The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie
I think I know why Rockstar Games debuted its "extended look" of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix instead of immediately dropping it for free on YouTube. Unlike most video game trailers, the almost 27-minute preview of GTA VI felt more like a slice of a prestige crime drama than any video game trailer that I've ever seen. To make a new game that lasts another decade or more and potentially rivals the success of its predecessor, Rockstar is clearly trying to further blur the lines between Hollywood and video games.
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GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
It’s been over a decade and two console generations since GTA V came out, and its sequel is still a work in progress. GTA VI has faced multiple delays, with developer Rockstar Games bumping back its predicted release date twice, eventually shifting to November 19th, 2026, a full year after its originally planned fall 2025 release window. Early official glimpses offered a look at the game’s protagonists, Jason and Lucia, who players will navigate around Vice City as outlaws on the run after a job goes south.
Preorders have opened for the digital code-only game, offering the $79.99 standard edition and $99.99 Ultimate Edition on both PS5 and Xbox Series X / S.
Rockstar Games has also responded to “CyberLeek” posts that showed sequences of the game, calling them heartbreaking and saying, “…this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time.” At about the same time, the leakers released yet another clip.
Now a half-hour “extended look” has arrived full of gameplay slices and cutscenes that’s available for viewing on Netflix, as well as all over other social media channels in reaction videos before it hits YouTube at 9PM — here are some of our first impressions.
Read on below for all of the news and updates about Grand Theft Auto VI.
- The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie
- Here are some of the first preview impressions of GTA VI.
- GTA VI looks just as great as we could hope for
- Netflix’s GTA VI “extended look” is starting soon.
- Reminder: Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe.
- Streamers can host Netflix’s GTA VI event as long as they talk over it.
- Rockstar wants to turn actual Miami into Vice City.
- Are you ready for today’s GTA VI preview?
- GTA VI just got some more competition.
- Cyberleek responds to Rockstar with another GTA VI leak.
- Rockstar finally responds to ‘heartbreaking’ GTA VI leaks
- GTA VI keeps cyberleeking, with trips to the club, a used game store, and the beach.
- The GTA VI “CyberLeek” leaks keep coming.
- Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe
- Take-Two requests subpoenas over GTA VI gameplay leaks
- A GTA VI leaker seemingly has a playable build.
- GTA VI keeps leaking ahead of its gameplay premiere
- GTA VI preorders have gotten off to an “exceptional start.”
- GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August
- Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI
- Rockstar workers push to unionize ahead of GTA VI’s launch
- With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
- GTA VI is a worrying sign for the future of physical games
- GTA VI is download-only.
- GTA VI finally gets a price tag
- GTA VI preorders open June 25th.
- Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar
- Rockstar Games developers have unionized.
- Take-Two still isn’t sharing GTA VI’s price.
- You might be able to pre-order GTA VI soon.
- Grand Theft Auto VI launch delayed until November 2026
- Rockstar claims fired employees were leaking company information.
- GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings
- Am I the only person that didn’t watch the GTA VI trailer?
- Rockstar says new GTA VI trailer was ‘equal parts gameplay and cutscenes’
- Grand Theft Auto VI’s second trailer sets up its Bonnie and Clyde story
- Let’s rewatch the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer
- Grand Theft Auto VI release delayed to May 2026
- GTA V is Twitch’s most watched game of 2024
- GTA V is coming back to Game Pass, again.
- Rockstar’s working on bringing Roblox creators to GTA VI
- GTA VI is still coming this fall.
- Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025
- It’s RTO for the GTA VI devs.
- GTA Online will no longer support Rockstar Editor on old-gen consoles.
- Y’all really liked that trailer, huh?
- Digital Foundry posted a nearly 37-minute analysis of the GTA VI trailer.
- The GTA VI trailer is already breaking viewership records on YouTube.
- GTA VI isn’t launching on PC.
- The first GTA VI trailer is here
- This is where you can watch the first GTA VI trailer tomorrow.
- Speak softly, then drop a hype-ass trailer.
- Grand Theft Auto VI’s first trailer will debut in December
- Rockstar confirms hack, says work on GTA VI will ‘continue as planned’
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- GTA VI could finally let you blow up Miami as a woman in 2024
- Rockstar finally confirms it’s working on the next Grand Theft Auto
GTA VI looks just as great as we could hope for
Netflix and Rockstar Games finally debuted their "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI. It showed that the new game looks to keep much of the spirit of GTA - exploration, driving, crimes, shooting, and cinematic story scenes. But everything just looks much better than previous entries, with impressive graphics, densely-packed rooms, and detailed environments. The footage was captured on PS5, according to the end of the video.
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