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Replace (Dec. 4): Developer Rockstar Video games has formally launched the primary GTA 6 trailer — albeit sooner than anticipated.

Although the GTA 6 trailer was initially deliberate to drop on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 6 a.m. PST / 9 a.m. EST, developer Rockstar Video games launched the trailer roughly 12 hours earlier through YouTube. You possibly can watch it right here:

So what occurred? At round 5:30 p.m. EST, the trailer was leaked on X (previously Twitter) within the type of a low decision video with a BUY BTC brand stamped over the footage. In response, Rockstar then revealed the official trailer inside the hour.

Rockstar has since adopted up with a couple of additional particulars, together with information it’ll be coming to PS5 and Xbox Sequence X / S, and that it’s set in Vice Metropolis and the broader state of Leonida.

GTA 6 is out in 2025. Till then, we’re listening to the trailer’s Tom Petty tune on repeat.

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What can we anticipate from the primary GTA 6 trailer?

“Trailer 1” for Rockstar’s subsequent challenge is confirmed to be the “subsequent Grand Theft Auto,” based on a information launch from November, which is able to nearly definitely be named Grand Theft Auto 6. This would possibly sound apparent to level out, however we technically don’t know the title but. Because it’s been 10 years because the final recreation — GTA 5 debuted in September 2013 — and that numbered entries are reserved for the subsequent main recreation within the sequence, this being GTA 6 looks like a secure wager.

Following leaks of “early improvement footage” of the sport late final 12 months, we in any other case doubtless know a number of key particulars already, from the setting (a fictionalized Miami, just like 2002’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis, albeit a recent take set within the modern-day) and the return of a number of playable protagonists (together with a feminine character). You possibly can delve into this, and extra, in our Grand Theft Auto 6 every thing we all know web page.

All this, in addition to the broad themes of the story, will doubtless be revealed as a part of this primary trailer. In fact, there may have been some adjustments since these leaks, however based mostly on the teaser picture for the trailer — as seen under — the Miami / Vice Metropolis theme, with its palm timber and coloration palette, is all however confirmed.

Picture: Rockstar Video games

As for information of a launch date at this level, it’s definitely potential. Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 noticed its first trailer finish with a date (which was later delayed), whereas Grand Theft Auto 5’s first look didn’t.

Both approach, revisiting these reveal trailers can provide us a greater concept of what we will anticipate from our first take a look at the sport. Each teasers are much less about story specifics and particular person characters, and extra establishing the setting and tone; it’s doubtless that this primary take a look at the subsequent Grand Theft Auto will attempt for a similar.

Right here’s Grand Theft Auto 5’s reveal trailer, from November 2011 (the sport launched practically two full years later):

And Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2’s reveal trailer, from October 2016 (the sport launched in October 2018):

A ultimate additional element as we enter the ultimate 24 hours of the trailer’s launch; because of the premiere for the video going stay, we all know by means of YouTube metadata the trailer will likely be 91 seconds — or a minute and 31 seconds — in size. (Thanks VGC for revealing this.) This makes it longer than the primary reveals for each GTA 5 and Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2, however solely by a handful of seconds, that means we will nonetheless anticipate an analogous reveal in scope.

Although 2022’s leaks have given us an concept of the broad strokes of this subsequent Grand Theft Auto, there’s loads we nonetheless don’t know concerning the recreation that this debut trailer ought to reveal. And if it doesn’t present a lot, that is “Trailer 1,” suggesting it’ll be the primary of many — that means we’ll have a number of glimpses of the sport earlier than it will definitely arrives.