The trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI was released this week, arriving nearly a decade after the previous installment in the massively successful (and controversial) open-world action series.
It wasn’t the first look at the game: a trove of in-game footage leaked in September 2022 revealed the game’s location (Vice City, a southern metropolis based on Miami) and its main characters, Lucia and Jason, among other key details.
Still, the official trailer was greeted with near-ecstatic enthusiasm, amassing tens of millions of YouTube plays within 24 hours.
The game also now has a release year: 2025, 13 years after the last game. A long way off, but judging from the early response from fans, Rockstar Games have another blockbuster on their hands.
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