Videos

The official videos for GTA V run from a debut trailer in 2011 to a PC upgrade clip in 2025. Most of them are announcements or sales pitches, and together they follow the game from reveal to its third platform generation.

Grand Theft Auto V Trailer (2 November 2011)

The first trailer, 1:24 long, was announced by Rockstar on 26 October 2011 for a 2 November debut. Michael narrates it, and it plays over "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" by Small Faces.

Grand Theft Auto V Trailer 2 (14 November 2012)

The second trailer (1:51) introduces all three protagonists, set to Stevie Wonder's "Skeletons". Hurricane Sandy hit Rockstar's New York office before its release and delayed it.

Grand Theft Auto V: Michael. Franklin. Trevor. (30 April 2013)

This 3:53 film combines three character trailers that Rockstar put out the same day as separate videos, one each for Michael, Franklin and Trevor. The music is "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen, "Hood Gone Love It" by Jay Rock and "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" by Waylon Jennings.

Grand Theft Auto V: Official Gameplay Video (9 July 2013)

Everything in this 4:50 video is in-game footage, with a narrator speaking off screen. It ends on a hint of GTA Online, and the description gave the release date: 17 September 2013.

Grand Theft Auto Online: Official Gameplay Video (15 August 2013)

Here Rockstar presented GTA Online (3:03) as free with every retail copy of GTA V, launching on 1 October 2013. The footage covers freemode exploration, cooperative missions and competitive modes, all in the same world as the main game.

Grand Theft Auto V: The Official Trailer (29 August 2013)

The launch trailer, 1:01 long, came out about three weeks before the 17 September release. The music is "Sleepwalking" by The Chain Gang of 1974.

Grand Theft Auto V - Xbox 360 TV Spot (11 December 2013)

A 29-second television spot that Rockstar ran through the 2013 holiday season together with Xbox 360. The song is "I Can't Wait" by Stevie Nicks.

Grand Theft Auto V: PlayStation 4, Xbox One & PC Announcement Trailer (9 June 2014)

This 1:18 trailer announced GTA V for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, due in fall 2014. The track is Dan Croll's "From Nowhere (Baardsen remix)", taken from the Radio Mirror Park station.

Grand Theft Auto V: "A Picket Fence and a Dog Named Skip" (12 September 2014)

The release dates arrived with this 1:16 trailer: 18 November 2014 for PS4 and Xbox One, and 27 January 2015 for PC. Rockstar listed new weapons, vehicles, wildlife, denser traffic and over 100 new songs for the new versions.

Grand Theft Auto V: First Person Experience (4 November 2014)

First Person Mode, shown in this 3:04 video, was exclusive to the PS4, Xbox One and PC versions, in both Story Mode and GTA Online. Rockstar promised 1080p at 30 fps on PS4 and Xbox One, with 4K support on PC.

Grand Theft Auto V: PS3 to PS4 Comparison Video (5 November 2014)

Released a day after the First Person Mode reveal, this 1:29 comparison backs up Rockstar's claims for the new version. It said the draw distance more than doubled, the resolution went up and every texture in the game was replaced.

GTA V - PC Trailer - 1080p / 60 fps (2 April 2015)

The 60 frames-per-second PC trailer premiered on 2 April 2015, ahead of the PC launch on 14 April. It runs to 1:19 and uses "Lock and Load" by MNDR featuring Killer Mike.

Grand Theft Auto V - Introducing the Rockstar Editor (13 April 2015)

This 2:13 video shows the Rockstar Editor, which lets PC players record, edit and share clips from Story Mode and GTA Online. It includes a Director Mode. The tool was available from the PC launch the next day.

Grand Theft Auto V - Coming to New Generation Consoles (11 June 2020)

First shown at Sony's PlayStation 5 reveal event, this 1:37 trailer announced the game for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in the second half of 2021. The song is "Haboglabotribin" by Bernard Wright.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - Coming March 2022 (9 September 2021)

The release moved to March 2022 in this 1:11 trailer, which was also part of that day's PlayStation Showcase. Rockstar promised technical and graphical improvements across the whole game.

Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online Out Now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S (15 March 2022)

The launch trailer for the Expanded and Enhanced versions runs 0:58. Rockstar listed new graphics modes, better textures, HDR, ray tracing and faster loading.

Experience the Best Version of GTAV and GTA Online on PC with GTAV Enhanced (15 April 2025)

The newest video, 0:40 long, presents GTAV Enhanced, a free upgrade for anyone who already owns the game on PC, with progress migration. It brings the ray traced shadows and reflections of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions. On PC alone it adds ray traced ambient occlusion and global illumination, plus AMD FSR and NVIDIA DLSS support.