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Rockstar Games will launch Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19, marking the first mainline installment in the series in 13 years. The game returns to a reimagined Vice City and introduces two playable protagonists, continuing the franchise's focus on open-world crime gameplay.
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.
A 25-minute gameplay video of GTA VI has surfaced online, showing characters Jason and Lucia mostly unclothed throughout various scenes in Vice City. The footage includes gameplay segments such as races, driving, and interactions, with some light story spoilers. The leaker, known as Cyberleek, also promotes a crypto coin within the video.
Rockstar has opened pre-orders for the Grand Theft Auto VI: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, a $400 physical bundle tied to the upcoming game. The box includes a 6-inch figure of the fictional mascot Macca the Gator, sunglasses, a snapback hat, a pin set, a bag, a poster, a magnetic mirror, a swizzle spoon and other themed items, but no copy of the game itself. Rockstar says the set will remain available for pre-order only while supplies last.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and GTA III are once again playable directly in a web browser, this time hosted on a site called Quenq, after an earlier browser port on DOS Zone was pulled following a DMCA claim from Take-Two. The new version still carries DOS Zone branding in its pause menu, supports keyboard, controller and touchscreen input, and includes a save/mod manager plus adjustable frame rate, running smoothly past 100 FPS on desktop and working instantly on mobile devices like the OnePlus 12.
A public records request revealed that Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava proposed a marketing partnership with Rockstar Games in June to brand parts of the county—including the airport, PortMiami, Metrorail stations, and Tropical Park—with Grand Theft Auto VI's Vice City imagery. Proposed features include a Vice City Motor Fest car show, a themed airport terminal and baggage claim, a dockyard installation modeled on the game's Port Gellhorn, and a community media space called Vice City Radio Lab. The county's sheriff has pushed back against the plan, given the game's violent, law-breaking gameplay.
Rockstar Games and Miami-Dade county's mayor's office are reportedly discussing a marketing tie-in that would rebrand parts of the county to resemble Grand Theft Auto 6's fictional Vice City, according to Rock Paper Shotgun and Axios. Proposed elements include airport signage and baggage displays, branded transit skytrains, a dockyard installation modeled on the game's Port Gellhorn, a classic-car 'Vice City Motor Fest,' murals, wrapped buses, and library programs with GTA-themed cards and recording gear. Nothing has been formally approved, and the county sheriff has publicly opposed the plan, citing the game's depiction of crime.
Rockstar Games hosted a 26-minute Netflix livestream titled 'Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look,' showing gameplay, cutscenes, and mechanics for its long-awaited sequel. The presentation confirmed players will control two lead characters, Jason and Lucia, as they navigate a richly detailed, satirical version of Miami called Vice City. The reveal followed a week of leaks from a hacker group Rockstar called 'heartbreaking,' plus a separate report detailing the game's technical ambitions.
Rockstar Games released a 26-minute extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, streaming first on Netflix for six hours before hitting the Rockstar YouTube channel later the same day. The footage details the game's Florida-inspired setting of Leonida, introduces protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, and shows an early gameplay sequence involving a drug raid shootout.
Rockstar Games released an extended 27-minute look at Grand Theft Auto VI through Netflix rather than YouTube, blending cutscenes and gameplay footage into a cinematic narrative centered on protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos in Vice City. The footage mixes crime-heavy action sequences with quieter character moments, structured with film-like editing rather than a straightforward gameplay walkthrough.
Rockstar debuted a 26-minute gameplay showcase for Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix ahead of its YouTube release, alongside a wave of previews from journalists who visited Rockstar North. Co-studio head Rob Nelson revealed the map is twice the size of GTA 5's and three times that of Red Dead Redemption 2, with his own playthrough taking around 80 hours. The reveal also detailed a reworked wanted system where police must witness or be alerted to crimes before responding, moving away from consequence-free chaos.