The anticipation for Grand Theft Auto VI is so big that the recent GTA VI trailer topped Deadpool & Wolverine in terms of views in its first 24 hours.
The trailer release last Tuesday followed the news that Rockstar Games had delayed Grand Theft Auto VI until May 2026.
The delay is a good thing
While fans aren’t thrilled about the delay, it likely means the game will be all the better, as it gives developers an entire year to continue working on it. A GTA VI leaker even chimed in on X about the delay.
“One thing I’ll also say is that this source made it very clear to me that a delay to 2026 was ABSOLUTELY necessary,” said GameRoll. “If we had gotten GTA 6 in 2025, it would have been a significantly worse game. They began cutting a lot of cool stuff to try and make that deadline.”
One thing I’ll also say is that this source made it very clear to me that a delay to 2026 was ABSOLUTELY necessary.
— GameRoll (@GameRoll_) May 11, 2025
If we had gotten GTA 6 in 2025, it would have been a significantly worse game. They began cutting a lot of cool stuff to try and make that deadline. https://t.co/sU7ZZ2D79K
GTA VI Trailer Smashes View Records Across Platforms
After the trailer dropped, Rockstar revealed that GTA VI racked up more views than Deadpool & Wolverine—which made over $1.3 billion at the box office—and even topped the first trailer, which was exclusive to YouTube.
Via THR, Rockstar said the Grand Theft Auto VI received over 475 million views across platforms in its first 24 hours.
That’s more than the first trailer’s 93 million views in the same 24-hour window, and it beats Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine Super Bowl trailer (365 million), Spider-Man: No Way Home (355 million), James Gunn’s Superman (250 million), and Marvel’s Fantastic Four (202 million).
As of Sunday, the GTA VI trailer has over 102 million views on Rockstar’s YouTube channel. Watch below.
Release info
Grand Theft Auto VI gets released on May 26, 2026.
New characters
The trailer revealed the new characters, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, and the supporting characters including Cal Hampton, Boobie Ike, Dre’Quan Priest, Real Dimez, Raul Bautista, and Brian Heder.
New locations
Locations include Leonida, Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, and Mount Kalaga.
Plot
Rockstar released the following plot description: “Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.”
Watch the GTA VI trailer:
