Rockstar Games will show Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look on August 27, giving Netflix members a six-hour head start before the GTA VI extended look reaches the company’s YouTube channel and game website.
The presentation premieres on Netflix at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 27. It will be published at 9 p.m. ET the same day on Rockstar Games’ official YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI site, according to reporting by The Verge and Variety, which cited a Rockstar press release.
When can you watch the GTA VI extended look?
- Netflix: August 27 at 3 p.m. ET
- Rockstar Games YouTube channel: August 27 at 9 p.m. ET
- Grand Theft Auto VI website: August 27 at 9 p.m. ET
For viewers without a Netflix subscription, the public release comes six hours after the streaming debut. The announced schedule does not suggest that YouTube viewers need to wait beyond that evening, only that Netflix gets the first window.
Rockstar has called the video An Extended Look. That is the confirmed name, and it is not an official confirmation of the fan-used “Trailer 3” label. The company has not disclosed the presentation’s running time, whether it will include gameplay, or which locations, characters, systems, or story material it will cover. Calling any of those details confirmed would be getting ahead of the evidence.
Variety characterized the event as a debut of new GTA VI footage, but the available announcement supplies no breakdown of what that footage contains. Readers looking for a granular preview will have to wait until August 27.
The Netflix timing follows an earlier partnership between Netflix and Rockstar on the mobile release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, The Verge reported. This time Netflix is serving as the first viewing venue for a promotional presentation, while Rockstar retains the later release on its own video channel and game site.
Netflix executive Brandon Riegg said in a statement reported by The Verge that Rockstar had chosen Netflix members for the first debut. Beyond the schedule and title, Rockstar has provided little else. For now, the useful part of the announcement is refreshingly unglamorous: Netflix at 3 p.m. ET, YouTube and the game site at 9 p.m. ET.
This story draws on original reporting from The Verge.
