of all time.
Why the indifference? Ogg has, he says, by no means been a fan of video video games. Nonetheless, whereas chatting with YouTuber (*5*), it’s stunning to see the actor converse fairly so bluntly concerning the franchise that has earned him worldwide adoration.
“I really feel nothing inside. I am not a gamer,” Ogg stated, standing in entrance of GTA 5 art work at a latest conference the place he appeared alongside fellow GTA 5 co-stars Ned Luke (Michael) and Shawn “Solo” Fonteno (Franklin) to fulfill followers. “I’ve by no means performed a online game, so I really feel completely nothing,” he continued.
“I believe somebody stated yesterday at one level, ‘You must play GTA 5,'” Ogg continued. “I stated, ‘Why?’ They stated, ‘As a result of it is so nice.’ And I stated, ‘Properly sooner or later it is best to learn Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment’ and he went fully clean.”
“Are you aware Dostoevsky? [Who] Fyodor Dostoevsky is?” Ogg continued, turning from interviewee to interviewer, as he tried to find HarrisonShippp’s information of world literature. (Alas, HarrisonShippp didn’t know who Dostoevsky was.) “So there you go,” Ogg continued, urgent the alleged equivalence. “‘Why do not you learn that? Are you enthusiastic about that e book popping out?’ See? It is the identical factor. Books are my factor.”
Whereas not a gamer himself, Ogg has beforehand mentioned his work on GTA intimately — together with Rockstar’s canceled Trevor-centric story DLC that was ditched in favor of extra GTA On-line content material. Ogg has additionally steered he’d like to seem in GTA 6, if solely to be killed off in its opening — as a nod to Trevor’s personal homicide of GTA 4: The Misplaced and the Damned protagonist Johnny Klebitz.
For the remainder of us, simply eight months stay till the arrival of GTA 6, the primary new sport in Rockstar’s blockbuster collection for over a decade. The sport is at present set to launch on Could 26, 2026 — except it will get delayed once more. Within the meantime, fancy a GTA faculty historical past course? There’s one you possibly can subscribe to now. Or, alternatively, there’s all the time Crime and Punishment to get caught into.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You possibly can attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social