‘GTA 6’ trailer dropped a day early. Here’s the release date window.

The GTA 6 trailer just dropped a day earlier than expected.

Rockstar Games announced that the trailer of the highly anticipated action-adventure game was due to drop on Tuesday, Dec. 5, but as it turns out, the video game publisher dropped it on Monday afternoon.

Here is the trailer:

Why did ‘GTA 6’ drop early?

Rockstar Games dropped the trailer ahead of schedule because an X user with the moniker @Gtatrailerleak dropped an unofficial glimpse of the trailer at 5:30PM ET. The account is now suspended. According to The Verge’s Tom Warren, X shut down the account at 6PM ET.

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In response, the video game publisher said, “Our trailer has leaked, so please watch the real thing on YouTube.”

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At 6:10 PM ET, Rockstar Games posted the official trailer on YouTube.

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