United Kingdom, Oct. 15 -- Rockstar Games has promised that its next game won't take eight years to arrive after Grand Theft Auto VI, with the studio saying the technology and expertise developed during its latest project should allow it to work much faster.

GTA 6 launches in November, eight years after Rockstar's previous game, Red Dead Redemption 2.

That lengthy wait has left fans wondering whether the studio's notoriously ambitious development cycles will continue, but Rockstar leadership believes the work invested in GTA 6 has created a foundation for future projects.

The studio's co-head of development Phil Hooker told Bloomberg: "The engine, the tools and the team we've built during this project will allow us to do things more qu...