Ex-Rockstar Dev Wouldn't Release Any More Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailers: 'There Is More Than Enough Hype'

As the hold goes connected for much Grand Theft Auto 6 quality pursuing 2023’s Trailer 1, 1 erstwhile Rockstar developer has said helium wouldn’t merchandise immoderate much trailers earlier the game's merchandise date.

Rockstar released GTA 6 Trailer 1 to record-breaking viewership successful December 2023, but it hasn’t released a azygous plus since. The year-and-a-half hold for much accusation has fueled progressively bizarre conspiracy theories astir erstwhile Rockstar volition merchandise GTA 6 Trailer 2.

These person included counting the holes successful Lucia’s compartment doorway net, the slug holes successful the car from Trailer 1, and adjacent registration plates. But main among the conspiracy theories is GTA 6’s ongoing satellite watch, which was, remarkably, proven to person accurately predicted the day Rockstar announced erstwhile it would merchandise GTA 6 Trailer 1, but debunked arsenic a hint astatine the merchandise day for Trailer 2.

So the large question is, erstwhile will GTA 6 Trailer 2 beryllium released? Take-Two brag Strauss Zelnick has suggested fans whitethorn person to hold until overmuch person to GTA 6’s existent merchandise date, presently acceptable for immoderate constituent successful the autumn of 2025, for their adjacent look astatine the astir anticipated video crippled successful the world.

But erstwhile Rockstar Games method manager Obbe Vermeij, who worked connected the bid up to 2008's Grand Theft Auto 4 earlier leaving the institution 9 months aft launch, said if it were up to him helium wouldn’t merchandise immoderate much trailers for GTA 6.

“If it was my telephone I wouldn’t merchandise immoderate further trailers,” helium tweeted. “There is much than capable hype astir VI and the constituent of astonishment is going to marque the merchandise lone bigger arsenic an event.”

Then, successful effect to 1 idiosyncratic who wondered whether Rockstar mightiness denote the GTA 6 merchandise day and thing else, Vermeij replied: “It would beryllium a brag move.”

Would Rockstar really bash thing similar that, though? By naming the archetypal GTA 6 trailer arsenic GTA 6 Trailer 1, the proposition is that much numbered trailers volition follow. Plans change, of course. Perhaps this 1 volition travel close down to the wire, and Rockstar would alternatively absorption connected getting GTA 6 retired the doorway this twelvemonth than connected a trailer it knows volition beryllium analyzed to wrong an inch of its life.

Vermeij revealed that Rockstar decided to hold GTA 4 successful July 2007, conscionable 3 months earlier its archetypal October 16, 2007 merchandise date, and suggested "decision day" for GTA 6 volition beryllium similar.

"Only astatine that clip did it go wide we were going to miss the deadline," Vermeij explained. "I’m guessing decision-day for VI volition beryllium similar. Fingers crossed for Take2’s August net report."

In an interrogation with Bloomberg successful March, Zelnick was asked consecutive up: wherefore is GTA 6’s merchandise day specified a cautiously held secret?

“The anticipation for that rubric whitethorn beryllium the top anticipation I’ve ever seen for an amusement property," Zelnick replied. "And I’ve been astir the artifact a fewer times and I’ve been successful each amusement concern determination is.

“We privation to support the anticipation and the excitement. And we bash person competitors who volition picture their merchandise docket for years successful advance. And we recovered that the amended happening to bash is to supply selling materials comparatively adjacent to the merchandise model successful bid to make that excitement connected the 1 manus and equilibrium the excitement with unmet anticipation. We don’t ever get it precisely right, but that’s what we are trying to do.”

Mike York, who worked arsenic an animator astatine Rockstar New England for six years helping to physique Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 earlier leaving the institution successful 2017, said connected his YouTube transmission that Rockstar is playing up to the conspiracy theories, deliberately avoiding saying thing astir the crippled oregon erstwhile Trailer 2 volition beryllium released successful bid to substance adjacent much speculation wrong the community.

“They're reaching and pulling and trying to travel up with these truly chill theories to decipher erstwhile the adjacent trailer volition be,” helium said of fans.

“Specifically Rockstar, they're precise secretive astir what they do, and this is simply a truly chill maneuver due to the fact that it creates allure and it creates enigma and it creates radical talking astir it without them having to bash anything. The much they're soundless the amended it is, due to the fact that the much radical volition beryllium antsy and privation to speech astir it and person this feeling of not knowing what's going to happen.”

York went connected to accidental that Rockstar is apt resisting unit from its service of fans to denote the GTA 6 Trailer 2 merchandise day for this nonstop reason.

“They could easy merchandise the trailer day and beryllium like, ‘Hey this is erstwhile the trailer's coming out,’ but they don't bash it. And they don't bash it connected intent due to the fact that it's a really, truly bully selling tactic. If you deliberation astir it, it creates these truly chill theories.

“This brings the fans together. This is simply a truly chill mode to get fans to speech astir your crippled erstwhile you’re not releasing thing yet, in-between the times.

“All these theories are great. They lone make hype, they make talk, they make enigma down the games.”

Zelnick’s punctuation besides suggests that GTA 6 Trailer 2, assuming it exists, won’t beryllium released until we’re person to the game’s existent merchandise day successful autumn 2025, assuming it’s not delayed. If that’s true, it whitethorn beryllium immoderate clip earlier we get different look astatine the game.

While you hold for GTA 6 to travel out, cheque retired IGN’s sum of an ex-Rockstar dev who says the workplace astir apt won’t beryllium capable to determine whether GTA 6 is delayed until May 2025, Take-Two brag Strauss Zelnick’s effect to interest astir the destiny of GTA Online erstwhile GTA 6 comes out, and the adept sentiment connected whether the PS5 Pro volition tally GTA 6 astatine 60 frames per second.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].