GTA 6 File Size, TV Spots, and Trophies May Arrive Very Soon

A Belgian TV spot, live-action shoots, a possible trophy leak, and a PS5 jailbreak point to a busy few weeks ahead.

A few things could land for Grand Theft Auto VI soon, and you may not have to wait long for them. Real TV commercials, early trophy and achievement details for PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S, and the actual file size all look close. If you have been wondering how much storage you need to free up, you will probably find out soon.

Start with the TV ads. Now that the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI is out, it makes sense for Rockstar Games to use regular broadcast television alongside its other real-world marketing. You might see one soon because a shortened television version of the launch trailer reportedly appeared in Belgium.

It looked like part of a news broadcast, but the clip actually came from a late-night talk show; it was a different cut that hasn't appeared anywhere else online. The music matched the edits cleanly, suggesting a deliberate shorter version rather than a random trim.

That fits how TV works. Ads usually run 15, 30, 45, or 60 seconds, and unless it is a huge event like the Super Bowl or the World Cup, spots rarely go longer. Since the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI runs around 90 seconds, Rockstar would need to cut it down for broadcast.

Some parts of the main trailer might also be off limits on public television. Think about the billboard campaign, where they changed certain characters so they weren't holding guns. Broadcast rules could call for similar edits. Either way, it looks like one of these spots slipped out early in Belgium.

On top of that, there is growing evidence that Rockstar Games is filming in Miami, possibly for a live-action trailer or a special promo.

The project involves custom supercars, sports cars, muscle cars, and lowriders built with West Coast Customs, and they have been driving through Miami and South Florida. Footage of the West Coast Customs cars on the road has been appearing, and almost all of them have police escorts because they are not strictly street legal.

Several have no standard license plates or proper factory branding, so they cannot be driven on public roads without supervision. A professional camera crew is also filming them, which suggests Rockstar is directly involved. People have spotted the West Coast Customs builds around Miami over the past week, but this is the first time they have been shot with proper production gear.

It would not be a surprise if the footage ends up in a live-action promo or a showcase of the vehicles in Grand Theft Auto VI. Another thing that could come up is the trophy and achievement list. A social media account that tracks the countdown pointed out that at this same point in the release cycle for Grand Theft Auto V, its achievements leaked through XBOX 360 achievement databases.

Since Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to go gold soon, its trophies could surface before launch too. With that earlier game, it happened about 30 to 31 days before release. An insider was asked why achievements tend to leak and whether it can be avoided. He said he cannot speak for Sony, but Microsoft requires developers to publish Xbox services, including achievements, before digital pre-orders open.

Whether trophies surface early depends on when Rockstar lifts its embargo.

Microsoft does let studios hide them with an embargo system, so whether you see them early depends on whether Rockstar sets the embargo for when the game goes live or when preloads begin. He added that these are internal service calls, so public APIs should not expose them on XBOX, although trophies could still leak through Sony's network services.

Given how much about Grand Theft Auto VI has already leaked, it would be surprising if the trophy and achievement list stayed hidden until release day. If Rockstar is careful, it will tuck plot points inside the trophy titles and descriptions, but some spoilers may be hard to avoid.

For PlayStation, the file size is expected to be revealed shortly. An account that tracks game sizes recently posted an hourglass emoji with a countdown image. When people asked when the size would be shared, it replied that it would be before November 12, ahead of the scheduled early download window. 

If the rumors about the scale of Grand Theft Auto VI are true, the download will be huge, and you might need to free up a lot of console storage or buy an expansion drive. Plenty of people expect the install to land somewhere between 100 and 200 GB, possibly more, which could make it one of the biggest day-one console releases so far. 

That also explains why preloads are reportedly opening a full week early on November 12, so players on slower connections have time to finish the download before launch day. Based on the account's track record, you should have a firm number soon.

There is some less welcome news for PlayStation 5 owners.

Reports say Grand Theft Auto VI needs the latest PS5 firmware update, version 14.10.00, to boot. Reports also say the firmware has been jailbroken, raising concerns about early piracy or file extraction. That is a serious security problem for Rockstar Games, especially with the early download window opening on PlayStation 5 consoles.

It's unclear whether this will change the preload plans, or whether Rockstar and Sony will push out a mandatory firmware update to keep modders and hackers away from the files before launch. Something similar happened with Grand Theft Auto V, where early downloads led to major story spoilers leaking online ahead of release. Expect Sony and Rockstar to watch this closely so the game files stay secure.

Between the Belgium TV spot, the Miami footage, the possible trophy leak, and the file size reveal, Grand Theft Auto VI looks set for plenty of news before launch. Keep an eye out for the PlayStation 5 preload on November 12, because the next few weeks should answer many questions about the install size, the trophies, and Grand Theft Auto VI's security.