The trailer for the latest Grand Theft Auto just dropped. It’s looking a lot like Miami

Madeleine Marr
·2 min read

The graffitied buildings of Wynwood. An alligator being yanked from someone’s pool. A woman twerking on the roof of a moving car. Teensy bikinis galore.

Yep, sure looks a lot like Miami to us.

We’re talking about the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer, which leaked on Monday and was officially released shortly after, a day earlier than planned.

The action packed trailer confirms the rumors that the upcoming video game takes place in “Vice City,” the GTA series’ fictionalized version of Miami. Other games are set in fictionalized versions of other cities like New York (Liberty City) and Los Angeles (San Andreas).

The last major Grand Theft Auto game set in a fictionalized Miami was back in 2002, and took place in the crazy ’80s, aka the “Miami Vice” and “Scarface” era of pastel suits, white lines and rampant crime.

A screenshot from the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI shows a fictionalized version of Miami Beach. Grand Theft Auto VI, set in Vice City (fictionalized Miami), will be the eighth main GTA game, and the first since Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in 2013. The series is developed by Rockstar Games.
A screenshot from the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI shows a fictionalized version of Miami Beach. Grand Theft Auto VI, set in Vice City (fictionalized Miami), will be the eighth main GTA game, and the first since Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in 2013. The series is developed by Rockstar Games.

The newly dropped trailer, which rocks out to Tom Petty’s “Love is a Long Road,” shows a more, um, contemporary setting.

Beside all the twerking, gators and graffiti, other telltale Miami-esque signs are there. Traffic accustomed locals may recognize a biker riding down a highway that greatly resembles I-395/The MacArthur Causeway. There’s also a scene of an airboat zooming through the Everglades, as well as revelers partying on Ocean Drive and beachgoers relaxing on the sands of Miami Beach.

A screenshot from the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI shows a fictionalized version of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Grand Theft Auto VI, set in Vice City (fictionalized Miami), will be the eighth main GTA game, and the first since Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in 2013. The series is developed by Rockstar Games.
A screenshot from the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI shows a fictionalized version of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Grand Theft Auto VI, set in Vice City (fictionalized Miami), will be the eighth main GTA game, and the first since Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in 2013. The series is developed by Rockstar Games.

Grand Theft Auto VI will be the eighth main GTA game, and the first since Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in 2013 and has sold 190 million copies. The series is developed by Rockstar Games.

The game will be available for Sony’s Playstation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S consoles.

Note: The game will be released in 2025 and Miami can change a lot by then.

A screenshot from the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI shows fictionalized versions of I-395 and the MacArthur Causeway near the Miami Heat’s Kaseya Center. Grand Theft Auto VI, set in Vice City (fictionalized Miami), will be the eighth main GTA game, and the first since Grand Theft Auto V, which was released in 2013. The series is developed by Rockstar Games.

Miami Herald staffer Adrian Ruhi contributed to this report.