GTA 6 Trailer Guide: Trailer 1, 2 and Extended Look
Rockstar has released two numbered GTA 6 trailers, one long-form gameplay film, and a short cover art video. Trailer 1 arrived December 4, 2023 and set a 24-hour viewing record for a non-music video. Trailer 2 followed on May 6, 2025 with 475 million views in a single day across platforms, beating the record Deadpool and Wolverine had set. Then, on August 27, 2026, Rockstar effectively replaced the traditional Trailer 3 format with "An Extended Look" — a 26-minute gameplay film that premiered on Netflix. This guide collects every official GTA 6 trailer, the records each one broke, and the music that rode along with them.
Trailer 1: The Record-Breaking Reveal
The first GTA 6 trailer was pushed out early by a leak, so Rockstar published it officially on December 4, 2023. At just 91 seconds it earned more than 93 million views in 24 hours — Guinness-certified at 90,421,491 — which was a record for a non-music video at the time, plus 8.9 million likes in the same window. The trailer opens with Lucia's prison interview, introducing the series' first playable female lead, and confirms a return to Vice City. By March 2026 the video had climbed to around 275 million views, and it sits near 295 million on the official channel today.
Trailer 2: Real Gameplay at Record Scale
Trailer 2 arrived on May 6, 2025 — two minutes and 46 seconds, captured on PS5 rather than built from rendered cinematics. It pulled 475 million views in its first 24 hours across platforms, beating the launch record Deadpool and Wolverine previously held. The same day, Rockstar's site published 70 screenshots and eight character bios, and the trailer went on to win the Golden Joystick Award for best trailer. It also showed Lucia wearing an ankle monitor while doing community service — later confirmed as a key story element in how she and Jason meet — and gave the world its first real look at the state of Leonida beyond Vice City.
An Extended Look: The Trailer 3 That Never Was
On August 27, 2026, Rockstar published the longest pre-release footage in its history: 26 minutes and 49 seconds, all captured on a standard PS5. Rather than cutting a conventional third trailer, the studio replaced the format with a gameplay film — premiered on Netflix at 3 PM ET with a six-hour exclusivity window before YouTube. It walked through seamless protagonist switching, six-star wanted levels, a convenience store robbery, a base jump and four connected mission beats. The full systems breakdown lives on our GTA 6 gameplay page; for how the Netflix debut performed, see the GTA 6 Netflix premiere guide.
Every Official Video at a Glance
| Video | Release date | Length | Day-one milestone | Latest count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer 1 | December 4, 2023 | 91 seconds | 90,421,491 views in 24 hours (Guinness) | About 295 million on YouTube |
| Trailer 2 | May 6, 2025 | 2:46 | 475 million views in 24 hours across platforms | About 182 million on YouTube |
| Cover art video | June 18, 2026 | About 33 seconds | Official key art reveal | — |
| An Extended Look | August 27, 2026 | 26:49 | 31.1 million Netflix views in four days | About 26 million on YouTube in 12 days |
Details may change before launch — official Rockstar pages are the final authority.
The Cover Art Drop and the Screenshot Floods
Between the big releases, Rockstar kept the cycle warm with smaller drops. On June 18, 2026, a roughly 33-second cover art video revealed the game's key art — the sunset-and-neon image that now defines the brand's visual identity. When pre-orders opened a week later, on June 25, another 63 screenshots went live alongside the edition details. Add the 70 screenshots from Trailer 2 day and the official image library has grown by well over a hundred stills since May 2025 — a deliberate drumbeat of proof that the footage is real, captured on console hardware.
The Music Effect
Both trailers turned their soundtrack picks into chart events, and that is now a deliberate part of Rockstar's marketing physics. Tom Petty's "Love Is A Long Road" grew roughly 37,000 percent on Spotify after Trailer 1, and the Pointer Sisters' "Hot Together" jumped about 182,000 percent after Trailer 2 — numbers that dwarf most singles' promotion cycles. The pattern tells you exactly what a GTA 6 trailer slot is worth to the music industry, and why artist rumors get chased so aggressively between releases.
What Each Trailer Actually Confirmed
Each release answered a different question about the game. Trailer 1 confirmed the setting — a return to Vice City — plus the first female protagonist and an initial 2025 window that would later slip twice. Trailer 2 confirmed the dual leads, the wider state of Leonida and, because it was genuine PS5 capture, the visual target for consoles. The Extended Look confirmed the systems: wanted levels, honor, life simulation, mission structure and the roughly 80-hour story estimate (developer estimate). Anything beyond those three sources — including endless "leaked trailer" re-uploads — should be treated as rumor until Rockstar posts it.
Where to Watch Every Trailer Officially
The safest links are Rockstar's own. The official GTA 6 page lists the Extended Look, Trailer 2 and Trailer 1 side by side, and the Rockstar YouTube channel hosts all three in full quality. The film is also available on Netflix in supported regions, a deal our GTA 6 Netflix premiere page explains in detail. For the dates that frame all of this — the pre-order window, the November 12 pre-load and launch day itself — see GTA 6 release date.