Following the leak (and subsequent official launch) of Grand Theft Auto 6’s first trailer, followers have already taken to social media to gobble up handles matching the fictional ones depicted in Rockstar’s upcoming sport.
Grand Theft Auto 6’s first official reveal leaked lower than a day earlier than it was scheduled to go public on YouTube, following quite a few substantial leaks that spoiled the placement and protagonists final 12 months. The total trailer provides us a pleasant take a look at the sport’s Florida-inspired setting, and introduces us a bit to the protagonists. It additionally confirmed off some fake social media clips that may seemingly play a task within the narrative in some capability, and followers have instantly taken to actual life social media platforms to seize the handles whereas they’re nonetheless obtainable.
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One of many first we noticed was @OfficialPOACH. Seen round 43 seconds into the trailer, POACH stands for “Safety of Animals and Managed Looking” as seen within the badge within the decrease left nook of the display.
That very hilarious identify has been grabbed on Instagram for an account that has up to now shared just a few photographs from the trailer. And that’s not all; different names seen within the trailer like “GeneralCustardCannon” and have.a.vice.day have additionally been parked by followers. LuchaLibreFan, which within the trailer exhibits a video of a random girl within the city of Hamlet wielding two hammers (as one does), has additionally been snagged on TikTok. HighRollerzMag, which seems at 1:08 within the new trailer, was additionally grabbed on Instagram.
What position will social media play in Grand Theft Auto 6?
Grand Theft Auto isn’t any stranger to social commentary. Each Grand Theft Auto IV and V featured a functioning web paying homage to what the online was like on the occasions each video games had been launched. Grand Theft Auto V even went all-in on satire of Fb with its personal LifeHacker (there’s even a mission the place you sabotage a LifeHacker smartphone at a press convention in an…explosive means).
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However GTA 5 hit cabinets all the best way again in 2013. It’s been ten years since then; the world is a really completely different place, and social media’s place on this planet is arguably fairly completely different as properly. Given GTA’s propensity for well timed commentary and satire, mixed with a painstaking drive to recreate real-world programs inside its video games, it’s gonna be fascinating to see the place Rockstar goes with social media in GTA 6 when it launches in 2025.
