Trailer 2 surprise-drops; site refresh adds characters and Leonida tour
Trailer 2 appeared with no countdown — all footage captured in-game on PS5, per Rockstar — and pulled roughly 475 million views in 24 hours. A same-day site refresh added eight official character profiles and a Leonida location tour with about 70 screenshots.
No countdown, no teaser: Trailer 2 simply appeared on a Tuesday morning, four days after the delay to May 2026. Rockstar stressed that everything shown was captured in-game on a PlayStation 5. Within 24 hours it had drawn roughly 475 million views across platforms — reported as the biggest video launch ever, far past Trailer 1’s record. The same-day website refresh mattered as much as the trailer: official profiles for all eight named characters, from Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos to Real Dimez and Boobie Ike, plus a tour of Leonida’s regions — Vice City to Port Gellhorn — with about 70 downloadable screenshots. Start with the character hub and the locations index.
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