Grand Theft Auto 6’s delay gives more time to pick apart trailers, characters, and locations.
GTA 6 had been a rumor for years—an inevitable rumor, considering that the last one made basically infinite money—but those murmurs were finally confirmed in December 2023, when Rockstar officially revealed Grand Theft Auto 6 to the world.
And because nothing jaya128 with GTA can be entirely uncomplicated, it was a reveal that came earlier than planned, with Rockstar unveiling the GTA 6 debut trailer a day ahead of schedule thanks to an early leak. Now, two trailers and a delay announcement later, we know the sequel will release in May 2026. On console, at least. On PC, well… 😬
Recent updates
May 2025: More than a year after its reveal, Rockstar announced a GTA 6 delay and pushed its 2025 launch plans into 2026. The longer wait is a bit of a bummer, but the studio soothed the sting of a delay with another trailer and a roundup of details on its official site. We’ve updated our GTA 6 hub to reflect those changes.
When is the GTA 6 release date?
GTA 6 releases on PlayStation and Xbox on May 26, 2026. Originally, Rockstar planned the sequel’s launch for sometime in 2025, but announced the Grand Theft Auto 6 delay decision to “deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve.”
The big question at this point is platforms: Yes, it will undoubtedly come to PC (see more on that below), but whether our version will launch simultaneously with GTA 6 on consoles remains to be confirmed. Historically, we’ve had to wait well over a year for a PC release.
The latest GTA 6 trailer spotlights Jason and Lucia
The second GTA 6 trailer once again hones in on its protagonist couple, Jason and Lucia, but there are plenty of little gems tucked away in Rockstar’s most recent montage. A closer look from PC Gamer’s Rich Stanton hit the highlights, pointing out easy-to-miss details from the new GTA 6 footage like a reference to the 2022 hack, possible RPG-lite elements, and a shift in its visual style.
What was in the GTA 6 reveal trailer?
The first GTA 6 trailer didn’t dive deep into details about the game, but it did seem to confirm a lot of what was previously rumored, including a “Bonnie & Clyde-inspired” criminal duo as the lead characters in the game, and a Florida-like setting in the GTA universe’s equivalent: the state of Leonida. Both of those details came to light through earlier leaks.
Portions of the video also emulated Instagram and TikTok-style social media posts, which could provide some interesting gameplay twists depending on how (or if) the social mechanic is integrated into the game, and of course there’s an abundance of nice cars, scantily clad women, glitter and grime, and bad behavior throughout. It is definitely a Grand Theft Auto trailer.
We’ve also started picking out all the GTA 6 cars that appeared in the trailer. There are a lot of old series favorite brands coming to the new Vice City.
What do we know about the GTA 6 story?
GTA 6 will feature dual protagonists, following criminal couple Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval in their Bonnie & Clyde-style lawbreaking. The duo grew up in far more difficult circumstances and want better, fighting for family and each other, but it sounds like a scenario impossible to bootstrap their way out of. Rockstar says they’ve “always known the deck is stacked against them,” but it seems some of their lower-stakes crime goes further south and lands the couple in major criminal territory.
Beyond that, we’re still in speculative territory, and don’t worry: People are speculating. References to “a new life” come up a lot in the second GTA 6 trailer, so we’re assuming it all starts with Jason and Lucia happy about her recent release and future together before things escalate. The supporting character list certainly includes more seasoned criminals they’re involved with, but how that lands the couple in “a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida” is still a big mystery.
What do we know about GTA 6 characters?
The initial reveal trailer didn’t get into many details around the primary cast, but Rockstar’s updates after the delay included official character reveals and a closer look at the GTA 6 lovebird protagonists.
Lucia Caminos
Half of GTA 6’s protagonist power couple, Lucia makes an important mark in the Rockstar record book as the first female lead in the series. And based on the reveal trailer, she’s doing a lot of leading: She’s the first face we see, she’s the only one named, and in the closing shot, she’s the one kicking the door in to launch an armed robbery.
An update to the GTA 6 official site offered a little more on her background, and it sounds like Lucia’s had it tough from the start. She’s done a stint in prison and was just recently released by the time we meet her, but even with a fresh start, Lucia is driven by “the good life her mom has dreamed of since their days in Liberty City,” and sees that possibility with Jason.
