GTA 6: New Artwork of Jason and Lucia Teases the Twist in Trailer 3

On August 6, Rockstar and Take-Two uploaded two images of Jason and Lucia robbing a gas station in Vice City: the file is named "robbery."

GTA 6 has just added new content to the countdown, and this time, no leaks were needed. On August 6, Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive updated the game’s official media library with two new pieces of artwork: “Jason and Lucia: The Heist”, in versions with and without the logo.

The images show Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos wearing balaclavas, standing in front of a gas station in Vice City. You don’t have to be a detective to know what they’re about to do.

The detail no one was supposed to see: the file name

Here’s the juicy part. The files that Rockstar uploaded to its own website have an internal filename that usually goes unnoticed: "robbery". Specifically, "Jason_and_Lucia_Robbery_With_Logo_landscape" and its logo-less counterpart.

Rockstar rarely leaves clues by accident, but when it does, the community dissects them in minutes. And this is a big one: it’s the first previously unseen visual material from the game since the second trailer, released months ago.

Why does it matter right now?

The date is no coincidence. On August 27, Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look arrives—the extended preview that promises more minutes of gameplay and narrative than any previous trailer. If the file name is to be taken literally, the gas station heist could be one of the scenes we’ll see that day.

This is a reasonable interpretation, not information confirmed by Rockstar: the company hasn’t stated in any press release that this image previews specific content from the August 27 preview. But the pattern aligns with how Rockstar typically builds anticipation for its major announcements, releasing artwork that later makes sense in the trailer.

What exactly is the extended preview on August 27?

Rockstar confirmed weeks ago that a longer segment—longer than any trailer released so far—will be unveiled that day, focusing on gameplay and narrative. It’s not a “Trailer 3” in the traditional sense, but the community is already treating it as the next big event on the calendar leading up to launch.

If the gas station heist appears there, it would be the first time we see Jason and Lucia pulling off a full heist on camera—something we’ve only seen in scattered snippets from the two previous trailers so far.

Jason and Lucia, Protagonists of Their Own Heist

The artwork reinforces what we already knew about the main duo: Jason and Lucia aren’t supporting characters who happen to get caught up in someone else’s heist—they’re the ones who plan and execute it. The gas station is a small setting compared to the heists in GTA V, but it fits the more street-level and intimate tone that Rockstar has promised for this installment.

For now, there are no clues as to whether this gas station appears early in the story or is part of a later mission. Nor do we know if the artwork will be accompanied by more material before the 27th.

What is clear is that Rockstar has decided to make a move exactly three weeks before the extended preview, and that the community now has another piece of the puzzle. You can follow the rest of the confirmed clues in Leonida Bay’s news as the date approaches.