GTA 6: Everything We Know (Updated September 2026)

This is our living reference hub for Grand Theft Auto VI. Facts here come from Rockstar's announcements, Take-Two's filings, or a platform holder's own storefront. Where a number is a third-party estimate rather than an official figure, we say so on the line. Last factual review: 29 September 2026. The countdown has the live number of days to launch.

Release date: November 19, 2026

GTA 6 launches Thursday, November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar announced the date on November 6, 2025, and it has held at every checkpoint since. The full dated list is in our GTA 6 delay tracker; the main ones:

• February 3, 2026: Take-Two's Q3 FY2026 results named November 19 again.
• May 21, 2026: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick ruled out another delay on the company's earnings call.
• June 25, 2026: preorders opened against the November 19 date.
• July 17, 2026: Zelnick reaffirmed the date in a shareholder letter.
• August 7, 2026: the date appeared in print in Take-Two's Q1 FY2027 results.

The last one is the strongest. Take-Two's Q1 FY2027 earnings release lists Grand Theft Auto VI in its lineup table with a November 19 date and reiterates full-year net bookings guidance of $8.0 to $8.2 billion. A company cannot hold that range in public and privately plan a delay. Full breakdown: what the Q1 results actually said. Nothing has moved since; in September Zelnick was explaining why marketing will not slow down. The next report is Q2 on 9 November, ten days before launch. Our countdown tracks the remaining days.

The Extended Look is out: what Rockstar confirmed

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix on August 27 and went free on Rockstar's own channels hours later. Rockstar never published a runtime; press counts put the in-game footage at roughly 26 to 27 minutes, and the two figures that circulated beforehand fell apart. It also broke Netflix and Twitch viewing records. The confirmed facts that came out of that press cycle, all on the record from Rockstar:

• No microtransactions and no generative AI at launch, per Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson. The qualifier is "at launch." Full breakdown.
• A map roughly three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2's, per Rockstar's interview with The New York Times. Game Informer adds a second yardstick, reported but unconfirmed: around twice GTA V's, per Rockstar North's Aaron Garbut.
• 30fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X in the current build. A 60fps mode is undecided, not ruled out.
• About 80 hours for a full playthrough with optional goals, by Nelson's own count, and NPCs built from over 600,000 animations. The numbers and their catch.
• A chapter structure, disclosed only in the Ultimate Edition storefront copy, and a non-lethal suppressive fire option, a series first.

Platforms: PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X|S

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. That is the entire launch platform list, and it is the list in Take-Two's own results table.

Sony's product page also tags the game PS5 Pro Enhanced, added quietly between June and July with no announcement. It confirms Pro-specific work. It does not promise 60fps, and here is why. PS5 Pro's own frame rate is unpublished.

Sony is also selling two Vice City-themed DualSense controllers, a Black and a White Limited Edition, at $84.99, launching November 19 per the PlayStation Blog. Preorders opened September 10. Details and availability. Rockstar has published no button layout yet; what Sony lists and what is only reported is on the GTA 6 controls page.

The "physical" edition ships as a boxed download code, with no disc. See the platforms guide. Still deciding which console to play on? Our PS5 or Xbox guide weighs them up, and the 60fps and PS5 Pro status page tracks what is known about frame rates.

No PC version has been announced

Rockstar has not announced GTA 6 for PC. The same Take-Two lineup table lists NBA 2K27 for PC and Judas with PC, so the platform column is not being withheld until a date is locked. VGC's Andy Robinson has reported that Rockstar might pull the PC date forward. That is a journalist's read, not an announcement. A report that Xbox had won exclusive cloud streaming, which would have reached PCs, was denied by Xbox on 7 October. Our PC version watch covers what Rockstar's release history suggests.

Price, editions and preorder numbers

• Standard Edition: $79.99 (€79.99 in Germany)
• Ultimate Edition: $99.99 (€99.99 in Germany)

Every preorder placed before November 20 includes the Vintage Vice City Pack: a '55 Vapid Stanier, the Shore Court garage, outfits, hairstyles and a weapon pattern. The Ultimate Edition adds exclusive vehicles (every one Rockstar has named), a garage, five businesses (two of them mod shops) and cosmetics. Nothing gates gameplay. Full comparison: editions and preorder guide. On PS5, digital buyers through November 19 also get one free month of GTA+, claimable until March 31, 2027, under Sony's own terms.

Rockstar also sells a merchandise box that is not an edition of the game: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection. Rockstar announced it on the Newswire on September 24, and the Rockstar Store page lists eleven items, from a Macca the Gator figure to Oakley Frogskins sunglasses. The list contains no game, and the box ships from November 19. The store page showed us no price; the $399.99 figure comes from outlets quoting the listing, so treat it as reported. What is in the box and what it adds up to. Since 8 October the Rockstar Store also sells single items such as tees, caps and a Zippo, listed in our report on the Grand Theft Auto VI Collection.

Rockstar has published no preorder total. Sensor Tower's tracker put it at roughly 4.3 million, with 89% of early buyers on the $99.99 tier. Treat both as estimates.

Sony's listing calls GTA 6 a single-player experience

Sony's storefront lists 1 player with no online entry, and Rockstar has never said whether a GTA Online successor arrives at launch. Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick told shareholders on September 17 that GTA 6 launches "as a single player experience", as reported; the Sony listing remains the hardest store evidence. One number has leaked through a UK employment tribunal, 32 players in internal tests, the same slot count GTA Online already has (30 players plus two spectators). We badge that Reported: it is testimony, not a launch plan.

