GTA 6 release date: November 19, 2026, and why you keep seeing the wrong one
GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Here is the full delay history, why so many articles still quote May 2026, and what Rockstar actually said.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
That is the date Rockstar confirmed in November 2025, and nothing has changed since. If you are seeing a different date, you are reading something that was written before that announcement, or something that was never accurate to begin with.
The full delay history
GTA 6 has had three dates in public. Knowing the sequence is genuinely useful, because it tells you how much weight to give the next rumour.
- A vague 2025 window, given at the first trailer in December 2023.
- May 26, 2026, set when the 2025 window slipped in early May 2025.
- November 19, 2026, set in November 2025.
Rockstar’s statement accompanying the second delay was unusually plain-spoken. They said they were very sorry that this was later than expected.
The pattern worth remembering
Both delays were announced by Rockstar directly. Neither leaked first in a way that turned out to be accurate.
In between those announcements, a steady stream of “insider” claims circulated predicting other dates, and every one of them was wrong. There is no track record of anyone outside Rockstar correctly calling a GTA 6 date before Rockstar said it.
Platforms
PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only. There is no confirmed PC version and no announced PC window.
Rockstar has historically brought GTA games to PC well after console, GTA 5 launched in September 2013 and reached PC in April 2015, about 19 months later. That is a pattern, not a promise, and we will not publish a PC date until there is one.
There is no last-generation version. PS4 and Xbox One are not getting this game.
Price and editions
- Standard Edition, $79.99
- Ultimate Edition, $99.99, adding exclusive premium vehicles, weapons and apparel
Both are digital. Rockstar has confirmed there is no physical collector’s edition at launch, despite a long run of speculation about a statue bundle at around $230.
Pre-orders opened June 25, 2026. Both editions get the same bonus, the Vintage Vice City Pack, for any pre-order placed before November 20, 2026, which is the day after launch. There is no rush.
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