Rockstar introduced Friday that its extremely anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 — extensively projected to be the most important recreation of the yr in no matter yr it comes out — is delayed to Might 26, 2026. However! There’s additionally a model new trailer out as we speak, and it’s extremely promising.
The cinematic trailer opens to a really GTA sequence: a sizzling man with ridiculous abs doing guide labor within the Florida-like state he quickly drives round whereas listening to good ’80s music on the radio. It deftly sweeps by means of the outlines of a plot: The protagonist picks up his girl from jail, after which they get (again?) to their sizzling moist lifetime of crime. It looks as if important characters Lucia and Jason will thrive at instances, however some scenes additionally present Lucia in a development vest, flopping onto the sofa with Jason after what I can solely assume is a protracted day of neighborhood service after her jail time. It doesn’t matter what they’re doing, although, the on-screen chemistry of this completely animated couple is palpable — and that’s fairly spectacular for a cinematic online game trailer.
Rockstar “has all the time had the juice,” as our deputy editor Maddy Myers put it to me in a Slack message — however we agreed that GTA 6 appears particularly superb based mostly on this trailer. It’s the music and the surroundings, after all — hallmarks of the franchise — nevertheless it’s additionally a downright fantastically edited trailer that’s completely poised to get followers excited regardless of the actual fact it’ll be over a yr earlier than they will play the sport.
Take the second you meet Lucia. The jail guard asks Jason if he’s been in earlier than. Jason pauses meaningfully, says possibly, after which it cuts to Lucia and Jason saying hello to one another. Just a few seconds later, they’re rolling round in mattress. A pair seconds after that, Lucia’s hair is as much as accommodate her ski masks as she and Jason rob what appears like a financial institution. Then mattress once more. Then consuming Modelos on a pier, laughing in regards to the time Jason broke Lucia’s nostril. Excuse me!!? Sizzling, scary, and possibly even… real love?
After all, I’m assuming this entire nose-breaking incident was an accident. If Rockstar decides to go the home violence route with its protagonist in a post-#MeToo world, uh… yeah. The franchise’s observe file for treating ladies characters nicely is problematic. However Lucia appears genuinely promising, and it doesn’t matter what occurs within the recreation itself, it’s plain this trailer is a feat of enhancing and attract. There are tons of particulars to pore by means of, however for me, I’ll simply be right here looking for that gold costume IRL.