Grand Theft Auto V's First Gameplay Trailer is Criminally Good

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Richard Walker

Rockstar has released the first proper Grand Theft Auto V gameplay trailer today, showing off some gameplay. In the video you'll see gameplay as the game is played. It's looking like some hot shit too. It's the game, played. Gameplay.

In GTA V you'll take on the role of criminal trio Franklin, Michael and Trevor, as they go about their daily business in Los Santos, going it alone for their own story and side missions, before banding together to take on big scores. You can switch between any of the characters at any time you like. That bit's part of the gameplay.

Anyway, we'll shut up now and let the new Grand Theft Auto V gameplay trailer do all the talking, Gameplay! Did we mention it's a gameplay trailer with gameplay? Yes, gameplay. Grand Theft Auto V is out on September 17th, 2013 when you'll be able to control the gameplay yourself. Just imagine!

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  • AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • GTA is awesome!
  • My body is ready.
  • Not even going to watch it. I'm broke this year and gta 5 is the game I decided to preorder. So I'm just going to wait until the release.
  • Looks more awesome then I could ever imagine.
  • WOW!!!! Looks amazing.
  • I hope the rumors that Rockstar are making a next gen version are true. Would be sweet to place on an Xbox One!
  • Holy Testicle Tuesday!! I'm In Awe At How Impressive This Is Shaping Up. Looks Fantastic.
  • Of course the video already crashed. Can't view it from any site....!
  • Whaaaaat?! Haha
  • Wow majorly impressed at this! This game can't come soon enough!
  • Holy crap, this is set to be the best Rockstar game ever. It looks next gen even though it isn't. Epic, just epic. I hope I have enough money to get this day one.
  • AWESOME!!!! Cant wait and and cant contain excitment!!
  • Wake me up when September... Is about halfway through..
  • GOTY, hands down!
  • I must say, before watching this video. I had no interest in pre-ordering this game. Now, im strongly thinking about pre-ordering it. Looking at Gamestop, the special edition looks interesting. Does anyone think GameStop Exclusive Collector's Edition - $149.99 is worth it?
  • It's gameplay did you say?!! :0
  • I was so worried about seeing this because of how let down I was with GTA IV. But my worries are now over! There's so much to do and see in this! Glad I've got it on pre-order and can't wait to go scuba diving and other activities! This is the GTA stuff that I love! The swapping of characters during missions looks interesting as well!
  • They showed the switching between characters, it looks very fluid and looks like it fits within the gameplay. Lots of customizations and activities like buying stocks and real estate really will add to the length of the gameplay, this will last me well through the launch of XB1.
  • wow bye bye cods #1 game selling ever records!
  • #18 glad to see I'm not the only person who fought GTA IV was a let down but this looks quite promising indeed. Just went from a not-interested to a pre-ordered.
  • *clap**clap**clap* You guys finally used a youtube video in a story! *clap**clap**clap*
  • I was worried that they would go the same route as GTA IV, which honestly I found boring, but this does look like a return to form.
  • Looks amazing. I'm just afraid of the achievements. the 100% completionist on this one seems like it's gonna be hard!
  • Yeah, that sold me.
  • @#22 - Don't worry, we're changing it when ours has uploaded =)
  • tennis? bike riding? what the hell?
  • Can't wait to see what they have added/changed with the multiplayer
  • my fucking god that looked amazing
  • I'm I the only one who can't view this. The space where the video should be is blank...
  • more of the same. yawn
  • Can't wait to get this.
  • Damn, I won't even try to hide my boner right now. Awesome trailer!
  • I watched whole video gameplay. Look awesome. I like switch and change to other main characters, dive underwater and exploring in water, hunting animals, customize cars and clothes more then before and last part of gameplay trailer show you stand behind windows and look at online players outside so it is look so interests. Funny part that kick man into house hahahahahahaha Graphics look so beautiful in some of those parts while some look so nice. Water effects look so sexy then GTA IV were. Cannot wait for this game so much. :)
  • Thank you Rockstar Games!!! xoxoxoxox :D
  • I'm impressed. The game looks beautiful, I don't understand why they needed to change the radar, I think it looks a bit ugly, but I bet it'll grow on me, as for everything else, it looms hugely improved!
  • Jesus Christ. This game. Looks. Incredible.
  • I didn't think the Xbox 360 could pull this off, but i've never been so happy to be so wrong! This is going to be the game to beat all games! I guess they're going to have a GTA: Online video next up ? maybe at Gamescom ? I'm so glad they put the video on YouTube haha! No more crashing websites!
  • Is there any word on any type of MP aspect? I was pretty disappointed that GTAIV has this, along with attached achievements. I never did get around to playing GTAIV but managed to play all of 3, Vice City, and Los Santos so I wouldn't mind getting back into this series.
