GTA 6 reused a Red Dead Redemption 2 backdrop in a TV ad
Murals, road signs, billboards: the scenery Rockstar has published has been read frame by frame since August 27, 2026. © Rockstar Games
The GTA 6 Easter egg hunt started months ahead of the November 19, 2026 release. One find holds up so far: a parody TV ad in the Extended Look was shot on Red Dead Redemption 2 ground.
The Prairie Sandwich Box Meal parody ad, at 7 minutes 34 into the GTA 6 Extended Look broadcast on August 27, 2026, was shot against a Red Dead Redemption 2 landscape north of Annesburg. VGC reported it on August 28, 2026, crediting a player known as s1nicki, who matched the bend of the river, two large rocks and a leaning tree. Rockstar Games has said nothing about it.
Seven minutes and 34 seconds into the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look, a parody commercial plays on the television in Jason’s apartment. It sells a Prairie Sandwich Box Meal, and the scenery behind it was not built for the shot: it is a Red Dead Redemption 2 landscape, north of Annesburg, VGC reported on August 28, 2026.
The match came from a player, s1nicki, and rests on three markers: the bend of the river, two large rocks and a leaning tree. The sandwich itself had already caught the press invited to Rockstar North. IGN logged it on August 27, 2026, billed at 30,000 calories, next to a parody antidepressant called Angstipan, part of a satire the game runs through radio and television.
The hunt started before the game
Those few seconds sit inside a 26 minute 48 second video, and they are what the community has been combing since. On September 4, 2026, jeuxvideo.com described an Easter egg hunt already under way before launch: trailers, official screenshots and the August 27 gameplay read frame by frame, with 76 days left to November 19, 2026.
Everything else is a wish list. The references players name run from Call of Duty to Dark Souls, from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to Dexter and Miami Vice, and many are asking for a nod to Ray Liotta, the voice of Tommy Vercetti in GTA Vice City back in 2002. None has been seen in an image Rockstar published.
| What is circulating | What backs it |
|---|---|
| A Red Dead Redemption 2 backdrop in the Prairie Sandwich ad | A timestamped, located shot at 7:34, north of Annesburg. VGC, August 28, 2026 |
| Call of Duty, Dark Souls, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Player theories, with no published image behind them. jeuxvideo.com, September 4, 2026 |
| A Ray Liotta tribute, nods to Dexter and Miami Vice | Requests posted to Reddit and social feeds, nothing shown |
Rockstar Games has commented on none of it. The August 27 video runs with no commentary, no voice-over and no explanatory card, as the BBC noted the day it aired: whatever is in there has to be found in the picture.
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