It turns out we knew the GTA 6 trailer date several months ago thanks to a GTA Online event, but we just didn’t realize it. Rockstar gave out the shirt during an October event where players could get a shirt known just as the “??? Tee” if aliens abducted them, and it briefly showed up in June as well (thanks, VGC).
The shirt looks like a random string of numbers with some even more seemingly indecipherable symbols, but some keen fans did actually figure out what the numbers meant in June. They’re code for “OneDayWillRevealAll.” That seems pretty suitable for a drop from an alien conspiracy event, so most players just thought it was quirky and went about their business as usual without thinking it pointed to a new GTA game.
Looks like @RockstarGames secretly teased GTA 6's big trailer reveal a few months ago with the "ONEDAYWILLREVEALALL" t-shirt in GTA Online.
It featured a bunch of numbers on it but as one GTA Forums user noted back in October, there was a notable number sequence of "12523" on it pic.twitter.com/s3YvSeLw8T
— Michael (@LegacyKillaHD) December 3, 2023
Some members on the GTA forums didn’t forget, though. They went back to find more clues in the shirt, and Twitter user _Dyllie shared their big discovery: 12523 – or, Dec. 5, 2023, the date of the GTA 6 trailer reveal. The number pattern Rockstar used even points to the trailer’s reveal time at 9 a.m.
It’s the kind of sneaky leak no one would ever guess, a string of random numbers with no significance unless you knew already that it was a date of importance.
Whether GTA Online is hosting any other GTA 6 secrets remains to be seen. Rockstar likes peppering Easter eggs and secrets in its games and reveals, though, so expect more tidbits and fantastical theories to start popping up on the forums after the first GTA 6 trailer goes live.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