  • OH MY GOD! Game of the Century right here folks!
  • @ 26 I can never watch a video that you guys post, I always have to find another stream of it like on IGN or you tube... I was wondering why I was able to watch this one lol
  • It looks like the map will be even bigger than I originally thought. They're not messing around!
  • #39 Rockstar Games already confirmed MP in GTA V in past and said you able import your MP character from Max Payne 3 onto GTA V's MP. But Rockstar Games haven't yet detail more inofrmations about MP game types and what will be. But we all believe Free Mode, Team Deathmatch, Deathmatch and Race will returns. I am sure Rockstar Games will confirm more details in later date. For now it is seem Rockstar Games want show off huge open world single-player trailers start with before begin to show MP stuffs. :)
  • #43 Opps spell incorrect for informations. Sorry. :)
  • wowza, not one boring thing in that vid. september cant get here quick enough >. < glad i got the collectors edition :D
  • @#41 - Hmmm, what are you trying to view it on?
  • I want to put my dick into this game
  • Hot diggity daffodil!
  • oh. my. god.
  • If its half as good as red dead redemption ill be satisfied !
  • Why do the embedded videos for this site never work for me? Every other video I ever try to watch works fine. What is up? Does anyone ever have this problem. I just click play and literally nothing ever happens.
  • Wow, I'm speechless, looks amazing. Can't wait to hear more on the MP.
  • @#51 - What device & browser are you using?
  • This looks soooooooo good, I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one who watched this video more than once, quite liking the way the missions are looking and the way in which you can plan also looking forward to the golf, bike riding and tennis, especially if you can play these mini games online as nothing will be more satisfying than being 4 strokes down or 2 sets down, to then kill your opponent and have no more problems, anyway roll on September I've already got my collectors edition preordered
  • SO AMAZING!
  • I had to go to another site to watch the video. That being said, I am thoroughly impressed with how things are turning. I'd drag my testicles through a mile of broken glass just to play this early. This will easily be a 50a+ hr haul to 1,000G and I will enjoy every minute of it.
  • looks fkin amazing, after the letdown (to me) that was GTA4 im truly excited for this cant wait, its the one reason im not gettin an XB1 at launch as i want to do everything this game has to offer
  • I just jizzed a lil'
  • http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/2425277/cat-jaw-drop-o.gif
  • @56 just to hear the game fart through a walkie-talkie
  • Any money there will be a collectable/easter egg on top of that mountain. Im glad I booked off work for this game.
  • @53 I'm using chrome on my HTC one and I can't ever view any of your videos, it's really annoying as this is my first stop for Xbox news :/
  • 69 days!
  • Oh my fucking god....
  • excellent, but im still crossing my fingers for a next gen version...
  • If I cant use my profile on both Xboxes I will keep my current one on 360 for gta5 and other games and start new on x1 means another membership but I got a shedload of content on my xbox 360, @31 what else do you expect on this anyway? OT cant wait for this :)
  • I can view now! Yayy!!
  • Ooo, heists you say? I can't wait to play the most challenging and rewarding mission
  • Awesome, the multiplayer looks interesting...
  • Looks like they've taken a lot of the combat mechanics from Max Payne 3!
  • My sleep pattern is going to be so fucked up the first few nights. Who's with me?
  • For those that are saying they are hoping for a next gen version, why? Doesn't this look amazing enough for you? It's already next gen IMO.
  • Not long now
  • My body is ready...
  • @72 because maybe they want to use their profiles on xbox one aswel but don't think that will happen, would be easier if this was on X1 too.
  • wow
  • nice, can't wait
  • I already have my special edition played off lol On that note as good as this GTA is gunna be I'm not spending 150 for collectors edition, GTAIV collectors was only 80$ da fuck is with the 70$ increase? Just cause of a new era 5950 hat? Can I pass on the hat and get everything else for 100$? Lol just saying
  • HELL FUCKING YEAH... Can't Wait
  • Looks awesome!
  • @78 there is a special edition for 80 bucks
  • That was good. And we'll probably see some MP gameplay soon, judging from the end of the video.
  • Very nice. Minimal bullshit, just like those gameplay videos they put out for Max Payne 3. And that cliffhanger of a GTA Online reveal! *Bites fist*
  • I need another life to play this the way it deserves
  • Woops @#85 OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Very, very impressive! I wonder why they chose the PS3 version to show (you can see in the rappel section that they're running the PS3 version)? I know Rockstar said they are identical, so I guess they just picked any of the two. I'm thinking of getting both versions as my 360 SE will probably not be delivered early from GAME.
  • Videos don't work on windows phone either. Please use YouTube!!
  • This will set the new standard for open world games. No doubt.
  • Holy God!!! I can't wait.
