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Oct. 15, 20261:30

Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer

The 90-second launch trailer, which Rockstar says was captured entirely in-game on PlayStation 5. The song is Flower in a Hurricane by Justice, the composers of GTA 6's original score, featuring Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.

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  1. Jason, in a white T-shirt and camo shorts, and Lucia, in a gray crop top and denim shorts, walk into a crowd outside a doorway at night, a shirtless man with his back to the camera in the middle.

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    GTA 6's ads have spread far past Miami: a hand-painted Brooklyn mural, a Paris building wrap and more

    Oct. 27, 2026

  2. Two curving white residential towers rise from a palm-lined point on the water in Vice City, with boats speeding past, a helicopter overhead and the downtown skyline behind.

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    Rockstar is paying for a free BAYO block party in Miami's Little Haiti on Nov. 22, three days after GTA 6

    Oct. 27, 2026

  3. In Stockyard, a woman in a leopard-print coat leans on a van wrapped in black-and-white eye patterns and marked Stockyard Art Tours, while a man in a patterned face mask sits on its roof in front of the mural-covered Stock 305 store.

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    Wynwood Walls is free for Miami-Dade residents through 2028, paid for by Rockstar, with new murals by GTA 6's artists

    Oct. 27, 2026

  4. A Vice City street under a highway overpass painted with murals: a blue sedan on oversized rims rolls past riders popping wheelies on dirt bikes and ATVs, below a billboard for a brand called Manman.

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    GTA 6's fake brands are on real Miami billboards, and a Macca cartoon ad hides the launch date

    Oct. 27, 2026

  5. A crowded Vice City beach on a sunny day: a sunburned older couple strolls past a yellow lifeguard tower, a man sweeps a metal detector and a woman sunbathes beside a red cup, with high-rise hotels behind.

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    Workers are already asking for GTA 6's launch day off: requests run up to 17% above normal

    Oct. 27, 2026

  6. The official GTA 6 cover art: the Grand Theft Auto VI logo at the center of a grid of illustrated panels, including Jason holding Lucia close under palm trees, a speedboat racing a flamingo, an alligator, a yellow sports car and a motorcycle wheelie past a police car.

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    Is the GTA 6 review embargo Nov. 18? Rockstar hasn't said, and here's where the date comes from

    Oct. 26, 2026

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