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An Extended Look artwork: Lucia masked with a bandana, Jason pulling his up, outside a gas station.

GTA 6’s Extended Look is out: 27 minutes of gameplay captured on PS5

Rockstar premiered An Extended Look on Netflix, then YouTube: 26 minutes 48 seconds of GTA 6 captured on PS5. What it shows minute by minute, and what previews and players added.

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Overview

Confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix on August 27, 2026 and reached YouTube and rockstargames.com at 9 p.m. Eastern. It runs 26 minutes 48 seconds and, Rockstar says, was captured entirely from in-game footage on a PlayStation 5.

On screen It follows Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos through an apartment shootout, an evening at home, a police chase with the bank robber Raul Bautista, a montage of side activities and a security job at a Megamundo event, with Brian Heder on the boat in the closing scenes.

Key facts

  • Confirmed Announced: August 6, 2026.
  • Confirmed Premiere: Netflix on August 27, 2026, then YouTube and rockstargames.com at 9 p.m. ET.
  • Confirmed Length: 26:48, against 1:31 for Trailer 1 and 2:47 for Trailer 2.
  • Confirmed Capture: in-game footage on PlayStation 5.
  • Reported Music: 14 licensed songs, from Pop Bottles at 0:06 to Inner Light at 25:44, according to Game Rant.

Minute by minute

On screen What we verified on our frames, in running order. The Extended Look file keeps the complete list.

Time What is on screen
04:20 Jason fires a long gun in an apartment shootout, then the pair escape through an occupied apartment and out of a window (05:24).
06:24 At home the pair get ready for cocktails with Brian. A door prompt offers HURRY on circle and LUCIA on L2 (07:09).
07:14 The fridge menu lists Logger Beer, Lavazas Beer and Blitz smoothies with stamina and focus icons.
09:20 Lucia fires and pumps a shotgun one-handed, a bag on her other arm.
09:26 Backyard wrestling in an improvised ring, onlookers around it.
11:32 Masked store robberies meet armed resistance, a wanted-star row on screen.
12:32 Lucia drives Raul’s car. In the police chase that follows, Raul hands Jason a gun (13:48) and a police car rolls over (14:12).
15:58 The crew burns the getaway car and switches to a van.
17:07 An activity montage: an airboat in the wetlands, basketball, binoculars on a man in a VR headset (17:28).
17:51 At a strip mall the item wheel shows disguise items and two money readouts. Lucia walks up to Zekes Gadgets masked (18:00).
18:13 A man livestreams from a car trunk during a police chase, viewer comments on screen.
18:32 A shooting course: 8/12 targets left, 00:34.99 on the clock, a 00:30.000 target time beside a medal badge.
18:48 Lucia base jumps over Vice City.
19:05 A line of dialogue: “I bet you’d be real good at battle rapping, dog.”
23:22 Jason fights through unfinished rooms as messages arrive from Lucia, who uses his distraction to slip past guards (23:52).
25:52 Jason, Lucia and Brian fish from a boat. Brian is with them again in the closing scene (26:15).

Details worth a second look

On screen The two money readouts at 17:51.6 sit beside different symbols, $15,150 by a purple one and $700 by a green wallet. The frame shows two balances, not what each one is.

On screen Directly below Lucia’s base jump is a long block with exterior walkways and a round stair tower at one end. Reported GameSpot and Dexerto report fans matching it to the apartment building from the TV series Dexter. Our read The frame proves the shape, not the intent.

What the previews added

Reported YouTuber TGG, who saw the video early and watched developers play for about two more hours at Rockstar North, published his notes on release day. According to the r/GTA6 summary, the map is twice the size of GTA 5’s and three times Red Dead Redemption 2’s, and three bars track health, stamina and focus.

Reported TGG also describes three kinds of money: bank, cash and the value of your duffel bag. Cash on you can be lost on death or arrest, and loot has to go to a fence. His notes describe the Criminal Profile too.

Reported El Rubius, who watched nearly three hours, says Rob Nelson took Jason and Lucia through a hotel lobby and up to the roof by elevator without a loading screen, then stole a helicopter that happened to be there. He also says the version he saw had no first-person view, and that Nelson told him it had not been added “at the moment”.

What players spotted

  • Reported A Red Dead cameo: an r/GTA6 thread noticed that a commercial on the apartment TV appears to reuse a location from Red Dead Redemption 2. Engadget places that ad, with boars and deer, at 7:45.
  • Reported Phones that go dark: a thread showed the phone screen switching off when held to the ear.
  • Reported The one-handed pump: Lucia’s shotgun move at 09:20 started a realism argument, and one r/GTA6 poster shared a video showing that a shotgun can be pumped with one hand.
  • Reported Tactical reloads: a thread noticed Lucia keeping a magazine that is not empty when she reloads, where GTA 5 characters drop it.
  • Reported A stray shot: commenters on a store clip noticed Lucia’s gun going off by accident in a struggle and shattering a display case.
  • Reported Brands: Postmode lists Jesters chips in Ketchup & Blue Cheese and Classic Durian, Bugstars rat poison and a Vice City FM ad on a phone box.
  • Reported The last shot: Postmode says the video ends on a bloodied man standing on a seaplane wing.

Our read

Our read The Extended Look is a tour of systems more than a trailer. Several mechanics the previews describe have a matching frame, such as the money readouts and the disguise slots, but the menus that would explain them never appear.

Our read The quiet moments carry as much information as the shootouts: a video store closing down beside a pawn shop, a fridge full of brands, a stranger in a VR headset seen through binoculars.

Questions

Where can I watch the Extended Look?

Confirmed On YouTube and at rockstargames.com/VI/an-extended-look. It premiered on Netflix on August 27, 2026.

Does it show the Criminal Profile or a first-person view?

On screen Neither appears in the video. Reported The Criminal Profile comes from preview reports, and El Rubius says first-person had not been added to the version he saw.

What songs are in it?

Reported Game Rant lists 14, among them Let Your Love Flow, Love Bites, People Are People on a car radio at 8:21, Cars and Girls, Devil Woman, Se Me Nota and Against All Odds.

Pictures

The strip mall: Video Forever with a Store Closing sign, Zekes Gadgets offering repairs, a pawn shop promising instant cash.
The strip mall: Video Forever with a Store Closing sign, Zekes Gadgets offering repairs, a pawn shop promising instant cash. Image: Rockstar Games, An Extended Look (17:53)
The Items tab: a red bandana set to Off, pink sunglasses and Rod’s Racing Cap.
The Items tab: a red bandana set to Off, pink sunglasses and Rod’s Racing Cap. Image: Rockstar Games, An Extended Look (17:52)
Lucia, pistol in hand, at the Zekes Gadgets door.
Lucia, pistol in hand, at the Zekes Gadgets door. Image: Rockstar Games, An Extended Look (18:00)
Top: the Hurry and Lucia door prompt. Bottom: the shooting course, 8/12 targets left against a 00:30.000 target time.
Top: the Hurry and Lucia door prompt. Bottom: the shooting course, 8/12 targets left against a 00:30.000 target time. Image: Rockstar Games, An Extended Look (07:09 and 18:32)
The apartment fridge menu, a Fleeca Bank magnet and a dog photo on the door.
The apartment fridge menu, a Fleeca Bank magnet and a dog photo on the door. Image: Rockstar Games, An Extended Look
Through binoculars: a man in a VR headset in a green room.
Through binoculars: a man in a VR headset in a green room. Image: Rockstar Games, An Extended Look (17:28)