Grand Theft Auto VI

GTA 6 preorders opened on June 25, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. In the US the Standard Edition costs $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition costs $99.99. The Ultimate Edition adds a collection of vehicles, weapons, outfits and other extras tied to Jason and Lucia’s story.

Anything bought before November 20, 2026 includes the Vintage Vice City Pack, and digital preorders come with a free month of GTA+. Digital preloading starts on November 12, 2026, and boxed copies go on sale the same day. The box holds a download code rather than a disc, so you will still need to download the game.

You may have seen headlines about $1 billion in the first hour or tens of millions of copies preordered. Those were outside estimates. Take-Two has not published a preorder figure. On its August 2026 earnings call it described demand as very strong and repeated the November 19 date, but it shared no number.

Rockstar Games has officially confirmed the GTA 6 release date as November 19, 2026. This is not a rumor or a leak. The date appears in official trailers, press releases, and across Rockstar's verified marketing channels. The date has moved twice: Rockstar first aimed for fall 2025, then May 26, 2026, and in November 2025 it settled on November 19, 2026.

The November 19, 2026 release puts GTA 6 squarely in the holiday shopping season, the same season Rockstar picked for Red Dead Redemption 2 in October 2018. GTA V, released in September 2013, has now sold more than 230 million copies according to Take-Two.

What makes this release particularly significant is the platform strategy. GTA 6 is launching on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S only. There is no PlayStation 4 or Xbox One version, and no PC version has been announced.

GTA 6 has moved twice. The first trailer, in December 2023, gave a 2025 window. In May 2025 Rockstar moved the game to May 26, 2026. In November 2025 it moved it again, to November 19, 2026, saying the extra time would let it finish the game with the level of polish players expect. Take-Two repeated the November date on its May and August 2026 earnings calls.

Interest has held up through both delays. The first trailer drew 93 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours, and Rockstar says the second trailer, released on May 6, 2025, passed 475 million views across all platforms in its first day. Take-Two’s results for the quarter to June 30, 2026 put GTA V at more than 230 million copies and Red Dead Redemption 2 at more than 87 million.

The story follows Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval, a couple pulled into crime in the state of Leonida. Rockstar’s official site also introduces Cal Hampton, Boobie Ike, Dre’Quan Priest, Real Dimez, Raul Bautista and Brian Heder.

Leonida is Rockstar’s version of Florida, and Vice City, its take on Miami, is the main city. Vice City was last the setting of a main game in 2002’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Rockstar has not said how big the map is.

Confirmed by Rockstar or Take-Two:

• The November 19, 2026 release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S
• Two editions: Standard at $79.99 and Ultimate at $99.99 in the US
• Preorders from June 25, 2026 and digital preloading from November 12
• Boxed copies that hold a download code rather than a disc
• The Vintage Vice City Pack for purchases before November 20, and a free month of GTA+ with digital preorders
• The main characters and the Leonida setting

Not announced:

• A PC version or PC system requirements
• The size of the map or the download
• Details or timing of the online side of the game
• Any third trailer

An insider has reported a December disc release, but Rockstar has not confirmed it. If a claim does not trace back to Rockstar Newswire, Rockstar’s official site or Take-Two’s investor releases, treat it as a rumor.

• November 12, 2026: digital preloading opens and boxed copies go on sale
• November 19, 2026: GTA 6 unlocks on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
• Before November 20, 2026: buy by then to get the Vintage Vice City Pack

PC players are asking the same question they ask before every Rockstar release: when do we get ours? The honest answer is that nobody outside Rockstar knows, because no PC version has been announced. What we have is the pattern. Grand Theft Auto V hit consoles in September 2013 and PC in April 2015, a gap of nineteen months. Red Dead Redemption 2 hit consoles in October 2018 and PC in November 2019, a gap of thirteen months. Apply that range to 19 November 2026 and you land somewhere between late 2027 and mid 2028. Treat that as arithmetic, not as news.

Going further back, Grand Theft Auto IV reached PC about seven months after consoles. Three games, three different gaps, which is why nobody can give you a real PC date yet.

Rockstar has not explained its PC plans for GTA 6. Until it does, ignore anyone selling PC keys, beta access or early downloads. None of those exist, and offers like that are scams.

Rockstar has published nothing here, and we are not going to invent it. There are no official GTA 6 PC requirements because there is no announced PC version. What we can give you is the real thing: the specs Rockstar publishes for the titles it already sells on PC.

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, released in 2025, asks for a Core i7-4770 or FX-9590 with 8GB of memory and a GTX 1630 at minimum, and recommends a Core i5-9600K or Ryzen 5 3600 with 16GB and an RTX 3060 or RX 6600 XT. It needs 105GB and will not install on a mechanical drive. Red Dead Redemption 2, from 2019, asks for 150GB of space and recommends a GTX 1060 with 12GB of memory. Six years moved Rockstar’s floor up roughly two graphics card generations and made solid state storage compulsory.

If you want to prepare, that direction of travel is the only honest guide: 16GB of memory, an SSD with at least 150GB free, and a graphics card at or above the RTX 3060 class. Read the full breakdown on our GTA 6 PC requirements page, or test your machine against the Rockstar games that do have published specs in the Can You Run It tool.

GTA 6 returns to Vice City, Rockstar's fictional version of Miami, but expands far beyond the city limits into Leonida State. Rockstar’s official site shows the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park alongside the city, though it has not said how big the map is. The story follows Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval, a couple pulled into crime.

The two trailers show crowded beaches, swamps, highways and nightlife, plus plenty of in game social media clips that parody the real thing. Rockstar has not published a feature list, so anything beyond what the trailers show, including talk of new engines, weather systems or NPC memory, is guesswork for now.

There are two editions. The Standard Edition costs $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition costs $99.99 in the US, with local prices set by each store. There is no physical collector’s edition, and boxed copies contain a download code. For comparison, GTA V launched at $59.99 in 2013.

• Rockstar Newswire, Rockstar’s official news page
• Grand Theft Auto VI official site: trailers, characters, places and editions
• Rockstar: Grand Theft Auto VI preorders begin on June 25