Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA VI, GTA 6) is an upcoming Grand Theft Auto game from Rockstar Games, scheduled for release on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The game is set in Vice City and the State of Leonida, and its story follows the criminal duo of Lucia and her partner Jason.
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 state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
A heist that was supposed to go smoothly falls apart, and Jason and Lucia end up at the center of a conspiracy spanning the entire State of Leonida. The Vice City police appear to be involved.
To survive, the pair will have to cross the whole state. They are helped by Jason's friend Cal Hampton, his employer Brian Heder and the producer Dre'Quan Priest.
In An Extended Look, Rockstar showed episodes from the main story: a trip to Raymond of the San4San gang to pick up product, a police raid led by Méndez, and a Megamundo party where the heroes guard Andrés de León.
Whether Jason and Lucia become a couple is up to the player. It changes part of the story, but the two can never fully break up.
GTA 6 takes place in the fictional State of Leonida in the southeastern United States. It stretches along the Atlantic coast: beaches, islands and swamps in the south, forests, farms and plains toward the northern border. The neighboring state is Gloriana.
Leonida consists of six regions: Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga. Administratively it is divided into the counties of Vice-Dale, Kelly, Leonard, Mariana and Ambrosia.
Vice City
The state's main city. It is home to pastel Art Deco hotels on Ocean Beach, the Cuban bakeries of Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market and a port billed as the cruise capital of the world. Other districts include the Stockyard arts quarter, Vice Beach, Tequesta and La Perle, where the Haitian community lives.
Leonida Keys
A tropical archipelago. Life moves slowly and the cocktails flow, but it is only safe at first glance. Jason lives on the islands: Brian Heder lets him stay in one of his houses for free.
Grassrivers
Swamps crisscrossed by channels where airboats race. Alligators swim in the water, and the mangroves hide something even more dangerous.
Port Gellhorn
A former resort town that fell into decline long ago: cheap motels, closed amusement parks and empty shopping malls. The strip club Delights is here too.
Ambrosia
The industrial heart of the state. Residents work at the Allied Crystal sugar factory, while a local biker gang supplies everything else.
Mount Kalaga
A national park on the state's northern border, home to most of Leonida's wildlife. Hunters, anglers and tourists come here, while rural mystics and paranoiacs hide from the authorities in the forests. The area also has ATV trails, mud racing, oval-track derbies, bike trails, farms, ranches and a golf club.
Prototypes
Leonida is modeled on Florida, and Vice City on Miami. Stockyard echoes Miami's Wynwood district, Leonida Keys the Florida Keys archipelago, and Grassrivers the Everglades. For the northern regions, Rockstar studied Panama City, Jacksonville and Ocala.
According to the developers, Vice City alone is twice the size of GTA 5's Los Santos.
More than 50 real street artists painted the walls of the Stockyard arts quarter in Vice City.
Read about all of Leonida's regions, districts and venues in the Places section.
Jason Duval
Jason grew up among con artists and swindlers. To leave a difficult youth behind, he joined the Army, and after his service he settled in the Leonida Keys and started working for local drug couriers.
Meeting Lucia changed his life.
Lucia Caminos
Her father taught Lucia to fight as soon as she could walk, and life has hit her without a break ever since. Defending her family, she ended up in Leonida's prison and got out only by a stroke of luck.
Lucia learned her lesson: from now on, only calculated moves. She no longer just dreams of a good life — she is working to get it.
Brian Heder
Brian witnessed the golden age of drug trafficking in the Keys and is still in the game. With his third wife Lori he moves product through his boat station, though others do the dirty work for him now.
Brian lets Jason live in one of his houses for free. In return, Jason collects rent from the tenants and drinks the sangria that Lori makes with the host.
Cal Hampton
Cal is Jason's friend and also works for Brian. He is happiest at home: a couple of cans of beer, paranoia, coast guard radio chatter and an incognito browser window.
He sits at the very bottom of the social ladder and seems quite content there.
Raul Bautista
Raul is an experienced robber, and each of his plans is bolder than the last. He is always looking for accomplices willing to risk everything for a big score.
The stakes keep rising, and one day Raul's crew will have to choose: go all in or get out of the game.
Boobie Ike
Boobie is a living legend of Vice City. He started out as a street dealer and now owns an entire empire: real estate, the strip club Jack of Hearts and a recording studio.
