Rockstar announces first trailer for the next GTA for early December

Rockstar Games announced on November 8, 2023 that it would release the first trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto in early December. The message came from co-founder Sam Houser. VGC and Gematsu reported its contents the same day, and according to Gematsu it was shared through Rockstar's account on X.

What Houser wrote

Houser tied the news to the studio's 25th anniversary in December 2023. He recalled Rockstar's founding in 1998 and thanked players around the world, whose support he said had allowed the studio to make games it truly cares about. The message gave no title, setting or exact date.

we will release the first trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto (Sam Houser, as quoted by VGC and Gematsu)

Context

VGC pointed out that Take-Two Interactive was due to report quarterly results later that day. A little over a year earlier, in September 2022, more than an hour of early development footage had leaked. Rockstar said at the time that work on the game would continue as planned.

The trailer eventually arrived on December 4, 2023, a day earlier than planned, after a copy surfaced on X. With it, Rockstar confirmed the name Grand Theft Auto VI and the state of Leonida, including Vice City, as the setting.

Rockstar's original post on X could not be opened directly for this article, so this account relies on VGC and Gematsu. All official videos are under trailers, and more reports are in the news.

Sources

• VGC: Confirmed: The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer will premiere next month (opens in a new tab)

• Gematsu: Grand Theft Auto VI – first trailer to be released in early December (opens in a new tab)

• VGC: Rockstar releases GTA 6 trailer early, following leak (opens in a new tab)

• Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (opens in a new tab)

• Rockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI - Watch Trailer 1 Now (opens in a new tab)

Event: 8 November 2023 · Checked on 27 October 2026.