Rockstar Games has released eight seconds of new GTA 6 gameplay footage from its official website, offering the clearest aerial view yet of Leonida’s open-world map. The clip arrived alongside confirmation that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 open on June 25, with a cover art reveal in the franchise’s traditional paneled format.
The footage was spotted by X user HYPEX on Rockstar’s website and shared online. It shows a camera pulling back across the Vice City skyline at dusk. Traffic fills the streets below; boats move through the waterways. At the clip’s end, a tower crane comes into frame. Some fans have connected that detail to construction and development mechanics in Red Dead Redemption 2, where towns evolved over the course of the story. Rockstar has not confirmed whether GTA 6 includes anything similar.
A long marketing silence breaks
Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s parent company, said earlier this year that GTA 6 marketing would ramp up over the summer but gave no specific dates. That left the community uncertain whether June would bring anything, or whether the game would stay quiet until August. The new clip and the pre-order announcement end that speculation. The campaign is now moving.
The cover art reveal is part of the same June 25 announcement. It will be the first official look at how Rockstar plans to frame Leonida and its characters visually. The series has historically used a tiled panel format for cover imagery, riffing on pop culture and crime fiction tied to the game’s setting.
What GTA 6 gameplay footage reveals about the open world
The aerial pull-back is the most complete view of Vice City in any official GTA 6 gameplay footage released so far. Earlier marketing placed the camera at street level or mid-altitude. This clip goes higher, pulling back far enough to capture the skyline and a wide section of the surrounding city in a single frame.
The detail visible from that altitude is consistent across the frame. There is no drop-off in activity near the edges. Roads are busy, waterways are in use, and the city holds together at distance rather than hollowing out away from the camera.
Pre-orders and what comes next
Pre-orders open June 25. A third official trailer is expected around that date. Rockstar has historically released trailers on Tuesdays, which puts June 23 in play as an early window, with pre-orders then following on June 25. A simultaneous release of both on the same day is also possible. Take-Two had signaled a heavy summer marketing schedule, and this week appears to be its start.
GTA 6 releases November 19, 2026. With pre-orders confirmed and new GTA 6 gameplay footage now surfacing, the promotional run toward launch is underway.