New ones have one cut Grand Theft Auto 6 A trailer you’ve probably seen in 1000 movie trailers. Two beautiful people are presented in extreme close-ups. The lights are low. The music is pulsating. Their faces are close. They stretch their heads and tilt them closer. Their lip parts and…cut!
This is just as old marketing techniques as the romantic film itself. They accumulate heat and want more. It delays the satisfaction of kissing, romance and sex, emotional and physical resolution all before selling tickets.
However, there is another reason why Rockstar may have chosen to cunt. Kissing in video games almost always seems ridiculous. Game developers can capture suspected grooves that exude skin glow, throw hair, light refract to the character’s eyes, and wrinkle the forehead. But they still can’t bring their lips together in a way that seems to be remotely persuasive.
Let’s take a look at a recent example of a game where kissing is a very important activity. Gate 3 of Baldur. Developer Larian Studios should be praised for his post-release effort on various characters and bespoke kiss animations for different levels of strength and kindness. With everything we invested in these characters, their kiss is still a moment of touch. However, they still appear to have two mannequins with a fixed plastic face from each other. Not anyone Really Want to see a kiss from a video game character model?
It remains to be seen that the rock star actually solved the video game kissing problem, and as a traditional marketing bully, he chose to break away from Jason and Lucia’s smooch in the trailer. If anyone could do that, it would probably be these masters of cinematic presentations and messy humanity in video games. This will be the cap down of Rockstar’s animation and graphics divisions. The team’s ideas that have spent a quarter of a century pushing up the technical boundaries of macho Mayhem will ultimately devote that energy to nailing its head Kiss It’s sweet and charming.
It also matches what you saw in the rest of the trailer. GTA had sex before, and it certainly wasn’t as sexy. The trailer begins as Leonida’s sun shines on Jason’s sweaty, muscular torso. Another signature shot shows Lucia’s hips swaying in a gold micro dress. Their hands touch. They are slow dance. He strokes her midbow. She jumps into his arms. It’s hot and romantic.
GTA games were once not men doing things about men, but some women in bikini posing in the background with cover art. This is different. There’s the real human fever here. But if it looks terrible when they kiss, is it important?
We’ll know on May 26th, 2026.
