Summary
One of the thingsGrand Theft Autohas become known for is its use of licensed music. The last game in the series,GTA 5,features over 400 songs across 16 radio stations, each representing a specific genre. While Tom Petty did not have a song inGTA 5, his song “Runnin' Down A Dream” featured inGTA: San Andreas.
The number of Spotify streams ofTom Petty’s song titled “Love Is A Long Road"has skyrocketed by over 36,000% since theGTA 6trailer was revealed, for a total of over 11 million streams. The song is off of his 1989 albumFull Moon Fever.This is an impressive boost. However, it hardly compares to his most popular song, “Free Fallin',” which has been played over 630 million times on Spotify. Tom’s official Twitter account shared theGTA 6trailer, saying it is an honor to have “Love Is A Long Road” featured in it.
While it has many fans excited,theGTA 6trailer was leaked early, prompting angry responses from developers working at Rockstar. Carefully crafted marketing campaigns can be completely derailed by such leaks. All Rockstar could do in this case was officially release the trailer earlier than it had planned, and thankfully, it has gone over exceedingly well judging by the numbers. Naturally, the 90-second trailer is being picked apart and analyzed from every angle by fans everywhere as they try to find clues about the story hidden inside.
Fans of Rockstar Games' most popular franchise have a long wait beforeGTA 6arrives in 2025, so it will likely get a few more trailers ahead of its release. It may bea year or more beforeGTA 6gets another trailer, possibly revealing more about the story and characters or even some gameplay. The sad takeaway is that there will potentially be more leaks, and it is a well-established fact that there are people out there who derive some kind of pleasure from spoiling things for others.
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Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
