Rockstar Games has finally dropped the first trailer for GTA 6, one of the most highly anticipated games of all time. After the trailer leaked, Rockstar Games decided to release it about 15 hours early. One of the most controversial parts of the trailer isn’t the female protagonist, Lucia, but rather the release date.
Fans were hoping for GTA 6 to come out in 2024 but it’s scheduled for 2025. An old GTA Online shirt suggests Rockstar Games had planned this 2025 date the whole time. And the date is a little troll.
Leading up to GTA 6’s first trailer, gaming YouTuber LegacyKillaHD reminded fans of number sequences found on this GTA Online shirt. The first set of numbers, 1252309, suggests December 5, 2023 at 9AM (12-5-23, 9AM) which was correct in Rockstar Games’ official announcement for the first trailer’s release date and time.
However, there’s another sequence suggesting April 1, 2025 (040125). This was theorized before confirming a 2025 release date but now that it’s official, could we be in for the best April Fools’ Day celebration for gamers?
GTA 6 Release Date: April Fools Day?
Rockstar Games could be teasing GTA 6’s release date for April 1, 2025. A Tuesday video game release which is uncommon today compared to a Friday release. Using the previous number sequence found, if Rockstar sticks to this plan, it’s going to be hard for people to believe that GTA 6 is dropping on April Fools’ Day.
Some fans are hopeful and read the date as January 4, 2025 which would not be the wrong way to read the date in most of Europe. Rockstar Games are based in the United States, more specifically New York City. It would be unlikely for them to put the code in that way if that’s the date they’re suggesting.
In addition, the previous code used month, date, then year which proves January 4, 2025 to be incorrect. A very hopeful date, especially since it falls on an odd day for a video game release, Saturday.
Other fans might troll and say this would be when GTA 6’s second trailer drops. Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves because there’s no reasonable time attached to this theory. The number 23 appears after “040125,” timing the second trailer to drop at 11 PM EST if using Military Time. While fans would likely stay awake to watch GTA 6’s second trailer near midnight, Rockstar Games knows better than to do that.
What is GTA 6’s Release Date?
No solid date is confirmed yet. Rockstar Games has only unveiled a 2025 release window which could mean from January 2025 to December 2025. At most, fans will be waiting two years to play GTA 6 on top of the decade-long gap from GTA 5 to now (if there’s no delay).
It would not be strange for Rockstar Games to release GTA 6 on April 1, 2025. To be fair, convincing others that April Fools’ Day is the actual date might be more tricky than Rockstar is anticipating.
GTA 5 dropped on September 17, 2013. During the fourth quarter of the year on a Tuesday. GTA 4 was released on April 29, 2008. A Tuesday as well but near the start of the second quarter of the year. Lastly, GTA 3 dropped on October 23, 2001. It’s on a Tuesday again and the fourth quarter of the year.
If Rockstar Games wants to repeat the pattern of alternating between the second and fourth quarters, April 1, 2025, would be at the very start of the second quarter.
GTA 6 will follow two protagonists, Lucia and Jason, as they take on the streets of Vice City in the biggest Grand Theft Auto game yet. It’s scheduled for 2025 for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. No word on a PC version or a Nintendo Switch port.
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