The next chapter — Vice City and Leonida. Launches November 19, 2026.
Rockstar Games has been deliberate about which Leonida residents get named in the pre-launch material. Lucia and Jason are the dual protagonists, but the Trailer 2 reveal in May 2025 introduced a wider supporting cast — most with their own Newswire bios — who anchor the criminal ecosystem the game's story will explore. This list covers every character Rockstar has officially confirmed via Newswire post or Trailer 2 reveal, ranked by their footprint in the marketing rollout to date. No leaks, no datamines, no speculation — see our editorial policy for the no-leak rule.
Lucia Caminos is the franchise's first playable female protagonist. Latina, born in Liberty City, recently paroled, with a tattooed arc that includes a stint at the Leonida State Penitentiary. Rockstar's Newswire bio frames her as the financial-and-strategy half of the Bonnie-and-Clyde-coded protagonist duo with Jason.
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Jason Duval is Lucia's partner — a working-class Florida-Keys local with a military background and quieter charisma. His Newswire bio establishes him as the muscle-and-execution half of the duo, the calmer counterweight to Lucia's improvisational instincts. Both protagonists are playable, with mid-mission switching confirmed for the campaign.
Cal Hampton is the conspiracy-obsessed bait shop owner from the Leonida Keys. His Trailer 2 introduction (huddled over a CB radio in a windowless trailer) frames him as one of the campaign's information brokers — the character who knows things he shouldn't. The Newswire bio leans into his off-grid paranoia.
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Boobie Ike is a Vice City rap-industry kingpin and the public face of Only Raw Records. His Newswire bio establishes him as a legitimate-business front for less-legitimate operations, with a portfolio that includes Vice City strip clubs, the Bad News Club, and the Vanilla Unicorn franchise. One of the game's most-evolved 'crime boss as influencer' archetypes.
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Brian Heder is a swamp-country meth distributor operating out of the rural northern Leonida wetlands. The Newswire framing emphasises his community-leader image among locals (church donations, town events) while his actual revenue stream is the largest crystal-meth network in the state. The franchise's clearest critique of 'respectable' rural crime.
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Raul Bautista is the heist-architect supporting character in Trailer 2's bank-robbery sequence. A Cuban-American long-time professional, his Newswire bio establishes him as the Vice City equivalent of Lester Crest — the brain behind the operation rather than the gun. Will likely anchor the major heist missions in the campaign's second act.
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Dre'Quan Priest is a Vice City rap entrepreneur and producer behind Only Raw Records' rising-star roster. His Newswire bio establishes him as Boobie Ike's business partner and the more publicly-visible face of the label's hip-hop empire. The first character in the franchise framed as a vertically-integrated content-and-distribution mogul.
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Real Dimez is the rap duo signed to Only Raw Records — two Vice City artists whose music and brand strategy feature prominently in the Newswire's marketing-rollout coverage. Their inclusion as named characters (rather than ambient radio voices) suggests their music will be diegetic to in-game scenes, not just radio-station filler.
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