Videos

Rockstar's official videos for GTA San Andreas fall into four groups: three trailers made for the 2004 PlayStation 2 launch, one for the Xbox and PC release, the long prologue called The Introduction, and the clips for the mobile and Definitive Edition versions. They are listed below in the order they appeared, and each one came out for a specific occasion.

GTA: San Andreas TRAILER #1 (20 August 2004)

Running 1:15, this was the first trailer for the game. Rockstar premiered it on 20 August 2004, the same day it launched the official Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas website. The site offered it in Windows Media and QuickTime versions, the largest at 640x480.

GTA: San Andreas - TRAILER #2 (25 September 2004)

The second trailer (1:06) premiered in the Movies section of the official site on 25 September 2004. The update that brought it also unlocked the city of San Fierro in the site's Flash section, so the video and the new part of the site arrived together.

GTA: San Andreas - TRAILER #3 (19 October 2004)

Rockstar titled this one "Homecoming" Official Trailer #3 and gave it a world premiere on the official site on 19 October 2004. It ran 1:14 and landed one week before the game went on sale for the PlayStation 2 on 26 October 2004. The same update added Las Venturas to the Flash section, which completed the set of three cities after San Fierro.

GTA San Andreas Official Trailer (Xbox) (2005)

On 16 December 2004 Rockstar announced that GTA San Andreas was coming to Xbox and PC, with a North American release on 7 June 2005 and a European one on 10 June 2005. This 0:59 trailer was made for that version and hosted on the official San Andreas Xbox minisite. The archived copy of its page is dated 19 May 2005, which is the date given here, a few weeks before the Xbox release.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction (11 December 2012)

This is the longest item here at 21:18. Rockstar describes it as the original 20-minute prologue, showing the action in the days before the story of GTA San Andreas begins. It first appeared in November 2004 on a DVD that came only with the official soundtrack double CD.

Rockstar put it online on 11 December 2012, when the game became downloadable from the PlayStation Store. The company pointed out that it also shows Ken Rosenberg and Kent Paul arriving in Los Santos from Vice City in 1992.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Mobile Trailer (7 January 2014)

Rockstar released this 1:05 trailer on 7 January 2014, when the game came out on Android and Amazon Kindle devices. The iOS version had already appeared on 12 December 2013. According to Rockstar, the mobile port had remastered high-resolution graphics with lighting enhancements, an enriched colour palette and improved character models, and it sold for 6.99 US dollars. The iOS release also added cloud saves for Social Club members, an updated checkpoint system and three control schemes.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition Coming Soon (8 October 2021)

A 0:25 teaser that announced The Definitive Edition in honour of the 20th anniversary of the original GTA III. Its description calls GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas the two subsequent, equally legendary entries that followed GTA III.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition Trailer (22 October 2021)

This 0:59 trailer presents GTA III, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas together, each enhanced for a new generation of platforms. It also carried the release plans. The digital release was set for 11 November 2021 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC via the Rockstar Games Launcher. A physical release for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 followed on 7 December 2021.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition Comparison Video (11 November 2021)

Released on the collection's launch day, this 0:42 video compares the original GTA San Andreas with The Definitive Edition. Its description sums up the game as three distinct cities, including the original Los Santos, with CJ battling the streets and corrupt cops to save his family, in a loving homage to the 90s.