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GTA VI unlocks at midnight local time on Thursday, November 19.

GTA VI has four trailers. Here they are in order.

From Trailer 1 in December 2023 to the Launch Trailer in October, with dates, run times and the songs.

By Officer Scarn 2 min read

Rockstar's official image from its Launch Gallery post: a man in a cap and sunglasses drives a convertible at night with a pistol in his hand, a woman in the passenger seat beside him. Image: Rockstar Games.

Rockstar has released four videos for Grand Theft Auto VI since December 2023. Its official site lists them as Trailer 1, Trailer 2, An Extended Look and the Launch Trailer. Here they are in order, with the run times Rockstar gives.

Trailer 1: December 4, 2023 (1:31)

The first trailer brought the series back to Vice City and introduced Lucia. A second lead appeared too, though he went unnamed. It closed on a 2025 release window for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with no PC version mentioned. The song was Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road", from his 1989 album Full Moon Fever.

It also broke records. Push Square reported that Guinness World Records counted 90,421,491 YouTube views in its first 24 hours, the most ever for a video game reveal.

Trailer 2: May 6, 2025 (2:47)

Seventeen months later, Trailer 2 gave more time to the second lead, now named as Jason Duval. Take-Two said all of the footage was captured on PS5. The game was set for May 26, 2026 at that point. The same day, Rockstar added new characters and screenshots to its site.

Most of the trailer plays over The Pointer Sisters' 1986 song "Hot Together", NME reported. Rockstar later told The Hollywood Reporter that it drew 475 million views in 24 hours. Treat that one with care: it counts every platform, while Trailer 1's record was YouTube alone. The two numbers don't compare.

Rockstar's official image of Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos together in a nightclub lit in purple and blue. Image: Rockstar Games.
Image: Rockstar Games

An Extended Look: August 27, 2026 (26:48)

By the third video, launch had moved to November 19, 2026. An Extended Look ran almost 27 minutes, about six times the first two trailers combined. It premiered on Netflix and reached Rockstar's YouTube channel six hours later, Engadget reported. Netflix says it was "captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 5."

Launch Trailer: October 15, 2026 (1:29)

The Launch Trailer debuted "Flower in a Hurricane" by Justice, featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Rockstar calls Justice the game's "original score composers". 9to5Toys reported it was captured in-game on PS5.

The Launch Gallery: November 5, 2026

The last official look wasn't a video. On November 5, Rockstar posted "a collection of new screenshots" to the official site and said the game was "now officially only two weeks away."

Where that leaves us

Back to back, the four videos run about 33 minutes, and the Extended Look accounts for most of it. Rockstar hasn't announced another trailer. The next thing on its calendar is the game, on Thursday, November 19.

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