Everything known about an online mode, Reported and Confirmed kept apart, is in our GTA 6 Online hub.

Setting and cast

GTA 6 takes place in Leonida, Rockstar's Florida, anchored by Vice City. Confirmed regions include the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Ambrosia, Mount Kalaga National Park and Port Gellhorn. More in the setting guide.

You play two leads: Lucia Caminos, the first non-optional female GTA protagonist, and Jason Duval, an Army veteran pulled into Leonida's drug economy. Profiles: characters guide.

Rockstar has published no cast list. Stephen Root told the AP on September 14 that he is in the cast, the first actor to confirm a role himself; fans match his voice to Brian Heder, but he didn't name the character. Any other actor name is unconfirmed until the actor or Rockstar says it. We track confirmed actors in the GTA 6 cast guide, and every gameplay system Rockstar has described, from the wanted system to character switching, in the GTA 6 gameplay guide. That guide now also carries Game Informer's cover-story details on weather (localized storms, tropical storms and hurricanes) and wildlife (over 170 species), both Reported.

Trailers and marketing so far

• Trailer 1, December 5, 2023. 93 million views in its first 24 hours.
• Trailer 2, May 6, 2025. In-game PS5 footage, over 475 million views across platforms in 24 hours.
• Launch Trailer, October 15, 2026. The newest official video, scored by Justice with "Flower in a Hurricane". What Rockstar's page says.
• Trailer 3: never released as a standalone. Rockstar has not used the phrase. The Extended Look is the longest official footage to date.
• Sony's Tokyo Game Show booth, September 17 to 21, is built around a 300-inch GTA 6 theater, per the PlayStation Japan Blog.
• Miami Heat play as "Vice City" on November 18 at 7:00 PM ET, the night before launch, per the team's own page. Court, uniform, merch and the county vote.
• Miami Beach commissioners voted 4-3 to approve a Rockstar branding campaign from October 15 to December 31. The deal.
• Game Informer issue 382, a 14-page cover story with Rockstar's lead designers, went live digitally on September 29. Game Informer announced it and Rockstar hasn't posted about it, so it stays Reported.
• LOVE Magazine Issue 27, out October 5, carries a Rockstar North interview and four new Jason and Lucia images. Outlets report it, Rockstar's own channels don't carry it, so it is Reported.

On September 15, ten artists, including Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen, posted matching GTA 6 art within hours of each other. Two days later, on September 17, Rockstar confirmed what that was: GTA 6: The Album, 34 original tracks releasing on November 19, with nine singles now listed on Rockstar's music page. The album is confirmed. On October 8 Rockstar also named six in-game radio stations and announced podcasts. Which songs play on which station is not confirmed; our GTA 6 soundtrack guide tracks both.

Leaks, fakes and scams

GTA 6 has no demo. Sites offering one, such as gta6demo.eu, delivered an infostealer in Malwarebytes' analysis. Take-Two has subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord over the CyberLeek leak, and we do not link or describe leaked material. Reports say CyberLeek returned on October 8 with a new file; it is unverified and Rockstar has not commented. Since October 10 the leaker has also threatened to release a full build if a memecoin hits $30 million or Take-Two ships discs; that claim is unverified too. Photos of a boxed "Collector's Edition" are debunked: Rockstar has two editions, and the $399.99 Vice City Collection it announced on September 24 is a merchandise box without the game. How to check any claim yourself: why viral GTA 6 leaks are fake.

Launch week: preload is confirmed, the unlock time is store data only

Digital preload opens Thursday, November 12, 2026 at midnight local time, one week before release. It covers boxed copies too, since they are codes.

Rockstar has not announced when the game becomes playable on November 19. Sony's PlayStation Store listings do carry a timestamp for each store region, all set to midnight local time and rolling from New Zealand (11:00 UTC on November 18) to Mexico (06:00 UTC on November 19). We read them directly. The store data behind Microsoft's Xbox listing carries the same local midnights in every market we checked on 29 September, although the Xbox page itself shows only the date. It is store data, not a Rockstar or Microsoft announcement. Our launch time guide has the full table. Rockstar has also not published a download size, so check how much space your console really has before preload night.

Launch-week how-tos: how to preload GTA 6 on PS5 and Xbox, how to redeem the GTA 6 code from the box (and the PS5 region lock), why GTA 6 cheat lists you see online aren't real yet, whether the New Zealand trick lets you play GTA 6 early, the status of the GTA 6 trophy list, whether any GTA 6 reviews exist yet, and where to check GTA 6 server status on PSN, Xbox and Rockstar.

What Rockstar still has not said

As of today there is no official figure for the download size, the launch-day unlock time, a 60fps mode or a PS5 Pro frame rate, the preorder total, GTA Online's future, a cast list or a PC release. The same goes for the full in-game radio lineup: the 34-track album and six stations are official, the rest of the station list and the songs on each are not. Two rating boards list the game so far: the ESRB's Mature 17+ entry matches the badge on Rockstar's site, and the USK rated it USK 18 for PS5 and Xbox Series, while PEGI has no entry (age rating status), and the only language list is the Xbox Store's (GTA 6 languages). Anyone publishing those as confirmed is guessing. Rockstar has also not named a follow-up project: its development leads told Bloomberg that the next game will not take another eight years, which is Reported and says nothing about GTA 6 itself.

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