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All The Evidence That GTA 6's Next Trailer Is Nearly Here
It's been nearly a year since Rockstar Games released a trailer for its upcoming open-world game, Grand Theft Auto 6. And fans are getting restless and starting to do what GTA fans do best: Speculate, investigate, and t…
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It's been nearly a year since Rockstar Games released a trailer for its upcoming open-world game, Grand Theft Auto 6. And fans are getting restless and starting to do what GTA fans do best: Speculate, investigate, and then connect dots to convince themselves something is about to happen. This time, fans think the third trailer for GTA 6 is arriving soon. And you know what, they might be right this time!
Why it matters
Over the last two weeks or so, a growing number of Grand Theft Auto fans began claiming or suggesting that the next trailer will arrive either in the final days of April or in the first few weeks of May. Why? The biggest reason many fans are expecting a new trailer is that on April 23, Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two Interactive, announced that its fourth-quarter earnings call would happen on May 22.
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Historically, Rockstar has released trailers or made big announcements in the days leading up to an earnings call. For example, trailer two dropped on May 6 of last year, and then on May 15, Take-Two's Q4 2025 earnings call happened. The last time Rockstar announced a delay was November 6, 2025, the same day as a Take-Two earnings call.
Context
So there is clearly a pattern of GTA 6 news happening right around the time of a new earnings call. Still, that does seem to indicate that something GTA 6-related will be announced or teased in the next few weeks ahead of Take-Two's May 22 financial call. And considering it's been nearly a year since the last trailer, it does seem like a perfect time to drop trailer three.
Bottom line
Other evidence for a new trailer coming soon involves people looking back at how past Rockstar-developed games have been marketed and teased. While some comparisons with Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA V marketing timelines are not perfectly applicable — due to the pandemic, repeated leaks, and internal Rockstar dev issues — the timing window does seem to align.
Update 6
As Kotaku notes, it should become obvious as we enter the final months before GTA 6's launch in November that Take-Two and Rockstar will start ramping up marketing and get the hype train rolling. Assuming the game avoids another delay, marketing is set to start kicking into high gear this summer because Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said as much back in February.
Update 7
A big new trailer dropping in late May seems like a perfect way to start the marketing blitz as we enter the home stretch. GTA 6 is almost here. Probably. Just, like, 200 days to go.