Rockstar has never said that GTA 6 has Dead Eye and hasn’t used the name in any of its material for the game. According to GamesRadar and TechRadar, though, the official Extended Look video from 27 August 2026, captured entirely in-game on PS5, shows Jason slowing down time during a shootout and aiming at highlighted weak points on his enemies. Below you’ll find what the footage actually shows, how the major gaming outlets described it and what we still don’t know.
What Dead Eye is and why people are asking
Dead Eye is an ability from the Red Dead Redemption games that slows down time while you aim. Since GTA 6 comes from the same studio, people naturally expect something similar in Vice City. The GTA series has done slow motion before, too. In GTA V, Michael, one of the three protagonists, could slow down time while aiming.
What the Extended Look showed
Rockstar describes the Extended Look as footage captured entirely in-game on PlayStation 5. In one of the shootouts, according to both GamesRadar and TechRadar, Jason uses an ability the outlets describe as focus: the game slows down and Jason gets time to line up his shots.
During the slowdown, the game highlights weak spots on enemies in red and yellow. Rockstar hasn’t explained what each colour means.
The video also features slow-motion kill cams. PC Gamer compared them to the Max Payne series, and GamesRadar mentions kill cams on headshots.
Is it Dead Eye or something else?
The principle is similar: slow time, precise aim. The outlets, however, compare the GTA 6 ability to several games at once. GamesRadar writes that, like in Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption or with Michael in GTA V, Jason can temporarily slow time, with the addition of highlighted enemy vulnerability points.
| Game | Slow motion while shooting |
|---|---|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | yes, Dead Eye |
| GTA V | yes, Michael’s special ability |
| GTA 6 | Jason used it in the Extended Look (outlets call it focus) |
Rockstar hasn’t published an official name for the ability. Focus is the word the outlets use based on the footage. Dead Eye is just a comparison with the Red Dead Redemption series.
What we don’t know yet
- Whether Lucia can do it too. In the video, Jason used the slowdown. Rockstar has neither confirmed nor ruled out that Lucia has it as well.
- How it is triggered and recharged. Rockstar hasn’t described it in any official text.
- What the colours mean. Red and yellow are visible in the video, but so far only outlets are guessing at their meaning.
- What it’s called. There is no official name.
We’ll only know for sure once the game is out on 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. When it unlocks in your region is covered in our article on the GTA 6 release time. Who Jason and Lucia are is explained in our guide to GTA 6 characters, and all the official details are collected in everything we know.
You can watch the video on Rockstar’s website.
Join our Discord to talk GTA 6 with other players, and after launch you’ll find people there who try out the shooting system first: GamersTogether Discord.
FAQ
Rockstar hasn’t confirmed that and doesn’t use the name Dead Eye for GTA 6. In the Extended Look, though, Jason slows down time while shooting and aims at highlighted weak spots on enemies.
In the Extended Look, captured in-game on PS5, yes: it shows slow motion while aiming as well as slow-motion kill cams. GamesRadar, TechRadar and PC Gamer described it.
We don’t know yet. Jason used the ability in the video, and Rockstar hasn’t said anything more about it.
Yes, Michael’s special ability slowed down time while aiming. Outlets compare the GTA 6 ability to it.
Information verified on 13 November 2026. More articles on the series are in our GTA guides.