Timing
What time does GTA 6 come out?
GTA 6 releases on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. The PlayStation Store listings unlock the game at midnight in each region, in waves: New Zealand at 11:00 UTC on November 18, the UK at 00:00 UTC on November 19 and the US at 05:00 UTC on November 19 (midnight Eastern; 11 p.m. Central, 10 p.m. Mountain and 9 p.m. Pacific on November 18). The Xbox Store catalog entries record the same moments, though Microsoft’s public listing shows only the date, and Rockstar publishes no table of its own. Both stores read November 3, 2026.
November 19, 2026
GTA 6 launches on this day on PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.
12:00 am on November 19, 2026
The moment your country’s store listing shows; the US and Canada are one wave at midnight Eastern.
Use the date for leave, delivery and download planning. Digital pre-load opens November 10: at midnight local time on PS5 and at 12 a.m. GMT on Xbox Series X and S (7 p.m. Eastern and 4 p.m. Pacific on November 9, by our conversion). A boxed copy can start once its code is in hand. Pre-load can avoid a launch-day download, but it does not change when the game unlocks.
PlayStation Store unlock by country
We read 60 PlayStation Store listings on November 3, 2026, and each row below is the moment its listing shows: the market’s local midnight, except the US and Canada, which unlock together at midnight Eastern. Puerto Rico and Guam use the US store. Your own store listing is the final word.
| Country | Unlock (PlayStation Store) |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am NZDT |
| Australia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am AEDT |
| Japan | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am JST |
| South Korea | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am KST |
| Singapore | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am SGT |
| Malaysia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am MYT |
| Taiwan | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+8 |
| Hong Kong | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am HKT |
| Indonesia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am WIB |
| Thailand | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am ICT |
| India | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am IST |
| UAE | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GST |
| Saudi Arabia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+3 |
| Turkey | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am TRT |
| South Africa | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am SAST |
| Finland | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Greece | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Israel | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Romania | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Bulgaria | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Cyprus | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Ukraine | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+2 |
| Germany | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| France | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Italy | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Spain | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Netherlands | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Poland | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Sweden | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Norway | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Denmark | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Switzerland | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Austria | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Belgium | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Czech Republic | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Hungary | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Croatia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Slovakia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Slovenia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Luxembourg | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| Malta | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+1 |
| UK | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT |
| Ireland | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT |
| Portugal | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT+0 |
| Iceland | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT |
| Brazil | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am BRT |
| Chile | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-3 |
| Argentina | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am ART |
| Uruguay | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-3 |
| Paraguay | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-3 |
| Bolivia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-4 |
| United States | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am EST |
| Canada | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am EST |
| Colombia | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-5 |
| Peru | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-5 |
| Ecuador | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am GMT-5 |
| Panama | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am EST |
| Puerto Rico | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 1:00 am AST |
| Guam | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 3:00 pm GMT+10 |
| Mexico | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am CST |
| Costa Rica | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am CST |
| Guatemala | Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 12:00 am CST |
Countries with no local store listing
These markets have no PlayStation Store listing of their own that we could read on November 3, 2026. GTA 6 unlocks when the store you buy from unlocks, so use that store’s row: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, French Polynesia, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mongolia, Morocco, New Caledonia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam.
Server owners can add the free GTA6 Times app to Discord. Its /unlock command shows this table’s moment in each reader’s own time zone.
What time does GTA 6 come out?
GTA 6 releases on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. The PlayStation Store listings unlock it at midnight in each region, in waves: New Zealand at 11:00 UTC on November 18, the UK at 00:00 UTC on November 19 and the US at 05:00 UTC on November 19, which is midnight Eastern and 9 p.m. Pacific on November 18.
What time does GTA 6 come out in Central time?
11 p.m. Central on Wednesday, November 18, because the US PlayStation Store unlocks in one wave at 05:00 UTC on November 19. That same moment is midnight Eastern, 10 p.m. Mountain, 9 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. in Alaska and 7 p.m. in Hawaii, by our conversion of the US listing we read on November 3, 2026.
What time does GTA 6 unlock on Xbox?
The Xbox Store catalog entry records the same moment as the PlayStation Store in all 40 markets with an Xbox price, such as 05:00 UTC on November 19 in the US and 00:00 UTC in the UK. Microsoft’s public listing shows only the date, and the catalog entry we read on November 3, 2026 is a store record, not a schedule from Rockstar.
Will GTA 6 unlock at midnight?
On the PlayStation Store, yes, but at midnight in the store’s region, which may not be midnight where you live. The US and Canadian stores unlock together at midnight Eastern, which is 9 p.m. Pacific on November 18, and Australia’s at midnight in Sydney, which is 9 p.m. in Perth.
Does GTA 6 release earlier in some countries?
By clock time, earlier regions reach midnight first, so on the PlayStation Store New Zealand unlocks before the UK and the US. The table on this page shows each market’s unlock moment: its local midnight, or midnight Eastern for the US store.
Can you play GTA 6 early by switching your console to New Zealand?
Nobody can promise it. Windows Central reports that changing the region in Xbox settings has worked for past midnight launches, says it may not work for GTA 6, and notes a PS5 player would need a new account and a purchase in New Zealand dollars. Rockstar Support recommends buying from a retailer in your account’s country. Checked November 3, 2026.