{
  "dataset": "NeonPulse GTA 6 claim ledger",
  "version": "2026-07-23",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution to neonpulsehq.com",
  "url": "https://neonpulsehq.com/gta-6-confirmed",
  "statusVocabulary": [
    "official",
    "reported",
    "estimate",
    "rumor",
    "disproved",
    "outdated",
    "unknown"
  ],
  "methodology": "Every claim carries a status, at least one source URL fetched and human-supervised-verified on lastVerifiedAt, a reviewer, and a change log. official = reachable first-party source; reported = named original publisher; estimate = named analyst/method; rumor = original report named, never upgraded by repetition; disproved/outdated preserve history. Source list: https://neonpulsehq.com/sources",
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "launch-date",
      "subject": "release",
      "claim": "GTA 6 launches Thursday, November 19, 2026 on PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X|S.",
      "status": "official",
      "platform": "PS5 / Xbox Series X|S",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2025-11-06",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "expiresAt": "2026-11-19",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "evidenceNote": "Announced Nov 6, 2025 with an apology for the added wait; store listings and FY27 guidance are built on this date. Confirmed ≠ unchangeable: the date has moved once before.",
      "supersedes": [
        "prior-date-may-26"
      ],
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry from Newswire post"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "prior-date-may-26",
      "subject": "release",
      "claim": "The launch date was previously May 26, 2026, announced May 2, 2025.",
      "status": "outdated",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2025-05-02",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.gtabase.com/articles/gta-6/gta-vi-officially-delayed-now-releasing-on-may-26-2026",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "GTABase (contemporaneous report of the Rockstar announcement)",
      "evidenceNote": "Superseded Nov 6, 2025 by the Nov 19 date — the only announced-date move on record.",
      "supersededBy": "launch-date",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2025-05-02",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Date announced"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2025-11-06",
          "previousStatus": "official",
          "newStatus": "outdated",
          "reason": "Superseded by November 19, 2026",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "coming-2025",
      "subject": "release",
      "claim": "Trailer 1's announcement said 'Coming 2025'.",
      "status": "outdated",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2023-12-05",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/8978kok9385a82/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-1-now",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "evidenceNote": "An open window, never a dated commitment; superseded by both specific dates.",
      "supersededBy": "prior-date-may-26",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2023-12-05",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Announced with Trailer 1"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2025-05-02",
          "previousStatus": "official",
          "newStatus": "outdated",
          "reason": "Specific date (May 26, 2026) announced"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "preorders-open",
      "subject": "preorder",
      "claim": "Pre-orders opened June 25, 2026, at midnight local time, region by region.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/5171972o3ak5oa/pre-order-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-june-25",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "evidenceNote": "The June 24 post announced the June 25 opening; updated note confirms global availability.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "vvcp-offer",
      "subject": "preorder",
      "claim": "All pre-orders AND purchases before November 20, 2026 include the Vintage Vice City Pack. This is a purchase cutoff that includes launch-day purchases, not a pre-order deadline.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-23",
      "expiresAt": "2026-11-20",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/5171972o3ak5oa/pre-order-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-june-25",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/4QfG4FmZCf5W1gS8jy4UVT/grand-theft-auto-vi-platform-editions-and-versions"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "First-party wording: 'All pre-orders and purchases before November 20'. The separate, narrower condition: one month of GTA+ applies to DIGITAL pre-orders specifically. Do not blend the two.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial entry"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-23",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Wording corrected: pre-orders AND purchases (was narrowed to pre-orders only) — independent review 2026-07-23"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "editions-two",
      "subject": "editions",
      "claim": "Rockstar and the platform stores currently list two editions: Standard $79.99 and Ultimate $99.99. No Collector's Edition has been announced as of 2026-07-25.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "US pricing",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-25",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Take-Two Interactive (IR)",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/4QfG4FmZCf5W1gS8jy4UVT/grand-theft-auto-vi-platform-editions-and-versions"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "The two listed editions are official. The Collector's Edition line is an absence-of-announcement statement (dated), not a claim of non-existence: the official editions rundown lists only Standard/Ultimate/upgrade.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-25",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Reworded from \"exactly two / no Collector's Edition appears\" to a dated absence-of-announcement statement; absence of an announcement is not proof of non-existence."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "no-disc",
      "subject": "editions",
      "claim": "The boxed physical edition contains a download code, not a disc.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/4QfG4FmZCf5W1gS8jy4UVT/grand-theft-auto-vi-platform-editions-and-versions",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Support",
