New GTA 6 Trailer Unveils a Trove of Recognizable Vice City Locations

Get ready to do your best Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme impression, Miami. Because the new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer is out, and it’s loaded with a fresh trove of Magic City landmarks that may look familiar.

Following an announcement of yet another delay, the long-awaited release of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto VI franchise won’t arrive until May 2026. However, that didn’t stop the video game publisher from further teasing everyone with one of the glossiest video game trailers you’ve ever seen.

In case you’re in need of a refresher, here’s a pile of previous GTA VI news clips – listed chronologically, the better to sift through at your leisure:

• “Leaked Grand Theft Auto 6 Footage Reveals a Return to Miami-Inspired Vice City”
• “Watch the Trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, a Return to Vice City (AKA Miami)”
• “All the Real-Life Easter Eggs in the Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer”
• “Vice City IRL: Interactive Map Shows 20 Miami Landmarks in GTA 6“
• “Grand Theft Auto 6‘s Return to Vice City (AKA Miami) Delayed to 2026″

The trailer begins as our hero, Jason Duval, makes his way to a correctional facility to scoop up his partner in crime, Lucia Caminos, on her release day. After her stint behind bars, the duo appears set on “new beginnings” – until, predictably, they aren’t. Because let’s be honest: A video game about a rehabilitated crime couple that fills its nights with Netflix doesn’t sound like a hit.

As the two-and-a-half-minute trailer unfolds, scenes show the couple spiraling back into a life of crime, evoking a digital-age version of Bonnie and Clyde. And as the images flash past, so do multiple landmarks and scenery that will be vaguely (and at times specifically) recognizable to Miamians.

From a mural-covered wall conjuring Little Haiti to a faux Ocean Drive, the trailer adds to the laundry list of locations Miamians will recognize, including a what’s where of semi-recognizable (in a postapocalyptic way) Magic City neighborhoods.

But while the first trailer told the story of a Vice City you might recognize from a series on HBO, the follow-up exudes more Showtime Dexter vibes than, say, Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers.

Along with the iron-pumping image above, viewers will note several other South Beach locales, including a nighttime poolside scene at what can only be the Clevelander.

Another South Beach hotel, the fictional “Dominion,” enjoys a cameo.

And in GTA VI-land, the local pro football team undergoes a name change. (If only!)

In case you missed the first trailer, New Times identified 20 real-life landmarks featured in the game and created an interactive map so you can explore each one. That first trailer was released in December 2024, when it was widely expected that the game’s release would be imminent. The keyword is was, because as of this week, the new ETA has been set to May 2026, with Rockstar citing its “high standards” as the reason for the delay.

“With every game we’ve released, our aim has been to surpass expectations,” the company said in a statement. “Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception.”

Meantime, to keep us salivating, the new trailer contains images that unmistakably evoke the Miami skyline.

By day or by sundown; take your pick.

While anticipation remains high, the delay has many wondering if this is all a neon-bright warning that the gaming industry is in trouble. Amid a broader economic downturn and the rapid rise of AI, gaming has been hit hard by widespread layoffs in recent years, raising concerns that the scope and budget of a game like GTV VI – now more than a decade in the making – yields a juice worth the squeeze.

Be that as it may, the Grand Theft Auto franchise has sold more than 400 million copies worldwide. And when GTA VI finally launches, it’s expected to become the best-selling game in history instantly.

Until then, Miamians will keep rewatching the trailer and pausing frame-by-frame, trying to find their house – or a cyberpunk video game version of it.