  • http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/4392452/the-mask-jaw-drop-o.gif
  • Looks amazing. I really wish next gen consoles were backwards compatible because GTA V looks like a game you could play for years.
  • X360A videos work my on samsung galaxy s3 but there is no option to turn HD on. Youtube FTW!
  • awsome theough i think farming simulator may still get my goty vote :D :D
  • http://is.gd/UtYuni ^ My reaction to seeing this video.
  • My body was NOT ready! Oh man this was too good! Can't wait!
  • Did anyone notice the fact that you have money in GTA Online? I'm guessing they'll be another huge time-sink achievement related to amassing $5,000,000,
  • @7 I can see them making a GoTY edition for the Xbox One that will be amazing. They can pretty much sell the same game twice as well and no one will complain. Trailer looks amazing a lot better than my high expectations were at all ready.
  • I am in LOVE!!!! No need for Xboxone when you have GTAV.
  • HOLY CRAP!!!!
  • WOW!! I thought this was just gonna be another GTA game, great but much of the same, but this takes it to a whole new level, and thats still an understatement, I hope they use some of these idea's and mechanics in the next Red Dead game too. I was gonna wait for the price to go down before I got an Xbox One, but now I'm gonna rob a bank just so I can play this game straight away, lol
  • Oh yeh, Xbox 360, I don't have to rob a bank after all ;-)
  • I love how the Dog was following Franklin @ 1:14 This game looks so sick!
  • @98 think you could be right on the money with that.
  • It looks good, but the hype is always turned up way too high for GTA games. They are good games, but I don't usually feel they end up being the best thing in the last 5 years like most of these comments lead you to believe.
  • Wow! Nice trailer. I wanna see some more of the online portion.
  • @87 Because the PS3 is a stronger system and the Xbox 360 can barely run these new games. I'm not a fanboy, I buy every system! I own a Wii U for crying out loud.
  • Wow !
  • This game looks great. GTA is far the best Open World Shooter on the market. I do admit GTA 4 was a bit lackluster. But this game looks so fucking incredible. Screw all the haters btw.
  • @26 That's funny! I have NEVER seen a x360a staff member get massively thumbed-down before. I'm sure it's nothing personal... I think some users are just having more problems with the videos NOT from YouTube!!
  • Hated GTA 4, but it looks like I'll be back to enjoying the GTA universe again with this one. Between GTA 4, Red Dead, and Max Payne, it really looks like Rockstar has gotten their third person shooting refined in the past years. I just better not get a call every 10 minutes to go golfing or something.
  • Wow
  • @111 Hey Pinhead Want to go Bowling? lol
  • Can wait.
  • There is so much in this game i can not wait for and quite a lot i wont give a fuck about. Trading in stocks and shares??????
  • The Shooting looks a lot like RDR, which was the only thing that RDR excell's GTA's, but now.... OMG! Can't wait.
  • Take my money...just take it!!!
  • What gamer would not buy that??
  • Before watching: 8==D After watching: 8=======D Roll on September 17th, baby!
  • I am so excited for this game I have read all of the above comments, did you see the detail of the golf game :D looks incredible and the www.bawsaq.com website hahaha, typical GTA can not f****n wait!!!! Took the 17th to the 28th off work aswell but I don't think it will be long enough, might have to quit my job.
  • I have dissed GTA in the past for sloppy mechanics, but I have to say this looks amazing in every respect!
  • Wow is there anything this game doesn't offer, it looks the Dogs Bollox.
  • These x360a videos NEVER work on my phone.
  • Holy fuck. The video got better and better. Can't believe I remotely contemplated not getting this game. What a wonderful way to end my 360's time with me: GTA V for two months, then it's on to Xbox One. After that, I really hope it comes to next-gen just so I can play it again.
  • Just watched for the third time today. Still looks good.
  • I just wanna play tennis!
  • High end pc vid, worried this ruin my already dodgy sounding 360 lol, but ot epic just epic
  • So am I the only person who isn't impressed with this?
  • @129 yes
  • This makes saints row 4 look like crap! And I love saints row and didn't really like GTA that much but I MIGHT get this later!
  • O. M. G.
  • I'm happy now I don't need a multiplayer video because i have 0 interest in multiplayer unless it's co-op modes.
  • Can't wait!!!
  • I can never play the videos x360a post either. I use both IE & Chrome on laptop.
  • I've had my Xbox 360 Elite for 5 years now, I currently have like 20gb left. I suspect this game may kill it if it looks this good. Either kill it or freeze it a LOT. It won't stop me from buying this....mwuahahaha...
  • this looks like shit, the ultimate shit, if this is gonna be my last game on 360 its gonna be a great ending!
  • Holy shit the closest thing you will ever get to a real life world replica in a video game... FUCKING SOLD!
