Trailer 1 ended on "Coming 2025" and Trailer 2 on "May 26, 2026". Rockstar later moved the game again, to November 19, 2026, so neither card holds any more.
What the cards say
Each trailer ended on a promise. Trailer 1 (December 2023) closed on "Coming 2025" at 1:25, and Trailer 2 (May 6, 2025) closed on "May 26, 2026" at 2:42. Both timestamps link to Rockstar's own uploads. GTA 6 now launches on November 19, 2026, after Rockstar announced a second delay on November 6, 2025, so neither card holds any more.
How far each card missed
We counted the gap between each card and the real launch date:
| End card | Shown | Final date | How far off |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Coming 2025" | Trailer 1, December 4, 2023 | November 19, 2026 | The whole of 2025 passed; at least 323 days past the end of the promised year |
| "May 26, 2026" | Trailer 2, May 6, 2025 | November 19, 2026 | 177 days |
The date on Trailer 2's card was only four days old when the trailer came out: Rockstar had announced the move to May 26, 2026 on May 2, 2025, and Trailer 2 followed on May 6. So its end card was the freshest promise Rockstar could make, and it still slipped once more.
Why it is worth knowing
The end cards are a small time capsule of GTA 6's development. Our GTA 6 timeline tracks every date Rockstar and Take-Two have given, from "coming 2025" through the two delays to the June 2026 pre-orders. The signs now point one way: pre-orders open since June 25, 2026, a pre-load date and a store release time, which is why our delay rumor check rates another delay as debunked for now.
Our take: the end cards are the best argument for trusting dates only when stores and pre-loads back them up. "Coming 2025" was a year, "May 26, 2026" was a day, and both slipped; November 19 is the first date that came with pre-orders, a pre-load and a store listing behind it. If Rockstar ever releases a Trailer 3, its end card will most likely carry November 19, and that would be the first trailer date that held. That last line is our expectation, not an announcement.
What to watch for at launch
- Whether a Trailer 3 arrives before November 19, and what its end card says.
- Whether the old end cards are referenced in the game itself.
Submit a findSomething wrong or missing on The dates on the end cards?
Sources
- Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 (Rockstar Newswire) (May 2, 2025)
- Grand Theft Auto VI is now set to launch November 19, 2026 (Rockstar Newswire) (Nov 6, 2025)
- Rockstar Games announces Grand Theft Auto VI, coming 2025 (Take-Two Interactive) (Dec 4, 2023)
- Rockstar Games releases Trailer 2 for Grand Theft Auto VI (Take-Two Interactive) (May 6, 2025)
- Pre-Order Grand Theft Auto VI on June 25 (Rockstar Newswire) (Jun 24, 2026)
- Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (Rockstar Games) (Dec 5, 2023)
- Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 (Rockstar Games) (May 6, 2025)
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