Wanted in Leonida: Case Study of a GTA 6 Fan Site
Guillaume DucuingI created Wanted in Leonida to provide a fan site that gathers everything in one place livestreams, characters, trailers, and screenshots just weeks before the release of GTA 6 (November 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S).
Objectives
The starting point was simple: I was waiting for the game, and I wanted a concrete project around this universe rather than yet another news blog. The site's title refers to the fictional state of Leonida and its two protagonists, Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval.
It is an independent, unofficial project, with no affiliation to Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.
The site needed to bring four things together in a single experience, designed and developed solo.
- A strong visual identity, inspired by the game's universe, rather than a generic theme.
- Reference content: character profiles, trailers, videos and a screenshot gallery.
- A connection with the community through a Twitch live stream embedded directly in the page.
- Two languages from launch, English and French.
Art direction and experience
The design is inspired by the game, and the experience starts the moment you arrive: an entry screen lets you enter the site with or without sound.
The site has its own soundtrack (the track "Chasing Again"), which can be paused at any time from the header. The choice of sound is left to the visitor, so they never have audio playing automatically.
The home page also shows a countdown to the game's release, giving visitors a clear date to look forward to.
Source: wantedinleonida.comFeatures
The site brings together five content blocks, accessible from the main navigation.
- Live: the Twitch stream of the wantedinleonida channel, embedded in the page (while waiting for GTA 6, we stream GTA 5).
- Characters: a dedicated profile for Lucia Caminos and one for Jason Duval.
- Trailers: trailer 1 (December 2023), trailer 2 (May 2025) and trailer 3 (September 2026).
- Videos: a dedicated videos page.
- Screenshots: a gallery of game images.
In addition, there is a countdown to November 19, 2026, a contact page, and a complete French version of the site, with a language selector in the header.
Stack and architecture
I am a Prismic expert, and the site's architecture was built around this CMS. It relies on four building blocks: Vercel hosting, Prismic for content, and two external integrations, Twitch and YouTube. The visitor lands on the site hosted on Vercel. The site pulls its images and soundtrack from Prismic, and embeds the Twitch live stream and the YouTube trailers.
The tech stack and the reasons behind these choices
- Prismic: this is the core of the project, and the tool I know best. A headless CMS cleanly separates content from code: I can add a character profile, an image or a video without touching the codebase. Its native multilingual support suits an English and French site, and organizing content into document types and reusable components keeps the site consistent as it grows. It also hosts the media (images, soundtrack).
- Next.js: its integration with Prismic is native, and server-side or static rendering delivers fast, well-indexed pages, which matters for a fan site that wants to be found. File-based routing simplifies handling the two languages.
- Tailwind CSS: it makes it possible to build a custom visual identity without maintaining long stylesheets. For a site where design is the main selling point, it keeps a consistent system and reusable components that are easy to evolve.
- Vercel: it is the native hosting platform for Next.js. Deployment is automatic with every change, with a global CDN, HTTPS and previews before going live. For a solo project, it removes almost all of the infrastructure workload.
- Claude Code: I use it as an accelerator, not a substitute. I keep control of the architecture and the technical choices, which lets me ship a complete site faster without compromising on quality.
Choices and challenges
Three decisions shaped the project: the name, the positioning and the legal framework.
The domain name. I first considered leonidafans.com, which I dropped because similar sites already existed. miami6.com was already taken, and floridaleonida.com was another option. I finally settled on wantedinleonida.com, which keeps the "wanted" spirit of the game and stands out from generic names.
The positioning. Faced with existing news sites, I bet on visual identity, sound atmosphere and the embedded Twitch live stream, rather than on the volume of articles.
The legal framework. A fan site uses trademarks and visuals that belong to others. An explicit statement of non-affiliation with Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive therefore appears on the site, along with legal notice, privacy and cookie pages.
Source: wantedinleonida.comWrap-up and next steps
Wanted in Leonida allowed me to run a project from start to finish: visual identity, integration of third-party content (Twitch, YouTube), content management, bilingualism and legal framework.
What comes next depends on the game's release. The live stream will switch from GTA 5 to GTA 6 as soon as the game is available, with live gameplay on the channel. Articles and additional content will probably enrich the site afterwards.
👉 See the site: wantedinleonida.com