Together with aspiring producer Dre'Quan, he founded the label Only Raw Records, and now all they need is one hit.
Dre'Quan Priest
Dre'Quan used to deal drugs on the street to make a living, but he always dreamed of a music career.
He signed the duo Real Dimez to Only Raw Records and set his sights on the Vice City music scene. Soon someone else will probably be booking acts for Boobie's club.
Real Dimez
Bae-Luxe and Roxy have been friends since school. They used to shake down local dealers; now they rap about their past and regularly post content on social media.
The two recorded a hit single with local rapper DWNPLY, who helped Real Dimez reach a new level. After five years and plenty of adventures, they signed with Only Raw Records.
Others
- Stefanie — a social worker at Leonida's prison whom Lucia meets while incarcerated
- Lori Heder — Brian's third wife, who helps him run the boat station
- Raymond of the San4San gang — the man Jason and Lucia visit to pick up product
- Ernesto — Raymond's partner, who calls him before the raid
- Méndez — a police officer who leads the raid on the San4San house
- Petra Navarro — chief operating officer of Megamundo
- Andrés de León — a guest at the Megamundo party who ends up held hostage
- Valentina — hires Jason and Lucia to guard Andrés
Read about all known GTA 6 characters in the Characters section.
GTA 6 changes the series' familiar mechanics more than any previous installment: Jason and Lucia get their own reputation and relationship systems, the police are far smarter, and money and loot now physically exist in the game world instead of just being numbers in the interface.
The details come from the Extended Look on August 27, closed demos for gaming outlets and creators at Rockstar North's office, and coverage from Game Informer, LOVE, Bloomberg and Edge.
World Scale
- The map is roughly twice the size of GTA 5's, and Rockstar says all of its landmass is nearly equal to the maps of GTA 4, GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 combined. Vice City alone is already twice the size of Los Santos.
- You can get around the state without your own car: buses and trains run, and taxis are called through the RydeMe app.
- There are "an order of magnitude more" interiors than in Rockstar's previous games
- To the north, Leonida borders Gloriana, the game's version of Georgia
- As in Red Dead Redemption 2, animals can be studied. There are more than 170 species: over 60 species of birds, more than 30 land mammals, fish and reptiles, and some of them can also be seen in the Leonida zoo.
- Rare and legendary animals can be tracked down, as in Red Dead Redemption 2
Weather
- Weather no longer switches between presets: clouds drift on their own and rain falls locally, so you can stand in the sun and watch a downpour roll over the next block
- Rain leaves puddles behind, and with the right light a rainbow appears
- Wind bends the grass and sways the trees, while islands and buildings shelter the water from it, so boats handle differently
- Leonida has tropical storms and seasonal hurricanes. Planes and helicopters are shaken in a storm, and a long flight through one causes minor damage
- In bad weather, pedestrians look for shelter. Sunsets and nights are longer than in GTA 5
The World and Its People
- NPCs are noticeably more varied and lifelike: there are around 600,000 animations for their reactions, and pedestrians differ in appearance, build and personality.
- You can greet pedestrians, provoke them or try to calm them down, and the character no longer starts shooting automatically.
- Pedestrians notice how you carry a weapon: one reaction if it is on your back, another if it is in your hands. The residents' lines are written by a separate team in Los Angeles
- In dirty, smelly places the heroes grimace: the reaction to smell works as a system
- The world lives on without the player: onlookers gather around street incidents and gangsters rob armored trucks, all without the main characters' involvement.
- Among the unusual little things, you can pet a dog or a cat, and if a pet owner is cleaning up after their animal on the street, you can shove them, grab the dropped bag and throw its contents at another pedestrian.
Character Stats
- The screen shows three bars: health, stamina and focus, an analog of Dead Eye from Red Dead Redemption 2. Focus slows time and highlights weak points on people and vehicles.
- Food and drinks temporarily raise your stats: a smoothie boosts stamina and focus, an apple and chips restore health. Overeating, however, leads to weight gain.
- Lucia has less health than Jason; she makes up for it with agility and hand-to-hand combat.
- The bar maximums themselves can be upgraded through activities: running, basketball, the shooting range or the gym.
- You can switch between Jason and Lucia at any moment the story allows: a wheel lets you play as one of the heroes or control both at once. If the characters are close, switching is almost instant; if they are far apart, it takes a few seconds.
