Official trailer
Jason and Lucia, the premise, and the whole of Leonida - four days after the first delay.
“Vice City, USA.”
Rockstar Games
The second trailer, released on 6 May 2025 alongside Rockstar's Only in Leonida pages. Rockstar's post opens with two words - Vice City, USA - and then the premise: Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them, and when an easy score goes wrong they are drawn into a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida.
Jason as the second lead, the story's shape, the supporting cast, and the six regions Rockstar has named since. Everything on this site's character and map pages traces back to the material Rockstar published with this trailer.
Ammo
22 June 2025
Trailer 2 is the one that turned a setting into a story. The premise is Rockstar's oldest - two people against a world that is stacked against them - and the trailer sells it on the two of them rather than on the city.
Read the full piece →On 6 May 2025, four days after Rockstar delayed the game to 26 May 2026. Rockstar's post opens with Vice City, USA and gives the premise: Jason and Lucia drawn into a criminal conspiracy across Leonida after an easy score goes wrong. Rockstar's site lists the runtime as 2:47.
"Hot Together" by The Pointer Sisters. Rockstar does not credit it on the trailer page. Spotify reported a 182,000% spike in streams after the trailer on 6 May 2025. An extended version of the game's own theme also plays over the Extended Look, and Rockstar has not released it.
"The standout song, 'Hot Together' by The Pointer Sisters, has absolutely exploded in popularity since the trailer's release."
"Spotify has confirmed that 'Hot Together' saw a +182,000% spike in streams following the trailer drop."
"Hot Together - The Pointer Sisters"
"an extended version of the Grand Theft Auto 6 theme from the second trailer also plays in the Netflix video. There's no official upload from Rockstar available though"
Rockstar told The Hollywood Reporter it drew 475 million views across platforms in 24 hours and called it the biggest video launch of all time. The parts that can be checked were 83.6 million on YouTube and 106 million on X within a day. It is not comparable with Trailer 1's 93 million, which counted YouTube alone.
"Rockstar revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that the new trailer racked up a staggering 475 million views within 24 hours"
"Along with its 83.6 million YouTube views, the new trailer has also been watched 106 million times on Twitter."
"Apparently, all of that equates to GTA 6's new trailer becoming 'the biggest video launch of all time', or at least that's what Rockstar is claiming."
