December 4, 2023

Trailer 1: The Reveal

Ninety seconds that broke YouTube. Lucia in a prison jumpsuit, Vice City at golden hour, and Tom Petty over all of it. The most-watched game trailer reveal ever, and it wasn't close.

The full breakdown takes it apart frame by frame.

May 6, 2025

Trailer 2: Jason and Lucia

Jason and Lucia together, Vice City in daylight, and the first long look at Leonida beyond the city limits. Captured on a base PS5, and Rockstar put that on the label.

Everything we saw, shot by shot.

August 27, 2026

An Extended Look

Not a third trailer. Rockstar and Netflix ran it as its own format instead, premiering on Netflix six hours before it hit YouTube. Twenty-six minutes, the longest look at the game yet, a stash house raid to a corporate gala that ends in a shootout. The launch is locked for November 19.

Everything we saw, shot by shot. How the rumor mill called it before it landed.

The full development timeline tracks every confirmed date from the 2022 leak to launch day.