The Biggest Launch in Entertainment Is Three Months Away

TDT | Manama

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Grand Theft Auto is a series of crime games set in fictional versions of American cities, where players are free to drive, rob and roam as they like. The last one, released in 2013, sold hundreds of millions of copies. Fans have waited 13 years for the next.

GTA VI arrives on 19 November, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S only. There is still no PC version announced, and no Nintendo release. The date has slipped twice already, but the publisher, Take-Two, has repeatedly told investors it is now on schedule.

The strange part has been the silence. Three months from launch, Rockstar Games has shown only two trailers and no actual gameplay.

That ends next week. On 27 August, an extended look at the game will premiere on Netflix—a first-of-its-kind deal—six hours before it reaches Rockstar's own YouTube channel and website.

Pre-orders opened in June at $80 for the standard edition and $100 for the premium one. Take-Two's chief executive has said the more expensive version is out-selling the cheaper one.

The story follows Jason and Lucia, a couple in the fictional Vice City whose small robbery goes badly wrong.