When does GTA 6 come out?

Thursday November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

What time does GTA 6 unlock?

Midnight in each PlayStation Store’s own time zone, from 11:00 UTC on November 18 in New Zealand to 06:00 UTC on November 19 in Mexico. The US and Canada stores both use Eastern time. These are store timestamps, not a Rockstar table.

Not yet. No PC version has been announced or dated.

Is GTA 6 on PS4 or Xbox One?

No. It has only been announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Does the physical edition have a disc?

No. The box contains a download code.

Does GTA 6 have online multiplayer?

Nothing has been announced. Rockstar’s store listing calls GTA VI “a single-player experience”, and Rockstar has said nothing about a GTA 6 Online.

GTA 6 Release Date and Unlock Times

Unlock times

When it unlocks where you are

These are the unlock times in Sony’s regional PlayStation Store listings, gathered by GTAVice.net. The pattern is midnight in each store’s own time zone. Reported

PlayStation Store region	UTC	Your time
New Zealand	November 18, 11:00	—
Australia	November 18, 13:00	—
Japan, South Korea	November 18, 15:00	—
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan	November 18, 16:00	—
Indonesia, Thailand	November 18, 17:00	—
India	November 18, 18:30	—
United Arab Emirates	November 18, 20:00	—
Saudi Arabia, Turkey	November 18, 21:00	—
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Israel, Romania, South Africa, Ukraine	November 18, 22:00	—
Most of western and central Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden…)	November 18, 23:00	—
United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Iceland	November 19, 00:00	—
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay	November 19, 03:00	—
Bolivia	November 19, 04:00	—
United States, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru	November 19, 05:00	—
Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua	November 19, 06:00	—

Three things to know. On PS5, US players on the West Coast get it at 9pm on the 18th, because the US PlayStation Store opens at midnight Eastern. The “New Zealand first” trick needs a separate New Zealand PSN account — you cannot change an existing account’s country. And these are store timestamps, not a Rockstar announcement: Sony or Rockstar can change them. Xbox has not published a per-region table. Its US listing shows 05:00 UTC, and Digital Foundry reports that Xbox unlocks follow your console’s time-zone setting.

Between now and then

Key dates on the calendar

September 10 — GTA VI DualSense pre-orders Confirmed
Black and White limited editions, $84.99 / £74.99 / €84.99, launching November 19. The story.
November 12 — pre-load opens Confirmed
Download it ahead of time so it is ready to play the moment your region unlocks. Physical copies (a code in a box) start shipping from this date.
November 18, 11:00 UTC — first region unlocks Reported
New Zealand, per the PlayStation Store listings above.
November 19 — launch day Confirmed
Each PlayStation Store region unlocks at midnight in the store’s own time zone, which is not always midnight where you are — check the table above.

How we got here

Two delays, then a date that has held

December 2023 — Trailer 1, “2025”
The first trailer promised a 2025 release.
May 2025 — first delay, to May 26, 2026
Trailer 2 followed days later.
November 2025 — second delay, to November 19, 2026
Rockstar said it needed the extra time to finish the game to the standard it wanted. Take-Two reaffirmed the date in its August 7 earnings report, and Rockstar repeated it on August 26, after the leaks.

Performance

What it runs at, as far as anyone can tell

Reported

1440p at 30 FPS on a base PS5

Digital Foundry’s read of the Extended Look: it looks like 1440p internally, spatially upscaled to 4K, at a relatively stable, well-paced 30 FPS.

Reported

No 60 FPS promise

Rob Nelson has reportedly declined to promise a 60 FPS mode, and Digital Foundry calls one on console “extremely unlikely”.

Unknown

PS5 Pro, Series X, file size

No official figures. Any install size you see is a guess.

The full write-up is in our Digital Foundry story.

PC

Is GTA 6 coming to PC?

Likely, going by Rockstar’s history, but not announced and not dated. Rockstar has confirmed PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only.

History is the only guide. GTA V reached PC about 19 months after its console launch (September 2013 to April 2015); Red Dead Redemption 2 just over a year after (October 2018 to November 2019). VGC’s Andy Robinson says there is “a bit of noise” about an earlier PC version Unverified — no source named. Anything quoting a PC date is guessing. What PC cheats will likely look like is on the PC cheats tab.

Stay safe

No legitimate GTA VI download before November 12

Before pre-load opens there is no legitimate copy of GTA VI to buy or download. Anything offered is a scam. Security researchers have already found a “$50 leaked copy” site that empties crypto wallets and 100GB “ISOs” carrying ransomware.

Buy and download only from the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store or a real retailer. Details of both scams are in this story.

Quick answers

Frequently asked

When does GTA 6 come out?
Thursday November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
What time does GTA 6 unlock?
Midnight in each PlayStation Store’s own time zone, from 11:00 UTC on November 18 in New Zealand to 06:00 UTC on November 19 in Mexico. The US and Canada stores both use Eastern time. These are store timestamps, not a Rockstar table.
When can I pre-load GTA 6?
From November 12, 2026.
Is GTA 6 on PC?
Not yet. No PC version has been announced or dated.
Is GTA 6 on PS4 or Xbox One?
No. It has only been announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Does the physical edition have a disc?
No. The box contains a download code.
Does GTA 6 have online multiplayer?
Nothing has been announced. Rockstar’s store listing calls GTA VI “a single-player experience”, and Rockstar has said nothing about a GTA 6 Online.

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