      "evidenceNote": "Install requires an internet connection even though the campaign is single-player.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "preload-nov-12",
      "subject": "release",
      "claim": "Digital pre-load opens November 12, 2026; boxed copies ship from the same date.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "expiresAt": "2026-11-12",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/5171972o3ak5oa/pre-order-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-june-25",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "evidenceNote": "Physical buyers install from the code in the box, so their pre-load depends on delivery.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "single-player-launch",
      "subject": "online",
      "claim": "GTA 6 is currently described by Rockstar as a single-player experience. No multiplayer or successor online mode has been announced.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-23",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/5171972o3ak5oa/pre-order-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-june-25",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "evidenceNote": "Precision boundary: 'not announced' is NOT 'officially ruled out'. Rockstar has not excluded a future online mode; it simply has not announced one.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial entry"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-23",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "evidenceNote sharpened: not-announced vs ruled-out distinction (independent review)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "no-pc",
      "subject": "hardware",
      "claim": "No PC version has been announced.",
      "status": "official",
      "platform": "PC",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2023-12-05",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games",
      "evidenceNote": "Official page lists PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only. Historical console→PC gaps (GTA 5 ~19mo, RDR2 ~13mo) are analysis, not announcement.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "protagonists",
      "subject": "characters",
      "claim": "The protagonists are Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos; the setting is the state of Leonida with regions including Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2025-05-06",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games",
      "evidenceNote": "The Only in Leonida page is the richest official character/region source; supporting cast also named there.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trailer1-record",
      "subject": "trailers",
      "claim": "Trailer 1 (December 4, 2023) set the Guinness record for most-viewed video game reveal in 24 hours (93M+ views).",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2023-12-04",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/407081-most-viewed-videogame-reveal-on-youtube-in-24-hours",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Guinness World Records",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBZY2fkU-0"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "YouTube premiere Dec 4; the Newswire post is dated Dec 5 — cite the upload for the premiere date.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trailer2-date",
      "subject": "trailers",
      "claim": "Trailer 2 released May 6, 2025, captured on PS5 hardware.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2025-05-06",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/3928aaa9471o3a/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-2-now",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRLujxTm3c"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "Tagline 'Explore Vice City and beyond'.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fy27-guidance",
      "subject": "business",
      "claim": "Take-Two guides FY2027 net bookings of $8.0–8.2 billion, driven by the November 19 launch.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-05-14",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "expiresAt": "2026-08-07",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fourth-2",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Take-Two Interactive (IR)",
      "evidenceNote": "Company guidance — the only official financial commitment tied to the launch. expiresAt = next earnings (guidance may be updated Aug 7).",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "earnings-aug-7",
      "subject": "business",
      "claim": "Take-Two reports Q1 FY2027 earnings on August 7, 2026 — the next scheduled event where launch information could surface.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-07-10",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "expiresAt": "2026-08-08",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-report-first-quarter-fiscal-7",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Take-Two Interactive (IR)",
      "evidenceNote": "Scheduled corporate event; expires the day after it happens.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gta5-benchmark",
      "subject": "business",
      "claim": "GTA 5 has sold ~230M lifetime units; its 2013 launch hit $1B in three days (Guinness-certified).",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-05-14",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/10/confirmed-grand-theft-auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Guinness World Records",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://www.vgchartz.com/article/467903/gta-series-tops-470m-rdr-series-nears-115m-civilization-tops-80m/"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "230M is the Take-Two-reported catalog figure (May 2026); the 2013 records are Guinness-certified.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "india-pricing",
      "subject": "india",
      "claim": "India pricing on the PlayStation Store: ₹5,999 Standard / ₹7,499 Ultimate.",
      "status": "official",
      "region": "India",
      "platform": "PS5",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-25",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "expiresAt": "2026-08-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.playstation.com/en-in/games/grand-theft-auto-vi/",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "PlayStation Store (India)",
      "evidenceNote": "Store listing renders prices with \"Rs\". Price claims are region+timestamp-bound; re-verify monthly (expiresAt).",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "official",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "analyst-projections",
      "subject": "business",
      "claim": "Analyst first-year projections: Piper Sandler ~35M copies; DFC Intelligence ~40M / $3.2B.",
