The official Grand Theft Auto VI trailer arrived ahead of schedule after being leaked on X.
Rockstar Games, a publishing imprint of Take-Two Interactive Software, was scheduled to release the trailer for the sixth installment of the long-awaited game at 9 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December 5. However, it was leaked to X almost 15 hours before programming by the account @Gta6trailerleakswhich has since been suspended.
Following the leak, Rockstar Games responded to X around 6pm on Monday that the official trailer is now available on YouTube due to the leak.
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Our trailer has been leaked, so please watch the real thing on YouTube: https://t.co/T0QOBDHwBe
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) December 4, 2023
The trailer has since garnered over 78 million views.
Shares of Take-Two fell 2% on Tuesday CNBC.
According to the trailer, the new game is expected to be available in 2025. A company Press release states that it will be available on Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X and Series S consoles.
Grand Theft Auto was released in 1997, by AP news, and has since become a cultural and gaming phenomenon. The last edition of the video game was Grand Theft Auto V in 2013. It sold 190 million copies, making it the second best-selling video game in history, according to CNBC.
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