GTA VI Trailer 1 Is Out – And It’s All We’re Talking About
pczone.co.ukRockstar pulled the virtual trigger, finally giving us a glimpse of GTA VI.
GTA VI Trailer 1 has been in the wild for a couple of days now and it’s all the gaming world is talking about, such is the cultural significance of any new Rockstar release.
I’m sure you’ve already seen it, (if not, what desperately boring planet have you been living on??) but here it is in all its glory:
It’s only 90 seconds of content, but there’s plenty to unpack here.
The game is set once again in Vice City, the virtual version of Miami from my own personal favourite GTA game of the same name.
This time we’re in the modern day rather than the 1980s. We do get an awesome 1980s song (Love Is A Long Road by Tom Petty) underscoring the trailer though.
It looks like there are two playable protagonists, a young couple taking on the city in search of fortune and glory, Bonnie & Clyde style.
We don’t learn much about the main characters. But the trailer does revel in lampooning modern culture (the cornerstone of any GTA game) in a fast-cut series of amusing TikToks – inspired by real videos – in the middle of the trailer. It sets the tone for what’s to come.
We also see glimpses of car chases, neighbourhood hangouts (with lots more blinged-out cars) and gangs on motorbikes.
Disappointingly, despite earlier reports of GTA VI coming in 2024, the game is currently set for a 2025 release. Bummer.
As we’ve come to expect from any Rockstar release, the technical showcase from the studio’s latest version of RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) is front and centre here and doesn’t fail to disappoint.
In Digital Foundry’s quick analysis of the trailer, they confidently assert we are seeing actual in-engine capture, not pre-rendered assets, given the presence of
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