The Gym
- A membership is bought at the front desk, and protein shakes come from vending machines; they give a temporary strength and stamina buff for the duration of the workout.
- One set (for example, eight bench presses) fills a third of the daily workout bar; three strength exercises in a game day give a temporary boost to maximum health.
- Different machines train different stats: strength equipment raises health, the treadmill raises stamina, and the shooting range and basketball raise focus.
- The gym is entirely optional, so you can finish the game without ever visiting it, and going together counts as a date for Jason and Lucia.
Jason and Lucia's Relationship
- Relationship status is shown by a heart in the character menu, and there is no permanent bar on the screen. Closeness is measured on a four-level scale. Whether to stay friends or become a couple is up to the player: it grants no bonuses, but part of the story changes, and the relationship cannot be fully destroyed: the pair cannot break up, only grow distant.
- Ways to bring the heroes closer include text messages (including a goodnight wish), dates and shopping trips, working out together, walks around Leonida and a visit to the zoo, heists outside the main story and small household requests.
- Holding hands, hugging when they meet and deciding whether the heroes kiss when they see each other also affect the relationship.
- If you stay away from home for a long time, Jason or Lucia may text you asking you to lock the door or saying they have already gone to bed, and it is better not to ignore such messages.
- Rockstar does not say whether Jason and Lucia will be able to marry
Criminal Profile
- The honor system from Red Dead Redemption 2 has been replaced by a criminal profile: the scale runs from "Professional" to "Incorrigible", marked by angel and devil icons, and the profile grows when crimes are committed cleanly, without unnecessary victims and destruction.
- The profile also rises a little from everyday things like disposing of trash properly, and falls from pointless cruelty: killing animals, desecrating bodies, plowing into a crowd.
- The scale is not shown on screen and can only be viewed in the character menu, and Jason and Lucia have separate profiles: one can be played carefully while the other is let loose.
- If the profile sinks too low, the icon in the menu cracks, and that is irreversible for the given playthrough.
- According to Rockstar, the profile affects the course of the story. An opponent can be intimidated or put out of action, and whoever shoots first earns a brutal profile
Driving and Physics
- There is no more auto-aim when shooting from a car: you aim manually, with automatic aim assist near the target.
- Cars feel heavier and more weighty to drive than in GTA 5: a rear-wheel-drive model will fishtail if you simply floor the gas from a standstill. At the same time, top speeds have increased, and long drives go faster.
- Streets are narrower and traffic is noticeably denser, so weaving through is harder and there are more crashes. The heroes use turn signals on their own or on the player's command.
- For the first time in the series, gas stations are not just scenery: you have to watch your fuel level, and electric cars have dedicated charging stations.
- The damage model is more detailed: instead of abstract dents from hits and bullets, specific body parts fall off.
- Unusual vehicles include a working tow truck and electric scooters that are handy for escaping the police through narrow alleys.
- There are many new vehicle models, especially boats.
Carjacking
- Cars have several levels of protection: the pricier the car, the harder it is to hack. Older models can be opened with an ordinary lockpick, while modern sports cars have electronics that cannot be bypassed yet, so all that is left is to pull the driver out on the move.
- The driver may run away in panic, or may turn out to be armed and fight back. After almost any carjacking, the owner can report it to the police
- Breaking the window of a parked car sets off the alarm and attracts witnesses.
- A stolen car has to be registered for a fee before it becomes truly your own vehicle.
- The WAiNK app shows everything you need to know about a specific car, from its value and repair cost to whether it has an alarm or a tracker. It also lists the cars that buyers are looking for, and part of the payout depends on the condition the car is delivered in.
Shooting and Combat
- Cover is back, along with the camera shoulder swap from Red Dead Redemption 2. You can now crouch anywhere, not just by walls.
- You can carry two one-handed guns and two two-handed ones, and the rest of the weapons stay in the trunk of your personal car. There are separate slots for melee weapons, gadgets and throwables such as Molotov cocktails.
- Enemies do not have to be killed: they can be disabled with a shot to the leg or arm, or have their weapon knocked out of their hands. Hit markers of different colors show the result: wounded, incapacitated or dead.
- Lucia has signature moves, such as firing a pump-action shotgun one-handed and a heel kick in close combat.
- Weapons can apparently be customized: engravings, color schemes and liveries.
