On June 18, Rockstar revealed the official cover art for Grand Theft Auto VI. Look closely at the logo and something has changed. The gradient outline that surrounded the Roman numeral in the original 2023 version is gone. In its place is a clean white inner border, with another outline added around the mark. It is a tiny adjustment. It changes how the logo works.
The first logo came with the reveal. The new one sits inside a much bigger visual system. The updated version has to work inside a much denser visual campaign, made up of cover art, character portraits, postcards and wallpapers. Rockstar has never publicly explained why it changed the logo. So, what does the design itself tell us?
 

The Original GTA 6 Logo

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