  • I hope it comes out on the PS4 too!
  • A Jet? Omfg
  • fk yeah!... hehe..
  • @81 I already have the special edition paid off. Lol I'm just saying the gta4 came with a physical thing a bank security deposit box and a duffel bag themed after the bank heist in the game for 80$ now why not have the special edition of GTAV come with that nifty bank security drop bag and the DLC for the same price or only a hundred cuz what your essentialy paying extra for is that damn new era hat which idgaf about lol
  • Have no issue buying this gem twice when it re-releases for XB1.
  • I honestly wasn expecting it to be that good. I was looking forward to this game, now I'm ecstatic for it! If they end up having it on the next gens then that's even better! It would be stupid not to do it for the new consoles! The graphics would be mind blowing for this sized game!
  • This certainly looks better than GTA IV (hated that game with a passion). I'm sure GTA V will be a great game, and the game-play certainly looks better than IV as well. As long as your friends don't call you to go bowling every 5 minutes, then I'm fine with getting this game. And hopefully they don't put too much time into competitive multi-player as well. I would probably just spend 99% of my time online in free-roam like I did with Red Dead Redemption. Still, this game is looking good. Although, still not the best looking game I've seen lately or my most anticipated.
  • Lets see some MP! Hohhhh yeahhhh! Multiplayer iz gonna ROCK! Lets go, lets CRANK DIS UP!! ~ Carl Brutananadilewski
  • seen the video plenty of times. during the video at 3:45 one of the crates says august 17th?? maybe that is nothing or maybe it is the date of online gameplay video? just guessing here is all. great video R*.
  • Looks great. As long as they fix the combat and the handling of the cars from gta4, it should be an awesome game.
  • Well, my social life is gonna be buried.
  • #139 Its not coming to next GEN or PC.
  • oh i don't know if i can wait anymore all ready got my holidays in for work a whole month of nothing but gta :)
  • I watched it when it came out, I needed to change my pants.
  • @129 How are you not impressed? What would you liked to have seen? I thought the whole trailer was very impressive. I like the idea of taking a break and playing tennis etc.
  • I really was not a fan of GTA 4, and didn't plan to buy this, but after seeing this video I am arguing with myself (and my wallet) to pre-order the special edition (I NEVER pre-order stuff)! Having said that, I still highly doubt these are 360 graphics!
  • 17th September cannot come quick enough now.
  • They certainly have stepped it up. Squeezing every last drop of power out of the consoles. Great job Rockstar. very excited for this. Is it September yet?
  • Ohh please, I hope this has some sort of co-op in it!
  • Looks amazing!!!
  • @153 I'm not impressed because it looks like every other GTA game and I'm sorry i didn't like 4. All the hype this has been getting tickled my curiosity and then after this trailer it just looks like it's all fluff and no substance, like whats the purpose of playing tennis in a video game? There isn't it's just a bunch of stupid stuff. That's just my opinion though.
  • I really, really hope they made those helicopters easier to fly than IV's were...
  • @128 - This footage was created using the PS3 version. Did you not see the buttons on the HUD? Rockstar have said the PS3 and 360 version will be identical, so what you see here is what you'll get.
  • HAVE MY BABIES!!!!!!
  • just imagine what GTA VI will be like now.... Cant? me either.... V is Amazing!!!!!
  • I really, really, *really* hope that there aren't any multiplayer achievements, or if there are, they're easily done or easily boostable. None of this Rank 50 grindy nonsense... GTA4 was excellent, with a really extensive single player set of tasks to complete through three different stories. The multiplayer achievements holding me back from having the game in my "completed" list really irritate me :
  • @#105 Agreed. Looks good but I'll wait for the inevitable GOTY edition with all DLC included for a price that's worth it.
  • Hold On To Your Butts
  • Why do we have to watch a 30 sec commercial every f()@]{en time!??!?!?!
  • #169: How do you think people earn money? Advertisements are placed on videos so that people will be more aware of the product and that will make them more likely to purchase it... and the adversitee is earning money for showing that advertisement.
  • this game looks sick already looks better than gta iv
  • I love it, cant wait to make some money in this game, selling some weed on the street is gonna be so funny. Also really curious about the multiplayer.
  • will their be a gta collection for xbox 360 and ps3 when gta 5 release?
  • Jesus, am I excited for this game!!
  • That game looks good. I'm just not sure I can handle it. It might actually be TOO MUCH! Also, I hate saying this because of costs of games, but with all that it looks to entail, 60 bucks is cheap for a game of this magnitude. I'd probably fork 100$ for it. For once, it looks like I'm getting a true bargain & much MORE than my money's worth. Come on September!
  • HOHOTAFUCK
  • mine = blown
  • Is this Xbox 360 graphics? Surely not!
  • i love that voice
  • can't wait..
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