Been wondering when Rockstar Games would get around to showing a bit more of the world’s most anticipated entertainment product, Grand Theft Auto VI? us, too. But that wait’s nearly over—‘An Extended Look’ is premiering on Netflix on August 27.
Is that a bit of an odd way to release a game trailer? Yes. Is it weird to put it behind a subscription paywall of a service not everyone has access to? Yes. But does that mean GTA 6 will be bad? Also yes. It does. It means the game will be bad.
Okay, we’re kidding. Putting aside the grandiosity of that marketing strategy, we’re still fairly sure this will be quite a fun little romp. And in fairness to developer Rockstar, it has clarified that the trailer will also go live on YouTube six hours later.
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Described as a “first-of-its-kind partnership” between Rockstar and Netflix, in reality, it benefits precisely nobody besides Rockstar and Netflix, but at least the inconvenient paywall exclusivity lasts only a few hours.
Gamers have been subsisting on a glacially slow trickle of information since the game was announced in November 2023. Most recently, we got a look at the special-edition content and preorder bonuses. Around that same time, Rockstar revealed that physical copies of GTA 6 wouldn’t contain discs, but would instead hold download codes inside them. That, together with Sony’s plans to cease physical media production in 2028, caused a backlash from some fans.
Nevertheless, sentiment for the game beneath the obnoxious marketing has remained strong. This is Grand Theft Auto we’re talking about: a series that popularized the open-world game in 2001, and has kept setting new high bars for that genre with every subsequent release.
Dual protagonists Jason and Lucia are primed to keep that streak going in GTA 6. And yes, the release date is still the same: It’s out on November 19, 2026.
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