Jason Duval
Jason is part of the former troubled teen to Army pipeline, and it seems joining the war machine didn’t do much to improve his circumstances. The second string of major GTA 6 updates highlighted the crimes he commits with his love and that he picks her up from prison, but didn’t do much to paint a clear picture of their romantic timeline.
In his official bio, Rockstar describes his relationship with Lucia as “the best or worst thing to ever happen to him,” but even if it’s tumultuous, he sounds dedicated.
Aside from its main duo, we know about seven other characters in GTA 6, like Jason’s weirdly paranoid friend and some extremely divorced landlord. For now, our list of confirmed Vice City residents includes:
- Cal Hamptom, Jason’s friend and a guy probably living on conspiracy subreddits
- Boobie Ike, a powerful Vice City businessman investing in local artists
- Dre’quan Priest, an artist looking to move on from dealing and into music
- Real Dimez, the viral social media duo Bae-Luxe and Roxy
- Raul Bautista, a bank robber with a storied rap sheet
- Brian Heder, an old-school smuggler who sounds like a better landlord than husband
What will the GTA 6 setting be?
Everything flows from Rockstar’s choice of city and decade, and we now know that GTA 6 will take place in modern day Vice City, in the state of Leonida—the GTA universe’s parallel reality version of Florida.
Rumors from July 2021 already pointed to GTA 6 returning to Vice City. The same predictions also claimed GTA 6’s map will evolve or expand over time, possibly through DLC or live game updates.
The GTA 6 map adds new locations around Vice City
Parts of Vice City may be familiar from the PS2 era, but the GTA 6 map expands on fictional Miami and builds out the surrounding area. So far, Rockstar has confirmed six regions (including Vice City itself), those are:
- Mount Kalaga – The go-to for “prime hunting, fishing, and off-road trails”
- Grassrivers – Miles of mangroves and gators
- Leonida Keys – Cousin to the sunny Florida Keys
- Ambrosia – Ground zero for “the battle for health and wealth” in Leonida
- Port Gellhorn – A former hotspot, “Leonida’s forgotten coast”
- And of course, Vice City, the metropolis inspired by real-life Miami proper
Will GTA 6 come to PC?
It’s a pretty safe bet. Rockstar’s past with PC versions has been a bit erratic, but the immense popularity of both GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC is a great reason for Rockstar to take the platform seriously.
And it seems like Rockstar feels the same, considering it released the Rockstar Games Launcher on PC in 2019. It’s hard to believe the studio would release its own games launcher if it didn’t plan on hosting its future games there, including GTA 6. That said, we can probably expect a gap between the release of GTA 6 on consoles and PC. It took GTA 5 a year and a half to come to PC, and RDR2’s gap was almost a year as well.
The full announcement for GTA 6 also suggests that the PC version will come later: It says “Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming to PlayStation 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X-S games and entertainment systems in 2025,” but makes no mention of a PC release.
Will there be a GTA 6 online?
Almost certainly. While GTA 5’s online Los Santos has yet to run out of gas, with Rockstar still regularly adding new activities, content, and events to its big multiplayer world, it’s hard to imagine GTA 6 would skimp on a multiplayer offering. Given that GTA 4, GTA 5, and both Red Dead Redemption games have had online servers, it feels like a must-have for GTA 6.
What was in the GTA 6 leaks?
The big dump of leaked footage from GTA 6’s first major leak may still be floating around, but unless you’re extremely interested in picking apart debug footage you aren’t missing much. Based on what we’d seen: yup, this sure is a GTA game in the works. It’s all older footage and is absolutely internal development stuff, not some sneaky peak at a final, polished product.
Here are the few high points that give us a hint of what to expect in the launch version of GTA 6:
- Two playable characters: Referred to as Lucia and Jason, they are likely the “Bonnie & Clyde inspired” crime duo referenced in past rumors.
- Vice City: Part of the footage includes a modern rail car labeled “Vice City Metro,” making the rumors of a return to fictional Florida seem likely too.
- Modern day setting: We’ve spotted at least one pedestrian with a smart phone, which seems to discount smaller rumors about a possible ’80s setting.
No matter how likely they do seem, all the other features we can glean from the footage—Lucia committing a robbery at a waffle joint, dialogue options for playable characters, a character seen moving and crawling while prone, the messaging system called “WhatUp!”—should be taken as subject to change until we see a more representative gameplay showcase from Rockstar closer to GTA 6’s release.
