GTA 6 Release Date Confirmed: November 19, 2026 on PS5, Xbox

Grand Theft Auto VI arrives November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar Games confirms the date and platforms directly on its official Grand Theft Auto VI page, which still lists no PC version or Windows release date. With roughly two and a half weeks left before launch, Rockstar has used October to drop the final piece of marketing it had left: a launch trailer, a composer reveal, and a pre-order collection. Here is everything the studio has confirmed, straight from its own pages, and exactly what it hasn't said yet.

GTA 6 release date: November 19, 2026

Rockstar's official Grand Theft Auto VI page states plainly that the game is "Coming November 19, 2026." That is the date Rockstar has held to since it last moved the release window, and nothing on the studio's newswire in the run-up to launch suggests any change. Grand Theft Auto VI is one of the most searched games on the internet right now for exactly that reason: the date is close, confirmed, and unmoving.

The same page states the game "Plays Best On PlayStation 5," Rockstar's own phrasing for the lead platform, while also listing Xbox Series X|S as a confirmed destination. No other console or storefront appears anywhere on the page.

Platforms: PS5 and Xbox Series X|S — no PC date yet

If you've been searching "GTA 6 PC release date," the honest answer is that Rockstar has not given one. The official page lists only PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S as confirmed platforms. There is no Steam page, no Epic Games Store listing, and no Windows system-requirements page published by Rockstar as of this writing. Past Rockstar releases, including Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, arrived on PC well after their console launches, so a later PC version wouldn't be out of character — but until Rockstar says so on its own channels, any specific PC date circulating online is speculation, not confirmation.

It's worth separating two different things people search for under the same phrase: a PC release window, and PC system requirements. Rockstar has published neither. If a PC version lands the way prior Rockstar titles have, expect the console release to come first and any PC news to arrive as its own, separately dated Newswire post rather than a line buried in existing marketing.

The setting Rockstar keeps confirming: Vice City and Leonida

Beyond the date and platforms, Rockstar's own page repeats the same two place names across its marketing copy. One section of the official page greets returning players with "Welcome back to Vice City," while the pitch for the Ultimate Edition opens with "Welcome to Leonida, the state where anything goes." Together, that confirms the state of Leonida — Rockstar's fictional stand-in for Florida — and its flagship city, Vice City, as the confirmed setting, consistent with everything Rockstar has shown since the game's first reveal trailer. The launch trailer's own description, quoted above, names the two playable leads, Jason and Lucia, and frames their story around "an easy score" that goes wrong.

The launch trailer is out — here's what Rockstar confirmed

On October 15, 2026, Rockstar published "Watch the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer" on its official Newswire. Rockstar's own description of the footage sets the scene for the story: "Vice City, USA. Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across..."

The trailer is hosted on Rockstar's verified YouTube channel. You can watch it below.

Video: Rockstar Games · Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer

It's the clearest look yet at Jason and Lucia's story, and it arrived alongside new music — which leads to the other big piece of news Rockstar confirmed this month.

Justice composes the official score

On October 29, 2026, Rockstar's Newswire confirmed the "Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score by Justice." Rockstar's own description: "The Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score is composed by Grammy Award winners Justice, the renowned French duo of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay."

Per Rockstar's official GTA VI music page, the score itself is a 30-track adaptive soundtrack, with digital bonus tracks included on all formats, and it is scheduled to arrive on streaming, CD, and vinyl on December 11, 2026 — three weeks after the game. Two advance singles are named on the page: "Flower in a Hurricane," featuring Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and "Pusher," featuring Gesaffelstein. Rockstar lists the score as available for pre-save (digital) or pre-order (vinyl and CD) now.

Score vs. soundtrack: two different releases, two different dates

Rockstar is shipping two separate music releases around GTA VI, and it's easy to mix them up. The table below separates what the official music page actually says about each one.

In short: The Album drops with the game on launch day; the orchestral/electronic Original Score follows about three weeks later.

Grand Theft Auto VI Collection now live at the Rockstar Store

On October 8, 2026, Rockstar's Newswire announced the "Grand Theft Auto VI Collection Now at the Rockstar Store," described on the post itself as "the official Grand Theft Auto VI Collection, featuring new apparel and collectibles inspired by Grand Theft Auto VI, exclusively available now at the Rockstar Store." That's roughly six weeks before launch, and it's one of the first physical, buyable pieces of the GTA VI rollout, separate from the game itself or any pre-order bonus.

A second, separate product line — a premium "Vice City Collection" collector's box — is also linked from the official VI page under its own "Explore Now" section, distinct from the apparel collection above and from the in-game pre-order bonus covered next.

