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Rockstar Games published the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday, featuring a new track from Justice with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The trailer introduces protagonists Jason, a former soldier with a troubled past, and Lucia, whose phone call sets the story in motion. The game is set to launch Nov. 19 on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
Rockstar Games has published a new "launch" trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, about a month before the game's release. The 90-second clip, captured entirely on PS5, showcases the Miami-inspired Vice City setting and features a new track from electronic duo Justice, who are scoring the game.
Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters told staff in a Wednesday memo that the company is cutting roughly 6% of its workforce, around 1,000 positions. The affected roles are concentrated in product, legal, technology and human resources departments, marking Netflix's largest reduction in four years.
In a Bloomberg report on GTA VI's development, Rockstar technical lead Phil Hooker said the engine, tools and team built for GTA VI should let future projects move faster. He compared the situation to the one-year gap between GTA III and Vice City, when Rockstar reused existing frameworks. The report also detailed a new NPC-focused studio created mid-development and denied claims that GTA VI cost more to make than the Burj Khalifa.
Singapore's Formula 1 weekend coincided with more than 40 business conferences this year, up from over 30 in 2024 and over 25 in 2025, according to the Singapore Tourism Board. Events included the Milken Institute Asia Summit, TOKEN2049, the Forbes Global CEO Conference and the Solana Summit APAC, while race organizers reported 301,294 spectators, the second-highest attendance in the event's history.
According to GamesBeat, Rockstar plans to launch Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first quarter of 2027, roughly three months after its November 19, 2026 console debut. Rockstar has not officially confirmed a PC version. The report follows Microsoft's announcement that it secured exclusive cloud-streaming rights to the game.
GameStop is selling a used PlayStation 5 Pro for $1,399.99, roughly $500 above Sony's $899.99 list price, as a global shortage of the console continues. Sony has blamed AI-driven silicon demand for production constraints expected to persist into 2027, and other resellers are reportedly charging similarly inflated prices.
Nick Park made most of 'A Grand Day Out,' the first Wallace and Gromit film, by himself over several years in the 1980s as a solo graduation project at Aardman. He premiered it alongside 'Creature Comforts' at the 1989 Bristol Animation Festival, where it won a BAFTA while 'Creature Comforts' took the Oscar. Park says he nearly quit repeatedly during production and was unaware the film was even Oscar-eligible.
A source identified only as Cyberleek has released a 25-minute gameplay video from Grand Theft Auto VI containing significant story spoilers, as reported by Kotaku. The footage, which also promotes the leaker's memecoin, shows co-protagonist Jason fully nude and appears to suggest the game may be playable in that state. Rockstar has not commented, and the game remains on track for its November 19 release.
A project called AnyPS5 has demonstrated PlayStation 5 exclusive games, including Dead Cells, running natively on standard PCs, according to Ars Technica. Social media videos show the emulator making rapid progress, raising the prospect that current-generation console exclusives could soon be playable outside Sony hardware.
Microsoft has reportedly obtained exclusive rights to stream Grand Theft Auto VI via Xbox Cloud Gaming, making it the only cloud service offering the game at launch. The deal coincides with Microsoft's new pay-as-you-go streaming option launching next month and revised streaming-hour limits for Game Pass tiers starting in November, the same month GTA 6 is due out.
GM's VP of propulsion engineering, Mike Anderson, told CNBC this week that the automaker still intends to bring hybrid vehicles to its lineup, reiterating a pledge first made in 2024. Currently GM sells just one hybrid, the Corvette Grand Sport X, having prioritized full-electric vehicles instead.