GTA 6 release date

Last verified: November 3, 2026, against Rockstar's GTA VI page, its November 3 support article on release times, and the PlayStation Store listings for the US, the UK and New Zealand.

Grand Theft Auto VI comes out on Thursday, November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar's GTA VI page still carried "November 19, 2026" when we loaded it today, and nothing about the date has changed since November 6, 2025. There is no PS4 version and no announced PC version.

The date on the store listings, checked November 3#

We opened the PlayStation Store page for the game in three countries at about 11:50 UTC on November 3, 2026, and converted the release timestamp each page displays into UTC. The browser we used was set to UTC+1, which is why the raw timestamps carry "GMT+1".

Store	Timestamp on the page	In UTC	Local unlock	Standard / Ultimate
United States	11/19/2026 06:00 AM GMT+1	Nov 19, 05:00	Midnight Eastern	$79.99 / $99.99
United Kingdom	19/11/2026 01:00 AM GMT+1	Nov 19, 00:00	Midnight GMT	£69.99 / £89.99
New Zealand	18/11/2026 12:00 PM GMT+1	Nov 18, 11:00	Midnight NZDT	NZ$139.95 / NZ$174.95

All three agree with the 15-window table in our unlock times by region guide, so Sony's timestamps have not moved since they were first surveyed in September. None of the three pages listed a download size.

Launch week, day by day#

• Monday, November 9: Take-Two reports its July to September quarter after the US market closes, with a call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (21:30 UTC). It is the company's last scheduled investor update before launch (Take-Two).
• Tuesday, November 10: pre-load opens for digital pre-orders, at midnight local time on PS5 and at 12 a.m. GMT on Xbox Series X|S, Rockstar announced on November 3. The download needs up to 212GB.
• Thursday, November 12: boxed copies, which hold a download code, reach retailers, so their owners can redeem and pre-load. Check the file size and storage guide before you start.
• Wednesday, November 18 (reported, not confirmed by Rockstar): reviews go live, according to insider NateTheHate and Insider Gaming. The GTA 6 reviews guide follows the embargo.
• Wednesday, November 18, 11:00 UTC: New Zealand unlocks first; the last stores, Mexico and Central America, follow at 06:00 UTC on the 19th. The launch live page counts down to each one. Rockstar confirmed on November 3 that both consoles follow this local-midnight rollout, and the Xbox timestamps we read in the Microsoft Store catalog that day match Sony's (unlock times by region).
• Thursday, November 19: launch day in most of the world.

GTA 6 release date history#

The date has moved twice, both times announced by Rockstar itself.

Step	Announced	Release target
Trailer 1 reveal	December 2023	2025, no month
First delay	May 2, 2025	May 26, 2026
Second delay	November 6, 2025	November 19, 2026
Reaffirmed to investors	August 7, 2026	November 19, 2026

In May 2025, Rockstar said it needed more time to deliver "the level of quality you expect and deserve". In November 2025 it used almost the same words, citing "polish". Neither notice named a technical cause. Bloomberg's October 14, 2026 feature later reported that the studio's leaders saw non-player characters as the part that did not fit the earlier schedules; our summary of Bloomberg's making-of report has the detail.

How firm is November 19?#

Since the second delay, Take-Two has tied money to the date. Its first-quarter results on August 7, 2026 kept a fiscal 2027 Net Bookings outlook of $8.0 to $8.2 billion built on the November 19 launch, and pre-orders opened on June 25, 2026.

Has GTA 6 been delayed again?#

No. A screenshot dressed up as a Rockstar notice claimed a move to March 2027 in late October; USA Today's For The Win called it "a fake screenshot" on October 27. In Edge's October 29 cover story, Rockstar North's Rob Nelson says of the game: "It's ready." A genuine change would appear on Rockstar's Newswire or in a Take-Two release, not in a social post.

Still unconfirmed by Rockstar#

• The exact install size on each console. Rockstar gives one ceiling, "up to 212 GB depending on your device", in its November 3 pre-load post. Before that, PlayStation backend data put the PS5 download at 210GB on October 27, which Insider Gaming said it could corroborate.
• PC. No version is announced; a GamesBeat report points to early 2027.
• Frame rate. Rockstar North's Rob Nelson reportedly said in August that consoles ran the game at 30fps during development, with no decision on 60fps (Kotaku). The PS5 Pro guide covers the console side.

Playing the moment your store unlocks#

A digital pre-order plus the November 10 pre-load is the only way to have the files ready at midnight. Neither edition unlocks early. Prices, the pre-order bonus and the boxed code are covered in GTA 6 price and editions.