      "status": "estimate",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-26",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/gta-6-could-sell-35-132047794.html",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Yahoo Finance (Piper Sandler note coverage)",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://gamefragger.com/multiplatform/action-adventure/grand-theft-auto-5/analyst-predicts-gta-6-will-make-over-3-billion-in-its-first-year-a26902"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "Method: named-analyst forecasts as reported; never company guidance. Uncertainty: forecasts predate launch by months.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "estimate",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trailer3-august-theory",
      "subject": "trailers",
      "claim": "Trailer 3 has NO announced date. Insider Tom Henderson predicts early August 2026 near the earnings call.",
      "status": "reported",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-03-24",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-23",
      "expiresAt": "2026-08-15",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://gameranx.com/updates/id/561899/article/tom-henderson-says-he-is-sticking-to-my-guns-on-gta-6s-3rd-trailer-coming-early-august/",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Gameranx (reporting Henderson/Insider Gaming podcast)",
      "evidenceNote": "Henderson is explicit this is pattern-reading from Take-Two's marketing plans, NOT sourced information. Status 'reported' = the prediction is real and attributed; the trailer date itself remains unknown. Expires mid-August: either it happened or the theory failed.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-23",
          "newStatus": "reported",
          "reason": "Source verified and entered"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "online-32-players",
      "subject": "online",
      "claim": "Court documents from Rockstar's suit against fired employees referenced online playtests with 'at least 32 players'.",
      "status": "reported",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-01-15",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://kotaku.com/gta-6-multiplayer-one-detail-leak-court-docs-player-count-32-rockstar-2000659780",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Kotaku (original coverage of the court filing)",
      "evidenceNote": "A floor from an internal message in a legal filing — not a spec, not an announcement. No online mode is announced.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-20",
          "newStatus": "reported",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry (originator linked)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "voice-actors",
      "subject": "characters",
      "claim": "Manni Perez is widely reported as the voice of Lucia. Rockstar has confirmed NO cast member for any role.",
      "status": "rumor",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-07-20",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.sportskeeda.com/gta/who-manni-l-perez-likely-gta-6-s-voice-actor",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Sportskeeda (casting-claim origin coverage)",
      "evidenceNote": "Consistent across outlets but zero first-party confirmation; Rockstar historically never confirms performers pre-launch.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-20",
          "newStatus": "rumor",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fake-39m-preorders",
      "subject": "business",
      "claim": "'39 million pre-orders / $3B in 24 hours' — a viral figure from one unsourced social post.",
      "status": "disproved",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-27",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-22",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://khelnow.com/gaming/fact-check-did-gta-6-pre-orders-sell-39-million-copies-did-3-billion-in-revenue-202606",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Khel Now (fact-check)",
      "secondarySourceUrls": [
        "https://www.gamingamigos.com/post/are-gta-6-39-million-pre-order-numbers-real"
      ],
      "evidenceNote": "Take-Two has published no pre-order count, and the figure traces to a single unsourced social post rather than to any company disclosure, retailer report, or named-analyst estimate. Treat it as unsupported by any disclosed primary source.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-06-27",
          "newStatus": "rumor",
          "reason": "Viral claim appeared"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-08",
          "previousStatus": "rumor",
          "newStatus": "disproved",
          "reason": "Traced to a single unsourced post; no primary source found",
          "sourceUrl": "https://khelnow.com/gaming/fact-check-did-gta-6-pre-orders-sell-39-million-copies-did-3-billion-in-revenue-202606"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-26",
          "previousStatus": "disproved",
          "newStatus": "disproved",
          "reason": "Evidence wording corrected: the record now states the figure is unsupported by a disclosed primary source rather than asserting it was proven false, and drops an analyst-comparison framing that compared a pre-order claim against a fiscal-year units estimate."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fake-collectors-edition",
      "subject": "editions",
      "claim": "The viral GTA 6 'Collector's Edition' mockups and 'pre-order' listings are not official — none appears on Rockstar's Newswire or the first-party stores.",
      "status": "disproved",
      "region": "global",
      "firstPublishedAt": "2026-06-25",
      "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-25",
      "primarySourceUrl": "https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/4QfG4FmZCf5W1gS8jy4UVT/grand-theft-auto-vi-platform-editions-and-versions",
      "primarySourcePublisher": "Rockstar Support",
      "evidenceNote": "As of 2026-07-25 no official Rockstar page lists any edition beyond Standard and Ultimate. This debunks the specific circulating fakes as unofficial; it is not a claim that a Collector's Edition can never be announced.",
      "reviewerId": "editor-in-chief",
      "changeLog": [
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-19",
          "newStatus": "disproved",
          "reason": "Initial ledger entry (debunk)"
        },
        {
          "changedAt": "2026-07-25",
          "newStatus": "disproved",
          "reason": "Reworded to debunk the specific unofficial mockups/listings rather than assert non-existence of the concept."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}