GTA 6 Extended Look — aired on Netflix and YouTube
An Extended Look is Rockstar’s longest official GTA 6 video. It aired on 27 August 2026, on Netflix at 3:00 p.m. ET and then on YouTube and the VI site at 9:00 p.m. ET Official. It is still up on Rockstar’s YouTube. Rockstar’s newest video is the 90-second Launch Trailer of 15 October Official; see Trailers. New here? Start here.
Rockstar’s Newswire now reads Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look - Now Playing. Netflix window already ran (3:00 p.m. ET 27 Aug). Official YouTube file stays up: Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look. Same cut. No extra pay-per-view. Official: Now Playing · netflix.com/GTAVI · VI site.
27 August - aired. Netflix listing: about 27 minutes, captured on PS5. Not a recap of leaked clips.
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Quick answers
Is the Extended Look embedded here?
Not confirmed No. YouTube asks viewers to sign in to confirm their age, so watch it on Rockstar’s page.
Is it Trailer 3?
Official No. It is called An Extended Look.
Where are the trailers?
Official Trailer 1, Trailer 2 and the Launch Trailer play on Trailers.
Change log: desk notes, 20 October 2026
- Desk stamp: 20 October 2026.
- Re-checked 20 October: Rockstar’s newest GTA VI posts on X are the 15 October Launch Trailer (X) and the Justice single “Flower in a Hurricane”; on 19 October it reposted the Goodyear Blimp’s “Vice City, Leonida, USA” post (repost). Its other posts are GTA Online and Red Dead Online events.
- No longer the newest official video: Rockstar released the Launch Trailer on 15 October (checked 20 October).
- DualSense Limited Edition Black and White pre-orders have been live since 10 September 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET on PlayStation Direct (Black is Direct-exclusive in the US; White is also at retailers).
- See DualSense.
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When
Thursday, 27 August 2026 - aired
Netflix
Aired. Six-hour window from 3:00 p.m. ET is over. Same cut stays on the app. No extra PPV.
Public
Aired - official YouTube (tJbzMqJGH4k) and rockstargames.com/VI. Same cut.
Runtime
Netflix listing: about 27 minutes. Footage captured on PS5. Not a Newswire minute card.
Launch
Still 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. No PC date.
Where to watch
The short watch-order is Trailer 1, Trailer 2, then this stream. The how-to page is How to Watch GTA 6: An Extended Look on August 27. Eastern Time is the official clock. If you do not have Netflix, the official YouTube file is the door. Do not pay a stranger for a 2 p.m. “early access” file.
Local times - 27 August 2026
Arithmetic from the official ET clock. Rockstar did not print this table. August is still summer time in the US and most of Europe. Sydney is on standard time in August.
Same footage both windows. No extra PPV.
What people wanted from it - not a rundown
This section was a pre-air wish list. It is not a beat sheet Rockstar published. The tape already aired - watch the official file, do not treat this list as a spoiler card.
People asked for more in-engine footage than the two cinematic trailers: HUD, chase, guns, inventory, a wanted level that is not a mood piece. That was the comment-thread ask. Rockstar never promised any of it as a printed rundown.
Expectation: Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval on screen together, because every official trailer has treated them as a pair. Open-world switching is now Reported - IGN watched Rob Nelson do it at Rockstar North on 27 August. Not a Newswire control sheet. The card is character switch.
Rumor, not expectation: bystander NPCs livestreaming chases. That claim is on the leak tracker as unverified. A YouTube thumbnail is not confirmation.
Circulating dumps from this month - basketball, taser, map files - are a separate pile. We do not embed them here. Official means Rockstar put it on this calendar.
YouTube file stays up
Official file: Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, id tJbzMqJGH4k. Netflix listing: about 27 minutes. Same tape as the 3:00 p.m. ET window.
First desk note on the times: Netflix premiere times, 17 August. Confirmed date and platforms: the facts table. Long read: GTA VI. Editions and the download-code box: pre-order guide.
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