Confirmed
GTA 6 confirmed facts
Yes, Rockstar has confirmed GTA 6. Its release date is November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S, and every confirmed fact about it is listed here with its source, from the four official videos to the age ratings. We label only what is official as Confirmed. What named people say on the record is labeled Reported and attributed, and what Rockstar and Take-Two have not announced is labeled Not announced.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 launches on November 19, 2026.
Announced by Rockstar and reaffirmed to investors by Take-Two. The Xbox Store listing, read November 3, 2026, still shows a November 19, 2026 release.
- Confirmed
Pre-orders opened June 25, 2026 on the PlayStation Store, the Xbox store and select retailers, and are live now.
Date stated in the June 18, 2026 Rockstar pre-order announcement; orders went live on schedule, and the Xbox Store listing, read November 3, 2026, still sells GTA 6 at $79.99 ahead of the November 19 launch.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S only, with no PS4 or Xbox One version.
The only platforms Rockstar has listed since the reveal; its GTA VI page, read October 24, 2026, still shows only PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 is set in Vice City, in the fictional US state of Leonida, inspired by modern Florida.
Shown and named across the official videos and the Rockstar site.
- Confirmed
The protagonists are Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos.
Named in Rockstar’s official bios and Trailer 2.
- Confirmed
Rockstar has named six map regions: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Mount Kalaga, Port Gellhorn and Ambrosia.
Named across the official site, screenshots and the trailers.
- Confirmed
The official cover art was revealed on June 18, 2026, with Jason and Lucia at the center.
Posted by Rockstar alongside the pre-order date.
- Confirmed
Rockstar has released four official videos: Trailer 1 (December 2023), Trailer 2 (May 2025), Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look (August 27, 2026) and the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer (October 15, 2026).
All four are on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel and rockstargames.com/VI/media, which lists 4 videos (read October 16, 2026). Rockstar numbers only the first two as trailers and has never released a numbered Trailer 3.
- Confirmed
Rockstar released the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer on October 15, 2026: 90 seconds, captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5.
Posted at 9 a.m. ET on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel (ID rz1B4B2yBZY) with the Newswire post Watch the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer.
- Confirmed
Justice composed the original score of GTA 6, and their single Flower in a Hurricane (featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard) is on Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album.
Rockstar named the electronic duo as composers of the original score on October 15, 2026, with the Launch Trailer set to the single, and on October 29, 2026 it dated the Original Score album, December 11.
- Confirmed
Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score by Justice, an album of 30 tracks, comes out December 11, 2026 on streaming services, CD and vinyl.
Announced in the October 29, 2026 Newswire post, which also debuted the single Pusher featuring Gesaffelstein and lists digital bonus tracks on all formats. It is a separate release from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album (34 tracks, November 19).
- Confirmed
Rockstar has named six GTA 6 radio stations: Cocoteo FM, Back Country Radio, AfroBank FM, The Chamber 106.6, Flash FM and Dirty South Classics.
Detailed with their hosts in the October 8, 2026 Newswire post, which also announced on-demand podcasts and in-game headphones. The full station list is not published.
- Confirmed
Take-Two reports fiscal Q2 2027 results on Monday, November 9, 2026, after the US market closes.
Announced in Take-Two’s October 13, 2026 press release, with a call at 4:30 p.m. ET. The quarter ended September 30, before launch, so it carries no GTA 6 sales.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 is developed and published by Rockstar Games; Take-Two Interactive is Rockstar’s corporate parent.
Take-Two describes Rockstar Games as its publishing label, and Rockstar publishes the Grand Theft Auto series.
- Confirmed
Rockstar has officially named seven GTA 6 vehicles in the Vintage Vice City Pack and Ultimate Edition, including the 55 Vapid Stanier and Vapid Ganado.
The pre-order edition contents Rockstar published on June 24, 2026 name seven vehicles; GTA uses parody marques, not real brands.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 is rated ESRB Mature 17+.
The rating went public around October 1, 2026 on the store listings and rockstargames.com/VI, and the ESRB’s own database lists it (esrb.org/ratings/41627, read October 4, 2026). Content descriptors: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol; In-Game Purchases.
- Confirmed
The Australian Classification database lists Grand Theft Auto VI at R 18+, with consumer advice "High impact violence, sex scenes and drug use".
The record is dated August 27, 2026 and sits in the Demonstration (Self Selected) category, so it classifies the August 27 gameplay demonstration; the database has no separate record for the full game yet. The Xbox Store listing also carries R 18+ for Australia. Two M entries in the same database, titled Grand Theft Auto VI 6 VI and Grand Theft Auto GTA VI, came through the IARC online tool for other creators’ projects, not Rockstar’s game.
