A PEGI 18 rating for Grand Theft Auto VI briefly surfaced on the board's site before vanishing, but the details survived in screenshots and reports across multiple outlets. The listing spelled out violence "bloody with a high degree of realism," including weapons capable of "detailed decapitation and dismemberment," alongside "frequent and prominent" drug use that lets players carry cocaine in inventory and snort it "directly from their hand at any time." Strong sexual themes include "nudity, scenes of intercourse and occasional scenes of sexual fetishes," plus nightclub private dances where players can interact with dancers' bodies.

ESRB listings and Australian/New Zealand store pages had already flagged Mature 17+ and explicit "sex scenes," but PEGI's granular descriptors went further, naming mechanics and content types not highlighted in prior GTA entries. Rockstar has offered no comment on the leak or the pulled entry, while pre-orders and a November 19 launch date continue to drive hype.

Community threads on Reddit and rapid X posts captured the listings before removal, with players noting the shift from story-centric drug dealing to on-demand inventory use and direct sex scene descriptors. The timing—weeks before release—means the most detailed public look at mature mechanics arrived via an official ratings site rather than a trailer or developer interview.