Grand Theft Auto VI to debut 'extended look' this month: What to know
Your next look at the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI is coming later this month.
An extended look at the sixth numbered entry in the massively popular video game franchise is coming Aug. 27, publisher Rockstar Games said Thursday.
It will be available to stream on Netflix at 3 p.m. ET before coming to the Rockstar Games YouTube channel at 9 p.m. ET, the company said.
The company didn't say what this extended look will include, but it's likely to offer fans their first glimpse of gameplay.
Grand Theft Auto VI, which is available to pre-order now, will officially release Thursday, Nov. 19, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to Rockstar.
Each Grand Theft Auto game takes place in different heavily hyperbolic versions of American cities, and focuses on main characters working their way through the city's world of crime.
Grand Theft Auto VI will take place in Leonida and Vice City, USA, which appears to be a dramatized version of Miami, Florida.
"Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them," a brief synopsis of the game reads. "But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida -- forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive."
The new release follows more than a decade of anticipation since the 2013 release of Grand Theft Auto V, which has sold 230 million copies, according to franchise owner Take-Two Interactive.
The new game is set to be sold for $79.99, bucking the general new game standard by around $10.
Along with the standard version of game, preorders for Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition were also made available earlier this summer, which include additional in-game items.
According to an announcement at the time from Rockstar Games, the ultimate edition "amplifies the deepest and most immersive GTA experience yet with an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story."
The announcement noted that pre-ordering either version of the game will allow players to begin pre-loading on Nov. 12 "to ensure they are able to play at launch" on release day a week later.
