Summary
- Grand Theft Auto 6's first official trailer has garnered significant attention, amassing 90 million views in just 24 hours and breaking several YouTube records.
- Fans can expect a plethora of exciting reveals for Grand Theft Auto 6 in 2024, despite the game not releasing until 2025 at the earliest.
- Based on Rockstar's past promotional patterns, it is likely that the next big trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 will be released around November 2024 and will delve into the reimagined world of Vice City and showcase gameplay features. Smaller character trailers could also drop throughout 2024.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most highly anticipated releases of all time, with players having waited over a decade for solid information about the next installment in the famous Rockstar franchise. After a period of wild rumors and damaging leaks, the upcoming game recently received its first official trailer, which predictably sent the industry into a frenzy.
The reveal trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 amassed 90 million views in just 24 hours, breaking a spate of YouTube records and marking the first real indication of just how popular the game is set to be upon release. All eyes are now turning toward what will come next for Grand Theft Auto 6, and fans should expect some exciting reveals in 2024. Of course, GTA 6 is not set to release until 2025 at the earliest, but the promotional material of 2024 will be fascinating nonetheless.
2024 Will Likely Reveal Huge Details About Grand Theft Auto 6
The popularity of Grand Theft Auto 6's recent reveal trailer was always going to be massive, but it is worth noting that the trailer barely scratched the surface of what the game will offer. This first trailer primarily confirmed to fans that GTA 6 will take place in the fan-favorite Vice City, while also giving a brief overview of GTA 6's female protagonist Lucia.
2024 will more than likely see the release of several other Grand Theft Auto 6 trailers, which have a good chance of being much more in-depth and lengthy than the first reveal trailer. To add a greater level of certainty to these expectations, it is wise to look back on the trailer dates for past Rockstar titles, namely Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2. More specifically, the amount of time that passed between the first and second trailers of GTA 5 and RDR2 can give fans a solid idea of when they can expect Grand Theft Auto 6's next trailer to release.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 |
Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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First Trailer Date |
November 2, 2011 |
October 20, 2016 |
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Second Trailer Date |
November 14, 2011 |
September 28, 2017 |
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Time Between Trailers |
12 days |
343 days |
The short time between trailers for Grand Theft Auto 5 came as a shock to many, but the more recent Red Dead Redemption 2 gives a better example of Rockstar's new approach to the promotion of its major titles. Almost a full year had passed between the first and second trailers of RDR2, and the similar scale and detail of GTA 6 will most likely warrant a similar passage of time before fans see another expansive trailer for the upcoming game.
Fans Have a Good Idea at What to Expect From GTA 6's Next Trailers
With GTA 6's first trailer releasing on December 4, the track record of RDR2's promotion would suggest that the game's second trailer will release some time around November 2024. With that being said, promotion for GTA games often involves more trailers that focus on individual characters, meaning smaller trailers could easily release earlier in the year.
Major Rockstar titles have released more trailers prior to launch in recent years, with RDR2 receiving six post-launch trailers compared to GTA 5's five. This would logically point to Grand Theft Auto 6 receiving even more trailers than this, which could easily be spaced out throughout 2024. With the already released trailer for GTA 6 focusing extensively on Lucia, fans should realistically expect the next trailer for the game to highlight Jason, the second protagonist of GTA 6.
Following this, it is likely that the next GTA 6 trailers will focus on the reimagined bustling world of Vice City before moving into gameplay trailers that really delve into the juicy details of the game's core experience. While it is disheartening to learn that Grand Theft Auto 6 is not releasing until 2025 at the earliest, fans should still expect a good few trailers to appear during the coming year, featuring a mix of intimate character profiles and more bombastic gameplay features.
OpenCritic Reviews
- Released
- November 19, 2026
- ESRB
- Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.
Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
