The GTA 6 timeline and claim ledger

GTA 6 launches Thursday, November 19, 2026 on PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X|S.

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.

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Pre-orders opened June 25, 2026, at midnight local time, region by region.

The June 24 post announced the June 25 opening; updated note confirms global availability.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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The boxed physical edition contains a download code, not a disc.

Install requires an internet connection even though the campaign is single-player.

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Digital pre-load opens November 12, 2026; boxed copies ship from the same date.

Physical buyers install from the code in the box, so their pre-load depends on delivery.

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GTA 6 is currently described by Rockstar as a single-player experience. No multiplayer or successor online mode has been announced.

Precision boundary: 'not announced' is NOT 'officially ruled out'. Rockstar has not excluded a future online mode; it simply has not announced one.

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No PC version has been announced.

Official page lists PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only. Historical console→PC gaps (GTA 5 ~19mo, RDR2 ~13mo) are analysis, not announcement.

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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.

The Only in Leonida page is the richest official character/region source; supporting cast also named there.

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Trailer 1 (December 4, 2023) set the Guinness record for most-viewed video game reveal in 24 hours (93M+ views).

YouTube premiere Dec 4; the Newswire post is dated Dec 5 — cite the upload for the premiere date.

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Trailer 2 released May 6, 2025, captured on PS5 hardware.

Tagline 'Explore Vice City and beyond'.

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Take-Two guides FY2027 net bookings of $8.0–8.2 billion, driven by the November 19 launch.

Company guidance — the only official financial commitment tied to the launch. expiresAt = next earnings (guidance may be updated Aug 7).

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Take-Two reports Q1 FY2027 earnings on August 7, 2026 — the next scheduled event where launch information could surface.

Scheduled corporate event; expires the day after it happens.

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GTA 5 has sold ~230M lifetime units; its 2013 launch hit $1B in three days (Guinness-certified).

230M is the Take-Two-reported catalog figure (May 2026); the 2013 records are Guinness-certified.

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India pricing on the PlayStation Store: ₹5,999 Standard / ₹7,499 Ultimate.

Store listing renders prices with "Rs". Price claims are region+timestamp-bound; re-verify monthly (expiresAt).

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Analyst first-year projections: Piper Sandler ~35M copies; DFC Intelligence ~40M / $3.2B.

Method: named-analyst forecasts as reported; never company guidance. Uncertainty: forecasts predate launch by months.

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Trailer 3 has NO announced date. Insider Tom Henderson predicts early August 2026 near the earnings call.

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.

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Court documents from Rockstar's suit against fired employees referenced online playtests with 'at least 32 players'.

A floor from an internal message in a legal filing — not a spec, not an announcement. No online mode is announced.

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Manni Perez is widely reported as the voice of Lucia. Rockstar has confirmed NO cast member for any role.

Consistent across outlets but zero first-party confirmation; Rockstar historically never confirms performers pre-launch.

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The launch date was previously May 26, 2026, announced May 2, 2025.

Superseded Nov 6, 2025 by the Nov 19 date — the only announced-date move on record.

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Trailer 1's announcement said 'Coming 2025'.

An open window, never a dated commitment; superseded by both specific dates.

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'39 million pre-orders / $3B in 24 hours' — a viral figure from one unsourced social post.

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.

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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.

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.

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