“GTA 6”: Rockstar releases launch trailer five weeks before release
Rockstar has released the launch trailer for “GTA 6”. Unusually, the Nov. 19 release is still five weeks away.
Screenshot from “GTA 6”
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Rockstar Games released the launch trailer for “GTA 6” on Thursday. But the action game won’t be released for another five weeks: “GTA 6” doesn’t arrive until Nov. 19, making Rockstar Games remarkably early. The video was captured on a PS5 and offers several glimpses of the open-world game’s gameplay and story.
The trailer features the new song “Flower in a Hurricane” by electronic duo Justice, which also features Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Justice also composed original music for “GTA 6”, and Rockstar will share more soundtrack details before the game launches.
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Unusually early
Game companies typically release launch trailers shortly before or on release day to build excitement one last time. “GTA 6” follows different rules, but a launch this early is unusual even for Rockstar: the launch trailer for “Red Dead Redemption 2” came out about a week before the game was released.
Anyone who preorders “GTA 6” digitally for PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S can predownload the game starting Nov. 12. The boxed version, which includes a download code, also goes on sale that day. The game won’t be playable by any buyer until Nov. 19. A PC version of “GTA 6” has not been announced yet.
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Rockstar is taking its own approach to marketing “GTA 6” anyway. The studio first showed the first in-depth gameplay video exclusively on Netflix in late August, and it didn’t appear on YouTube until six hours later. Netflix staged the premiere as a major event. According to Netflix, the nearly half-hour video garnered 31.1 million views and topped the streaming service’s English-language movie charts the week after its premiere.
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