- Confirmed
The Xbox Store listing shows PEGI 18 for GTA 6, with the labels Drugs, Sex and Violence and in-game purchases.
PEGI’s own public search still has no entry for the game (checked November 4, 2026), so this is the store listing and not a PEGI database record.
- Confirmed
Germany’s USK rates GTA 6 18, its no-youth-release category.
The USK database lists Grand Theft Auto VI under USK no. 59552/26, with a review date of September 13, 2026, for explicit violence, drugs and criminal role models, and notes in-game purchases. The Xbox Store listing shows USK 18 since its October 23, 2026 update.
- Confirmed
Japan’s CERO rates GTA 6 Z, for players 18 and up.
The Japanese PlayStation Store listing shows CERO Z and says the game is not sold to anyone under 18; the Xbox Store listing names crime and violence as the reasons.
- Confirmed
South Korea’s PlayStation Store listing shows GTA 6 at 19+, the not-for-minors rating.
Read on the Korean PlayStation Store listing on October 24, 2026. Inven reported on October 16, 2026 that the private Game Content Rating Board made the decision.
- Confirmed
Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look on August 27, 2026.
The 26 minute 48 second video, captured entirely from in-game PS5 footage, ran on Netflix at 3 p.m. ET, then on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the GTA VI site at 9 p.m. ET (YouTube ID tJbzMqJGH4k). Rockstar does not call it Trailer 3.
- Confirmed
Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, 34 original tracks with Atlantic Records, launches November 19, 2026 with the game.
Announced September 17, 2026. The first six songs released that day, including Yung Lean’s That’s It and Travis Scott’s RHYNO; physical editions ship November 20.
- Confirmed
Rockstar announced a limited Collector’s Box, The Goodtime State, Vice City Collection, arriving November 19, 2026, with the game sold separately.
Announced September 24, 2026: an 11-item box themed on the show Macca the Gator (figure, GTAVI Oakley Frogskins, New Era snapback, crossbody bag and more). It does not include the game, so it is a collectible, not a game edition. It ships to 23 countries at launch, one per person.
- Confirmed
Rockstar Support says GTA 6 releases at midnight local time on November 19, 2026, in all regions, on both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
From its page on regional pre-load and release times, last updated November 3, 2026 and read November 4, 2026. It states the rule and gives no table by country, and it does not say how a country with several time zones works, so a country’s exact unlock moment comes from its store listing.
- Confirmed
The PlayStation Store listings show GTA 6 unlocking in waves, from New Zealand at 11:00 UTC on November 18, and the US and Canada listings show one moment, midnight Eastern, which is 9 p.m. Pacific on November 18.
Per the PlayStation Store listings, read November 3, 2026: New Zealand first, the UK at 00:00 UTC on November 19, the US at midnight Eastern. Rockstar’s own rule is midnight local time; its page does not say whether a later zone in one country waits for its own midnight, and 9 p.m. Pacific is the listings’ moment, not Rockstar’s word.
- Confirmed
The Standard edition costs $79.99 in the US.
Officially revealed by Rockstar on June 24, 2026, a day before pre-orders opened. The Xbox Store listing, read November 3, 2026, still shows $79.99.
- Confirmed
The currently announced Ultimate edition costs $99.99 in the US.
Revealed June 24, 2026; it adds exclusive vehicles, weapons, outfits and shops. Rockstar has not announced a Collector edition of the game; the September 24, 2026 Vice City Collection box is a separate collectible, sold without the game.
- Confirmed
Rockstar currently lists two GTA 6 editions: Standard ($79.99) and Ultimate ($99.99).
Those are the two editions in the June 24 reveal. Rockstar has not announced a Deluxe or Collector edition of the game. The September 24, 2026 Vice City Collection box is a separate collectible, sold without the game, not an edition.
- Confirmed
Every purchase of GTA 6 made before November 20, 2026 includes the free Vintage Vice City Pack.
Stated in the June 24 Rockstar pre-order reveal: a 1955 Vapid Stanier, the Shore Court garage, plus outfits and a weapon pattern.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 digital pre-load opens on November 10, 2026: at midnight local time on PS5 and at 12 a.m. GMT worldwide on Xbox Series X and S.
Rockstar announced the date on November 3, 2026, in a Newswire post and a support FAQ. Code-in-box versions, which hold a download code and no disc, should reach retailers from November 12.
- Confirmed
The GTA 6 pre-load requires up to 212 GB of available space, depending on your device.
