GTA 6 fans expect Trailer 3 and pre-orders in May but they may be disappointed

A delay to Take-Two’s financial call has led to hopes for a new GTA 6 trailer, but are fans just fooling themselves?

GTA 6 is still over six months away, assuming it will actually launch on November 19 this year, so fans are naturally speculating over when to expect the next trailer.

We’ve only had two trailers for GTA 6 so far.

The first debuted in December 2023, while the second arrived on May 6, 2025, shortly after Rockstar delayed the game to 2026.

There’s already so much anticipation for the sequel another trailer could be skipped entirely, but there’s an assumption that we’ll get at least one more before launch.

GTA 6 fans are known for getting their hopes up over tenuous crumbs of information, but the new reason for their excitement revolves around Rockstar owner Take-Two’s confirmation that it will report its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, May 21, 2026.

So why are fans getting in a tizz?

There’s no proven correlation between Take-Two financial reports and GTA 6 announcements (aside from last year’s trailer arriving in the preceding week), but there’s a slight irregularity in that next month’s report is arriving one week later than usual.

There could be plenty of boring corporate reasons for this delay, but if you’re feverishly anticipating GTA 6, it’s just enough of a reason to start making up theories.

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As noted by several GTA 6 fan accounts, many believe this delay is connected to a planned GTA 6 announcement, possibly Trailer 3 or the opening of pre-orders.

On X, GTA fan account GameRoll wrote: ‘I personally believe that it’s quite likely Rockstar will drop GTA 6 news sometime during the weeks leading up to this call (which is what happened last year).’
Rockstar could make an announcement in the run-up to the earnings call, but as we etch closer to GTA 6’s launch date in November, the likelihood of a new trailer grows anyway, so the two things aren’t necessarily connected.

After all, at this point, it’s not like Take-Two has to do anything extra to impress investors.

Recently, an insider predicted the next GTA 6 trailer won’t arrive until at least July, which would line-up with comments from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick about ramping up the game’s marketing in the summer.

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