GTA 6 release date: Nov. 19, 2026, release time and delay history
GTA 6 comes out Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. What Take-Two has said since, the store unlock time, the Nov. 12 pre-load and every delay so far.
Grand Theft Auto VI comes out on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar Games set that date on Nov. 6, 2025, and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has repeated it twice since the summer, most recently at its Sept. 17 stockholder meeting.
Digital pre-orders can start downloading on Nov. 12. Rockstar has not announced a launch hour, but PlayStation Store listings show the game unlocking at midnight local time. This guide covers the date, the time, the two delays that led here and the platforms GTA 6 is coming to.
The GTA 6 release date is Nov. 19, 2026
Rockstar announced the date in a Newswire post on Nov. 6, 2025: "Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026." As of Sept. 30, the official site at rockstargames.com/VI still reads "Coming November 19, 2026."
Pre-orders opened at midnight local time on June 25, 2026, for both the Standard and Ultimate editions. Prices and bonuses are in our GTA 6 price and editions guide.
Take-Two has reaffirmed the date
Take-Two has listed Nov. 19 in every set of quarterly results since the second delay, including those on Feb. 3 and May 21, 2026. Two recent statements carry the most weight.
- Aug. 7 earnings. Take-Two's results for its fiscal first quarter of 2027 referred to "excitement around the November 19th launch" and listed the game for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The investor presentation published the same day cited a "high degree of confidence" in the date.
- Sept. 17 stockholder meeting. At the virtual annual meeting, CEO Strauss Zelnick said the game launches Nov. 19 as a single-player title on PlayStation 5 and Xbox, according to reports from Inven Global and MarketBeat. Inven Global quoted him: "We're launching GTA 6 as a single player experience on two major platforms." The reaffirmation came at the meeting, not in a press release.
Neither company has announced another delay, and claims of a slip to 2027 have no official source. Our confirmed-facts ledger lists what Rockstar and Take-Two have confirmed.
GTA 6 release time
Rockstar has not announced what time GTA 6 unlocks on Nov. 19. For now, the pointer is the store listings. Checked on Oct. 8, the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store showed these release times, and the two stores agree wherever we checked both:
| Store listings | Unlock time shown |
|---|---|
| US and Canada | Midnight Eastern, Nov. 19 |
| UK | Midnight UK time, Nov. 19 |
| Germany and France | Midnight CET, Nov. 19 |
| Australia | Midnight in Sydney and Melbourne, Nov. 19 |
In each case that is midnight as launch day begins in the store's reference time zone. Whether players in other time zones in the same country unlock at that moment is an open question that only Rockstar, Sony or Microsoft can answer. Every country we've checked, and what the time is where you live, is in our GTA 6 release time guide.
Pre-load opens Nov. 12
Rockstar says players who pre-order digitally can begin pre-loading on Nov. 12. The PlayStation Store lists this as a "7-Day Pre-load." The physical version, a download code in a box with no disc, becomes available the same day. Rockstar has not announced a file size. The details are in our GTA 6 pre-load and Code in Box guide.
GTA 6 delay history
GTA 6 has been delayed twice. Rockstar first gave a 2025 window, then moved the game to May 26, 2026, and then to Nov. 19, 2026.
| Announced | Release target | What Rockstar or Take-Two said |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 4, 2023 | 2025 | Rockstar released Trailer 1 and announced: "Coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S." |
| May 2, 2025 | May 26, 2026 | Rockstar: "Grand Theft Auto VI is now set to release on May 26, 2026." Take-Two said the game had been expected to launch in fall 2025. |
| Nov. 6, 2025 | Nov. 19, 2026 | Rockstar said the extra months are for polish. |
Since the second delay, Rockstar has kept to the new date. Pre-orders opened June 25, 2026, and the 27-minute video "An Extended Look" premiered Aug. 27, 2026. Every Rockstar video is collected on our trailers page.
Dates to know
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | Pre-orders opened at midnight local time |
| Nov. 12, 2026 | Pre-load opens for digital pre-orders; the Code in Box version becomes available |
| Nov. 19, 2026 | GTA 6 launches; Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album also releases |
| Nov. 20, 2026 | Vintage Vice City Pack cutoff: the bonus covers pre-orders and purchases made before this date |
Platforms: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only
GTA 6 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Every Rockstar and Take-Two announcement names only those two.
- Not on PS4. PlayStation's official GTA 6 page states: "The game is not playable on PlayStation 4." No Xbox One version has been announced either.
- No PC version announced. Take-Two's lineup tables list PC for other games but not for GTA 6. At the Sept. 17 meeting, Zelnick spoke about PC only in general terms, according to Inven Global. More in Is GTA 6 on PC?
- PS5 Pro. The PlayStation Store listing carries a "PS5 Pro Enhanced" label but does not say what the enhancement is. Rockstar has not announced frame rate targets for any console.
Update log
- Oct. 8, 2026: The release time section now covers Xbox Store listings and more countries, checked Oct. 8, and links our release time guide.
Questions readers ask
- When does GTA 6 come out?
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar set the date on Nov. 6, 2025, and Take-Two reaffirmed it on Aug. 7 and Sept. 17, 2026.
- What time does GTA 6 unlock?
- Rockstar has not announced a launch hour. Checked on Oct. 8, PlayStation Store and Xbox Store listings show midnight as Nov. 19 begins: midnight Eastern on the US store, midnight UK time on the UK store and midnight CET on the German store.
- Was GTA 6 delayed?
- Yes, twice. The original 2025 window moved to May 26, 2026, in an announcement on May 2, 2025, and then to Nov. 19, 2026, on Nov. 6, 2025. Rockstar said the second delay was for polish.
- When can I pre-load GTA 6?
- From Nov. 12, 2026, if you pre-ordered digitally. That is one week before launch.
- Is GTA 6 coming to PS4 or PC?
- No PS4 version: PlayStation says the game is not playable on PlayStation 4. No PC version has been announced. The only platforms are PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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