None of this requires pre-ordering the game. The apparel and collectibles collection is a standalone merchandise drop, bought and shipped independently of any copy of Grand Theft Auto VI itself, and Rockstar links to it from the main VI page's shop section rather than its pre-order section.

What's in the Vintage Vice City Pack pre-order bonus

If you pre-order Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar's own page describes the bonus content directly: "Flash back to when the neon burned brightest with the Vintage Vice City Pack, featuring the timeless two-tone '55 Vapid Stanier sedan and garage alongside the world-famous Ocean Beach, decadent outfits and hairstyles for both Jason and Lucia, and an iconic weapon pattern that echoes the excess of the past."

Broken down, Rockstar lists the Vintage Vice City Pack as including:

• A two-tone 1955-style Vapid Stanier sedan, plus a garage to store it
• Access to the Ocean Beach location
• Decadent outfits and hairstyles for both playable leads, Jason and Lucia
• An iconic weapon pattern themed to the pack

Rockstar's page labels this explicitly as a "PRE-ORDER BONUS" — it is not sold separately and is not part of the base game unless you pre-order.

Standard vs. Ultimate Edition: what pre-ordering unlocks

Rockstar's page lists two purchasable tiers alongside the pre-order bonus itself. The standard pre-order nets the Vintage Vice City Pack described above. The Ultimate Edition goes further: Rockstar describes it as "an exclusive collection of items threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia's story," adding extra customization options — including, per the page, exclusive vehicle customs with "detailed interiors, exquisite rims, and donk stylings" that Rockstar says are "only open for business with the Ultimate Edition."

Rockstar's page does not spell out every individual item in the Ultimate Edition beyond what's quoted above, and no second-party retailer page should be treated as more authoritative than Rockstar's own listing. The customization angle is specific, too: Rockstar's copy for this tier promises players can "transform vanilla vehicles into magnificent works of art with detailed interiors, exquisite rims, and donk stylings," explicitly flagged as "only open for business with the Ultimate Edition" — meaning that particular customization path isn't available to standard pre-orders at all.

None of this is the same as the separate "Vice City Collection" collector's box mentioned above, which Rockstar sells as its own standalone physical product through the Rockstar Store and doesn't include the game.

What about the price?

Rockstar's own Grand Theft Auto VI page does not display a retail price for the base game, the Ultimate Edition, or pre-orders at the time of writing. Numbers are circulating elsewhere online, but because Rockstar hasn't published one on rockstargames.com or its Newswire, we're not stating a figure here — treat any specific price you see on a third-party store or forum as unconfirmed until Rockstar or a first-party storefront (PlayStation Store, Xbox, or the Rockstar Store itself) lists it directly.

Why this is dominating gaming searches right now

Few release dates generate the sustained search volume GTA VI is pulling in: "gta 6 release date," "gta 6 release date and time," "gta 6 pre order," and "gta 6 price" are all climbing as the countdown narrows. That's partly the franchise's track record — Grand Theft Auto V remains one of the best-selling entertainment products ever made — and partly timing: GTA VI's launch window overlaps with a packed fall and winter release calendar, from the League of Legends Worlds 2026 finals to other major open-world launches gamers are tracking, like the ongoing comparisons between Crimson Desert and Black Desert Online.

That demand has a downside, too. High-profile pre-orders are a favorite target for scalper bots and phishing pages that imitate official storefronts to harvest payment details or resell pre-order codes; it's worth understanding how botnets and automated bot networks operate before buying from anywhere other than Rockstar's own store, the PlayStation Store, or the Xbox storefront.

What happens next

Between now and November 19, expect Rockstar to keep posting to its Newswire on a near-weekly cadence — further marketing beats, possibly more platform or feature detail, and eventually a day-one patch note or launch-day post once the game ships. Two confirmed dates now sit on the calendar after today: November 19 (the game and The Album) and December 11 (the Justice-composed Original Score). For PC players, the only reliable move is to keep checking Rockstar's own Grand Theft Auto VI page and Newswire directly — no PC date exists yet, and Rockstar has historically announced PC ports as their own, separate news events rather than folding them into the console launch.

Treat anything not posted on rockstargames.com or Rockstar's verified social accounts — pricing figures, a PC date, or leaked patch notes — as unconfirmed until Rockstar says otherwise.

Written byJonah Reyes

Jonah Reyes leads Pandromeda's gaming coverage: console and handheld hardware, release dates, pricing changes, patch notes and the business moves behind the biggest franchises. He sources every date and price from the platform holders and publishers themselves, and says plainly when something is still only a rumour.

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