August 2026 · 26:48

An Extended Look: 26 Minutes of Gameplay

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix at 3 PM ET on August 27 2026 and landed on Rockstar's YouTube channel that evening. Captured on a PlayStation 5, it is the first time Rockstar has shown the game actually being played: a job that goes wrong, a drive across Vice City, a heist getaway, and a tour of side activities, with Jason and Lucia switching mid-mission. A 4K download is on Rockstar's site.

Moment by moment

  1. 0:01

    Jason and Lucia walk into a run-down apartment block to collect a package for Boobie Ike. Birdman and Lil Wayne's Pop Bottles plays as they get stopped in the stairwell and Jason pets a dog outside the elevator.

  2. 3:44

    A phone call warns them the building is about to be hit. At 4:04 tactical police breach the cook-house and the pickup turns into a firefight through the hallways.

  3. 6:00

    Lucia drops from the building to street level and Jason carjacks a getaway ride. It is the first look at the wanted system with the player in control.

  4. 6:43

    Home at their apartment: a working fridge, in-world television, Post-it notes on the wall, and Lucia picking an outfit while Jason waits.

  5. 8:21

    The drive to the bar, radio on. Depeche Mode gives way to Captain and Tennille as the city passes, including an NPC standing on a bridge ledge in the background.

  6. 10:39

    The bar meeting with Brian and Lori Heder, cut with flashbacks to robberies and shootouts that fill in how the crew got here.

  7. 13:10

    Driving gameplay leads into the bank heist getaway: Lucia at the wheel, Jason shooting from the passenger seat, then the car torched with a Molotov to burn the evidence before they reach Raul Bautista.

  8. 16:49

    Side activities montage along the bay: basketball, scuba diving, the gym, jet skis, arcade cabinets, and store robberies. A stolen car turns out to have a streamer named Camilo in the trunk, narrating the chase to his chat.

  9. 18:49

    Lucia parachutes in, the switch menu pops up, and control passes to Jason mid-conversation about rap battles. Character switching is done from the D-pad.

  10. 20:07

    Jason picks up Andres De Leon from an airport runway, then drops Lucia at the MegaMundo building. Phil Collins plays as the job becomes a protection detail at a party.

  11. 25:44

    Elderbrook and Bob Moses' Inner Light runs under a closing monologue and the final shots of Leonida.

What we spotted

  • First footage of the game being played, captured on PlayStation 5
  • Mid-mission character switching between Jason and Lucia via the D-pad
  • A working apartment: fridge, television, outfit changes
  • The wanted system and tactical police breaching a building
  • A streamer in the trunk of a stolen car, chat visible on screen
  • Boobie Ike, Brian and Lori Heder, Raul Bautista, and Andres De Leon all appear
  • Fourteen licensed songs across the radio and in-world speakers
  • Side activities: basketball, scuba, gym, jet skis, arcades, store robberies