The last trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 hit the internet over a year ago. Since then, fans have been waiting for more information and another big look at the upcoming open-world game. Many were convinced that the third trailer would arrive on May 12. And one dedicated fan decided to look at how busy a nearby tea café is via Google to try and prove that maybe, just maybe, the trailer is coming soon.
For various reasons that aren’t really important, a large number of overly online GTA fans have convinced themselves that this was the week that Rockstar would release GTA 6‘s third trailer. And maybe that will happen. I really hope so, because the longer we go without a new GTA 6 trailer, the more wild and out of control some fans get while waiting. We’ve seen them monitor moon cycles, use math to figure out what SPF sunscreen an NPC in a trailer was using, and even fly to Rockstar’s office to harass devs with questions about the upcoming game. Now, perhaps inspired by the Pentagon Pizza Theory, a fan is tracking foot traffic at a café a block away from Rockstar North’s studio via Google and sharing it online.
On May 12, Reddit user ak47rocks1337yt posted on the GTA 6 subreddit a screenshot from Google Maps showing that a cafe near the GTA studio’s main office was busier than usual. “Could this be it?” asked the user, in reference to the idea that May 12 could be the day trailer three goes live. The idea, I think, is that GTA 6 devs are free to grab tea and celebrate ahead of the trailer’s release.
“At first I thought that I should look for pizza places nearby,” explained the Reddit user. “But then I realized that Rockstar North is in Scotland(close enough to England), which means they prefer their tea more than they prefer their pizza….so surely they would have a much busier traffic around tea places, and sure enough. I am right.” They then ended their post with “Thoughts?”
Reaction to the post, which has over 1.5k upvotes as of Tuesday, has been mostly people replying with a form of “Holy crap, fans are getting desperate.” But one user replied and wondered if this is similar to the strange Pentagon Pizza Theory that you can predict major news events by monitoring when pizza places near large US government buildings and bases start receiving a lot of late-night orders. Like the Pentagon Pizza Theory, I think people are looking for patterns to confirm what they already believe (or want to believe) is true. Of course, if GTA 6‘s next trailer does finally drop today, then I imagine a lot of fans will be monitoring all the restaurants and cafes near Rockstar North until GTA 6 launches in November.
As for when to actually expect the next trailer, well, Take-Two Interactive’s next earnings call is on May 21. Historically, news and trailers for Rockstar-developed games have dropped in the days leading up to that call. So it might not be long before fans finally get a new trailer to obsess over while they wait for GTA 6 to arrive.
