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GTA VI unlocks at midnight local time on Thursday, November 19.

Everything we know about GTA VI, starting with what we don't

PC, online, map size, story length and the pre-order count are still open. Release, price, platforms, the world, the cast and the music are on the record, each with a link to the full story.

By Officer Scarn Updated 5 min read

Rockstar's official image of a Vice City marina: yachts moored along a dock, a speedboat leaving a white wake, and a city skyline across the water with a plane overhead. Image: Rockstar Games.

Last updated: November 11, 2026. We update this page as things change. The changelog is at the bottom.

Rockstar and Take-Two haven't announced a PC version or an online mode. They haven't said how many people pre-ordered or how big the map is in kilometres, and Rockstar hasn't published an official story length.

Those are the open questions, and our five things Rockstar still hasn't said goes through each one. Almost everything else is on the record, starting with the date. GTA VI unlocks at midnight local time on Thursday, November 19, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Release and unlock times

The date is set. Take-Two's CEO says Rockstar "has completed the development of GTA VI."

Rockstar says the game unlocks at midnight local time on November 19, in every region and on both consoles. That makes it a rolling launch, with New Zealand first and North America last. Pre-load opened on November 10 and needs at least 212 GB free on PS5. A boxed copy is a download code, not a disc, and retailers should have it from November 12.

More: Pre-load and unlock times, with the city-by-city times.

Price and editions

Whichever edition you buy, you get the whole game.

The Standard Edition costs US$79.99 and the Ultimate Edition US$99.99. In Canada that's C$109.99 and C$139.99. Ultimate adds vehicles, weapons, shops, tattoos and side content, and Rockstar's listing puts the Vintage Vice City pre-order pack with the Standard Edition.

The Goodtime State Vice City Collection is a collector's box with 11 items and no game. It's US$399.99 in the US and C$559.99 in Canada. Tech Times reports that Rockstar North's Rob Nelson said there is "no monetization" in GTA VI. Our price story has every market, and it's the place to look for the euro, pound, yen and other prices.

More: Price and editions and The collector's box.

Platforms and performance

Rockstar gave one frame-rate target for both consoles. The differences are in the picture, the controller and how Xbox One gets the game at all.

Rockstar says GTA VI is "targeting 30 frames per second" on both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. PS5 Pro adds PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, an upscaler, and ray-traced shadows that Rockstar says are Pro-only. On every PS5, PlayStation says the DualSense's speaker, haptics and adaptive triggers are used throughout the game.

Xbox One can play it only through Xbox Cloud Gaming, which uses Xbox Series S graphics settings. It isn't on PS4. No PC version has been announced. Rockstar hasn't said what resolution any console runs at, whether there's a choice of graphics modes, or how the Series X and Series S versions differ when installed locally.

More: 30 fps, PS5 Pro and DualSense.

The world

There's no official map until launch day, when a free printable one comes to Rockstar's website. For now, this is what Rockstar has named.

GTA VI is set in Leonida, Rockstar's take on Florida. Rockstar has named six regions: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. Weather stays local, tropical storms and hurricanes are in, and Game Informer reports more than 170 animal species. Rockstar hasn't published the map's size in square kilometres.

More: The map and Weather and wildlife.

Characters, trailers and music

Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos are the two leads, and Rockstar's site profiles six more people around them. Rockstar hasn't named the voice cast.

There are four videos so far: Trailer 1, Trailer 2, An Extended Look and the Launch Trailer. A set of screenshots followed on November 5, when Rockstar said the game was "now officially only two weeks away."

Not all the music lands on November 19. Six radio stations were previewed on October 8. The Album has 34 tracks and arrives with the game. Justice's score follows on December 11, and Rockstar's Festival is at Mana Wynwood in Miami on November 21.

More: Characters, Trailer timeline and Music.

Brands, law enforcement and Vice City

Vice City shows up in real life before the game does. The Miami Heat play as Vice City on November 18, on a custom court and in Nike and Cactus Jack uniforms.

Inside the game, we've counted 41 fictional brands confirmed so far, from Burger Shot to Pißwasser to the Fleeca bank. Rockstar has also shown or named six law enforcement agencies, from Vice City Police to a sheriff's office in the swamps.

More: Brands, Law enforcement and A Night in Vice City.

Ratings, pre-orders and streaming

If you're buying for someone younger or going live on launch night, start here.

The ESRB rates it M for Mature 17+, with seven content descriptors, the same list as GTA V. Outlets report PEGI 18. The ESRB listing also carries an "In-Game Purchases" label, and Rockstar hasn't said what it covers.

Sony says it's the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation Store history, and Microsoft calls it the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store. Neither gave a number, and Take-Two hasn't either.

If you're streaming: Rockstar's policy allows cutscenes inside a playthrough, and it targets isolated cinematics and spoiler clips. Twitch's Grand Theft Auto VI category is live.

More: Ratings, Pre-order records, Spoiler policy and The Twitch category.

Speculation

Everything in this section is speculation for now. Rockstar hasn't confirmed any of it.

  • Review date. A leaker, NateTheHate, says the review embargo lifts on Wednesday, November 18. Insider Gaming says it verified the date, and Notebookcheck and Beebom reported it. More: Review date.
  • Fan-list police forces. Six more law enforcement names, such as the Leonida Highway Patrol, come from a fan list that Dexerto reported. None has a second reputable source. More: Law enforcement.
  • A pre-order record. Sensor Tower's estimate of 9.69 million digital console pre-orders is above Cyberpunk 2077's 8 million across all formats. The two don't count the same things, and nobody with the real numbers has said GTA VI passed it. More: Pre-order records.

Changelog

  • November 11, 2026: new headline and intro. The open questions now come first, and the "Still unconfirmed" section is folded into them. The story-length line now says Rockstar hasn't published an official story length. No other facts changed.
  • November 10, 2026: page created. Facts re-checked against Rockstar's, PlayStation's and Xbox's November 10 posts.

Sources

Sources (6)
  1. Pre-Load Grand Theft Auto VI Now (Rockstar Newswire)
  2. Pre-load Grand Theft Auto VI on PS5 starting today (PlayStation Blog)
  3. Grand Theft Auto VI Will Run At 30 FPS On All Consoles (Game Informer)
  4. Grand Theft Auto VI Comes to XBOX One and XBOX Series X|S Through XBOX Cloud Gaming on November 19 (Xbox Wire)
  5. Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival (Rockstar Newswire)
  6. Grand Theft Auto VI official site (Rockstar Games)