New GTA 6 gameplay appeared in Wednesday’s episode of South Park
The clip shows protagonist Jason hitting a man in the head with a bag of dog poo
The footage was presumably supplied to the show by Rockstar
It’s not the first time South Park has featured a Rockstar game
A new look at Grand Theft Auto 6 has appeared in an unlikely place: the latest episode of South Park.
The episode, titled “Guinea Pig on a Stick,” saw Stan, Cartman and Kyle trying to get local beef back into their school after the town’s supply suddenly became highly prized.
Near the end, the owner of the steakhouse buying it all up tells the boys the beef isn’t the real issue. In what looks like a nod to the upcoming US midterms, she says people care about the country, not the cows.
She then switches on a TV, claiming “a lot of good Americans died to smuggle this to us.” What follows is new GTA 6 gameplay, which was presumably provided to South Park’s creators by Rockstar.
In the clip, Jason is on a beach when he spots a dog owner letting their pet do its business on the sand before picking it up with a bag. Jason throws an object at the man, which kicks off a fight. He then grabs the bag of dog poo and hurls it at the man’s head.
The steakhouse owner calls the graphics “seriously next-level” and says the world-building is on show, because players can pick up the dog poo and use it as a weapon. “That is what is coming in November,” she adds, which is when GTA 6 launches next month.
This isn’t the first time a game has turned up in South Park. Past episodes have centered on World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero, and Red Dead Redemption 2 became a plot point in “Time to Get Cereal,” where Sergeant Yates is annoyed that a police investigation is getting in the way of his Red Dead 2 sessions. We’ve also seen Cartman freeze himself to speed up the release of the Wii, and a turf war break out between Sony and Microsoft during Black Friday over Xbox One and PS4 bundles.
GTA 6 launches in just under a month, releasing on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
We might not have to wait too long for a PC port, either, as it could come in early 2027.
The PC release could coincide with GTA 6 Online launching, which Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has predicted will take place “next year”.
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Reece Bithrey is a journalist with bylines for Trusted Reviews, Digital Foundry, PC Gamer, TechRadar and more. He also has his own blog, UNTITLED, and graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in International History and Politics in 2023.