Rockstar said so on November 3, 2026, in the only storage figure it has published: no separate install, download or file size, and no split between PS5 and Xbox. Store listings showed no size when we read them that day.
- Confirmed
Rockstar has not numbered any GTA 6 video Trailer 3; the third official video is An Extended Look and the fourth is the Launch Trailer.
Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look on August 27, 2026 (YouTube ID tJbzMqJGH4k) and the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer on October 15, 2026 (rz1B4B2yBZY). Neither is titled Trailer 3.
- Confirmed
Rockstar’s edition copy names outfits, hairstyles, a clothing store, a salon and a tattoo parlor for GTA 6.
The Vintage Vice City Pack lists outfits and hairstyles for Jason and Lucia, and the Ultimate Edition lists Stock 305 Clothing Store, Sara’s Unisex Salon and the Electric Fang Tattoo Parlor (over 50 signature tattoos), each marked as open only with the Ultimate Edition. Rob Nelson told Famitsu there are thousands of outfits, earned in missions or bought in shops, with clothing stores and salons across the map.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 has a six-star wanted level, up from five in GTA 5.
Shown in official footage in Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look (August 27, 2026) and described by GamesRadar, GameSpot and PC Gamer.
- Confirmed
A digital copy of GTA 6 bought by November 19, 2026 includes one free month of GTA+. A boxed copy does not include it.
Rockstar Support lists the month with digital purchases before November 20, and the physical version without it. The membership then renews at the regular price, and PlayStation and Microsoft set different redemption deadlines.
- Confirmed
GTA 6 is not listed on the PlayStation Stores of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman or Lebanon.
Read November 4, 2026: each store loads in English and Arabic and its GTA 6 page returns an error, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE, also in the Middle East, serve the page. The Xbox Store catalog holds no price for the five. Rockstar Support’s pre-order page names none of them and says the game comes to more countries as platform policies, regional regulations and age ratings allow. PlayStation’s list of countries left out of the free GTA+ month covers that offer, not the game.
Said on the record by named people
- Reported
Rob Nelson told Famitsu that cash can be lost when you are Wasted or Busted, that the game has a bank account you can see, and that missions alone do not pay enough to move the story on.
From his interview published August 28, 2026, in Japanese and paraphrased here.
- Reported
Rob Nelson told Famitsu that moving between Jason and Lucia depends on story progress: free in some missions, fixed to one lead in others.
From his interview published August 28, 2026, in Japanese and paraphrased here.
- Reported
Sensor Tower estimates about 7.71 million digital GTA 6 pre-orders worth about $751 million, 74 percent on PlayStation, Dexerto reported on November 4, 2026.
An outside estimate that leaves out physical copies. Rockstar and Take-Two have published no count.
- Reported
Bloomberg reported on October 14, 2026, according to The Shortcut, that GTA 6 has been in full development since 2018, after Red Dead Redemption 2 shipped, with early work going back to a 2015 research trip to Miami.
That makes about eight years of full development at launch. Bloomberg’s feature is paywalled, so this is The Shortcut’s account of it. Edge separately reports that Rob Nelson led a small group to Miami in 2015 and that Rockstar held back from committing to the story until Red Dead Redemption 2 was complete. Rockstar’s first public word was February 4, 2022.
- Reported
Bloomberg reported, according to The Shortcut, that Rockstar has 4,711 staff across 12 offices, up from 2,441 when Red Dead Redemption 2 launched in 2018.
That is the whole company, not a count of the people working on GTA 6. Rockstar has published no figure for the game alone. Edge puts Rockstar North at about 900 people.
- Reported
Rob Nelson told YouTuber Davy Jones, as Vice reports, that GTA 6 will not have a full first-person mode at launch, with a first-person view when aiming certain weapons.
From the August 2026 previews at Rockstar North. Vice says the effort went into third-person animation, and GTA BOOM reports Nelson calling a full mode not implemented for now. GTA 5 added its full mode in 2014, a year after launch.
- Reported
The New York Times reported, according to Vice, that Rob Nelson finished his own GTA 6 playthrough in about 80 hours, with the campaign and some optional goals.
A playthrough time, not an official main-story length, and we read it through Vice. Rockstar has not said how long the story is.
- Reported
Rockstar told Edge that GTA 6’s whole map, Vice City and the land around it, comes close to the playable maps of GTA 4, GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 put together.
From Edge’s cover feature in its November 2026 issue, published on GamesRadar+. Edge also puts the map at roughly twice the size of GTA 5’s.
