Lower than a day earlier than Rockstar was set to debut GTA VI’s first trailer, a now-suspended account known as @Gta6trailerleak posted the trailer on X (previously Twitter). Although the trailer itself was marred by large letters within the heart of the display exhorting of us to purchase cryptocurrency, the video, which was backed by Tom Petty’s “Love is a Lengthy Highway,” definitely appeared legit. The trailer revealed that the sport will happen in Vice Metropolis and that it’s scheduled to be launched in 2025.
The Verge has reached out to Rockstar for affirmation that this was the precise trailer. Famous gaming information leaker Tom Henderson mentioned it was the actual deal.
The runtime of the video matches earlier info that the trailer would solely be 90 seconds lengthy, and The Verge obtained a tip {that a} Tom Petty music could be prominently featured within the trailer hours in the past. The trailer traces up with different little particulars which have slowly come out in regards to the recreation over the past two years, together with the setting being Vice Metropolis and that the sport would star the sequence’ first feminine protagonist with Bonnie and Clyde-inspired story parts.
GTA VI’s reveal has been rife with leaked info. Earlier this yr a youngster from the UK was discovered accountable for final yr’s leak that distributed 90 movies from the in-development. Moreover, this week, a video on TikTok surfaced that claimed to be leaked footage from the sport that allegedly got here from a Rockstar worker’s child. The TikTok movies (which, as of publishing are nonetheless obtainable on service) function footage of a pc monitor exhibiting off extensive pictures of the sport’s setting.
Moments after posting, the X account internet hosting the movies was suspended, making the account holder unable to uphold their promise to add a model of the trailer with out the watermark ought to they attain 10k followers.
The GTA VI trailer is at present set to premiere Tuesday, December fifth at 9AM ET, though this new leak would possibly push Rockstar’s timeline.
