Hopes for GTA 6 Trailer 3 Fade as Preorders Launch Without New Rockstar Video

Fans hoping for a GTA 6 Trailer 3 reveal have been disappointed after preorders went live without a new official video from Rockstar Games.

Last week, Rockstar unveiled the cover art for GTA 6 and confirmed that preorders would open on June 25. Many expected a third trailer to drop around this time to reignite the hype and encourage preorders. Instead, Rockstar released a large batch of new GTA 6 screenshots, teasing various details about the game, but no Trailer 3.

Trailer 2 was released in May 2025 and still shows the game's old release date, which passed a month ago. Some thought Rockstar would want a new trailer with the correct release date alongside preorders, but that hasn't happened.

"Weird decision to not have Trailer 3 go live now," said one fan on X. [...] "So this might be it... until July?!" "Personally, I'm really disappointed," another fan wrote. "Even though Rockstar never officially announced anything, we've been waiting for such a long time now." "No Trailer 3. No Gameplay. Come on, man," remarked another fan.

One fan even suggested that Rockstar is in a unique position, as the lack of gameplay this close to launch would be concerning for any other studio: "If this was any other game/publisher, gamers would be saying, it must be something wrong with it or it's not running as smoothly as they'd like etc."

Another user looked to the past to make sense of the situation. "Looking back at GTAV, pre-orders opened on November 5th, 2012, but the trailer didn't drop until 9 days later on November 14th," they said. "Not sure what to make of this. I really hope we get something concrete within the next 15 days, otherwise it’s getting ridiculous."

While some argue that GTA 6 is so big it doesn't need marketing, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has indicated otherwise.

"I do think no matter how big a franchise is, the consumers need to engage with that prior to release. And I think the motion picture business reflects that as well. So if you put out a sequel to Mission: Impossible, trust me, the studio is still going to spend a whole lot of money marketing that title, even though we kind of know what we're going to get and we know we're going to see Tom Cruise, and we're thrilled that we will. Marketing is still an important part of any entertainment release."

It's unclear when the next trailer will arrive, but fans hope it will be a proper gameplay showcase rather than another story trailer. Players are eager to see how the game actually plays and what they can do in it. It might be another month before we get such a thing, as Rockstar plans to roll out a new GTA Online update in July, which will likely dominate marketing for a few weeks. So, perhaps there will be no GTA 6 Trailer 3, and Rockstar will skip straight to a gameplay reveal.

GTA 6 is set to release on November 19 for Xbox Series X|S and PS5, priced at $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition, which includes extra content like cosmetics, weapons, and access to specific shops and missions. Unfortunately for physical media enthusiasts, GTA 6 won't be available on disc at launch.