GTA 6 launch – live: Countdown to pre-orders as fans await Thursday – UK Times

While you can pre-order the game this week,Grand Theft Auto 6 will officially launch on 19 November 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S,

Rockstar originally delayed the game, which was supposed to launch in 2025. At the time, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said the extra development time was needed because of the game’s scale and complexity, but that affording Rockstar more time was “a worthy investment”.

This week, Rockstar Games will finally open GTA 6 pre-orders, and to say fans can’t wait would be an understatement.

Pre-orders will go live on 25 June on all the major digital storefronts and third-party retailers, though it’s unclear whether there will be any special editions, or what pre-order bonuses will be available.

While Rockstar Games hasn’t announced exactly what time pre-orders will open, I’ve got two hunches – at midnight, or sometime in the afternoon. The cover art and pre-order date was announced at 2pm BST last week, and Rockstar’s pre-orders for Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC went live at 4pm BST.