Rockstar Games recently confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI will now be released on May 26, 2026, after originally being scheduled for a late 2025 debut (a delay was expected, so it wasn't quite as big a blow as it might have otherwise been).
A new trailer for the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto V follow-up has unexpectedly been released today, and it takes us back to Vice City for what promises to be an action-packed tale of romance, crime, and corrupt cops.
The game's leads, Jason and Lucia, are revealed to be a couple, and we see them set out to make their mark on Vice City. Grand Theft Auto VI's graphics are incredible, and the world looks alive in a way that should help make this one of the most immersive video games ever made.
The trailer was also accompanied by a new synopsis for GTA 6:
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 conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
Grand Theft Auto V was a masterpiece, and a title that Rockstar Games has been monetising ever since it was first released in 2013. However, Red Dead Redemption II showed what the developer was capable of, and 7 years on since that was released, the expectation is that Grand Theft Auto VI will be a true game-changer.
Last month, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick addressed the excitement surrounding Grand Theft Auto VI. "The anticipation for that title maybe the greatest anticipation I’ve ever seen for an entertainment property," he enthused. "And I’ve been around the block a few times and I’ve been in every entertainment business there is."
"We want to maintain the anticipation and the excitement," Zelnick added. "And we do have competitors who will describe their release schedule for years in advance. And we found that the better thing to do is to provide marketing materials relatively close to the release window in order to create that excitement on the one hand and balance the excitement with unmet anticipation."
Check out the awesome new trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI below.