- Reported
Leonida is Rockstar’s biggest map, about twice the size of GTA 5’s.
Aaron Garbut told Game Informer that Leonida is Rockstar’s biggest map by some degree, about twice GTA V’s.
- Reported
Rockstar’s team described hundreds of small interiors that players can explore, per Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier.
Bloomberg reported on October 16, 2026, after a Rockstar demonstration, that the team described hundreds of explorable interiors. There is no exact count and no list of enterable buildings.
- Reported
Asked by Famitsu, in an interview published August 28, 2026, whether GTA 6 really ships in November, Rockstar North’s Rob Nelson said it will.
An on-record comment, not a new official date. Rockstar’s date is November 19, 2026.
- Reported
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told CNBC on August 10, 2026 that GTA 6 pre-orders skew toward the Ultimate edition.
Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two has published a split.
What Rockstar and Take-Two have not announced
These rows are our reading of their own channels on the date each one gives, so they carry no Confirmed stamp.
- Not announced
No PC version or PC release date is announced; GTA 6 is listed only for consoles at launch.
Rockstar’s GTA VI page, read October 24, 2026, shows only PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, with no PC store link, and the Newswire has no PC announcement as of November 3, 2026.
- Not announced
Rockstar has announced no delay beyond November 19, 2026.
GTA 6 has not been delayed again, to 2027 or any other date. The Rockstar Newswire has no post announcing one, the GTA VI page and the Xbox Store listing show November 19, 2026, and Take-Two has reaffirmed it.
- Not announced
Rockstar has not announced a GTA 6 online mode, its name, features or release date.
The Rockstar Newswire has no post announcing one and the GTA VI page lists none. Take-Two said on September 17, 2026, as reported by Beebom, that the existing GTA Online keeps being supported after GTA 6 launches.
- Not announced
Rockstar has not named any GTA 6 voice actors.
The Rockstar Newswire has no post naming a performer, and its GTA VI site names characters such as Jason and Lucia, not the people who play them. Rockstar credited GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 performers in the games and the actors did press after launch.
- Not announced
Rockstar and Take-Two have announced no review copies, review embargo or review date for GTA 6.
Neither the Rockstar Newswire nor Take-Two has a post on review copies or an embargo.
- Not announced
Take-Two has disclosed no GTA 6 pre-order unit count or pre-order revenue figure.
Its prepared remarks for the fiscal Q1 2027 call on August 7, 2026 cited an "exceptional start to pre-orders" without a number; the next report is November 9, 2026.
- Not announced
Rockstar and Take-Two have announced no ban of GTA 6 in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman or Lebanon.
Emarat Al Youm reported on June 26 that no authority or rating body in the five had confirmed a ban, as Khaleej Times, The New Arab and News of Bahrain reported for the four Gulf states that week. We searched in English and Arabic on November 4, 2026 and found no later statement.
What about GTA 6 leaks?
We publish no leaks. Anything that rests on a leaker, a datamine or an anonymous post stays off this site, so what is listed above is all on the record. The best documented leak is the September 2022 breach of Rockstar, and the development page has what is known about it.
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Has Rockstar confirmed GTA 6?
Yes. Rockstar confirmed GTA 6 was in development on February 4, 2022, and its release date is November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.
Is the GTA 6 release date confirmed?
Yes. Rockstar has confirmed GTA 6 launches on November 19, 2026, and Take-Two has reaffirmed the date to investors.
What is officially confirmed about GTA 6?
GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S, with pre-orders open since June 25, 2026, digital pre-load on November 10 and US prices of $79.99 Standard and $99.99 Ultimate. It is set in Vice City in the state of Leonida and stars Jason and Lucia. Rockstar has released four official videos, the newest the Launch Trailer on October 15, 2026 scored by Justice, and has named six radio stations. The game is rated ESRB Mature 17+, USK 18 in Germany and CERO Z in Japan, and the Korean PlayStation Store shows 19+.
Are GTA 6 leaks true?
The September 2022 footage was real: Rockstar confirmed the breach. Anything since that rests on a leaker or a datamine is unconfirmed, and we do not publish it. This page lists only what is on the record.
Is GTA 6 confirmed for PC?
No. Rockstar has not announced a PC version, year or storefront. Only PS5 and Xbox Series X and S are confirmed.
How many GTA 6 pre-orders have been sold?
Take-Two has published no count: its August 7, 2026 prepared remarks say only “exceptional start to pre-orders”, and its next results come on November 9 after the US market closes. The newest outside figure is Sensor Tower’s estimate of about 7.71 million digital pre-orders, as Dexerto reported on November 4.