- The cinematic kill cams and crash cams can be turned off in the settings.
Wanted Level and the Police
- Police car icons have been removed from the minimap, so you have to watch for patrols by eye, and only a red-and-blue glow at the bottom of the screen warns you of their approach.
- The six-star wanted meter is back: at the maximum, the police coordinate the search across the entire state.
- Under the wanted level, icons show exactly what the police know: a weapon in hand, your appearance, your clothes, the presence of a partner and whether you were caught on CCTV.
- Changing your description helps shake the wanted level. You can switch weapons, split up from your partner and change clothes right in the car.
- The map shows two wanted zones: the crime scene and a wider patrol radius, and to get away you have to leave that radius.
- Most modern cars, including almost all police cars, have a GPS tracker: a stolen car can be traced by its location unless you have the beacon removed by a buyer or switch to an older model without electronics.
- In a chase, the police aim for your tires, and after an arrest the player simply respawns at a police station.
- The police lay spike strips on the road and call in dog handlers with dogs
Money and Heists
- Money is kept in three places: a bank account (completely safe, topped up only through an ATM, not through the phone), cash (lost on arrest or death) and a loot bag after heists (which has to be taken to a buyer).
- How much loot fits depends on the vehicle: on a motorcycle, only what the hero carries, in a car trunk a couple of bags, in a van noticeably more.
- You can rob almost any establishment you can physically enter, from small shops and diners to jewelry stores and bank branches.
- Money matters more in GTA 6 than in previous games in the series: sometimes you need to save up a certain amount to continue the story.
Smartphone
- The phone is now a full 3D object: the character physically takes it out, and the camera moves in over the shoulder.
- The apps include banking (Buckme), taxis (RydeMe), summoning your personal vehicle (Scooter Bros), the WhatUp messenger for chatting with other characters and a fitness tracker with a workout chart.
- On the Snapmatic social network, NPC posts appear in real time, and you can use them to find where an event happened and catch it live.
Graphics and Performance
- The gameplay shown ran at native 1440p on a base PS5, without dynamic resolution or upscaling technologies like FSR.
- The frame rate holds at 30, as Rockstar confirmed when pre-load opened. On PS5 Pro, as Sony reported, PSSR and ray-traced shadows will be added.
- According to Digital Foundry, if the game comes to PC, a powerful processor will be needed for a stable 60 frames per second, and chips with a lot of cache (3D V-Cache) will perform best.
- The entire launch trailer was shot on a regular PS5
This section will keep growing with new showings and previews, since some mechanics will likely be tuned or changed before the game's release on November 19.
Trailer 1
The first GTA 6 trailer focuses on the atmosphere of the game, a mix of luxury, crime and the chaos of everyday life.
Many of the events shown are inspired by modern Florida and social media culture, where even the most absurd incidents quickly go viral.
Trailer 2
The second GTA 6 trailer focuses on the relationship between Jason and Lucia and the development of the story.
Besides new characters, the video showed the heroes' everyday and criminal life, along with the variety of activities and the scale of the open world.
An Extended Look
In An Extended Look, Rockstar showed full GTA 6 gameplay for the first time: about 27 minutes of footage captured on PlayStation 5.
Launch Trailer
Rockstar released the launch trailer without any announcement on October 15, 2026. The video runs 90 seconds and was shot entirely on a regular PlayStation 5. It features the single Flower in a Hurricane by Justice.
Detailed breakdowns of the GTA 6 trailers can be found in the Trailers section.
All GTA 6 screenshots can be found in the Screenshots section.
All GTA 6 artwork can be found in the Artwork section.
The original music for GTA 6 was written by the French electronic duo Justice. Their single Flower in a Hurricane, featuring Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, came out on October 15 alongside the launch trailer. Justice will release the game's score itself on December 11 as a separate album, Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score, with 50 tracks, on digital, vinyl and CD.
The 34-track album Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album comes out on November 19 alongside the game.
Rockstar has officially shown six radio stations, each with its own hosts. Besides radio, the game has podcasts that the heroes listen to on headphones.
- Cocoteo FM — modern Latin; hosts El Martillo (Bad Bunny) and La Gata (RaiNao)
- Back Country Radio — renegade country; hosts MW (Morgan Wallen) and Delta Dawne (Lana Del Rey), reporter Mud Dog Mike (Jeremy Dufrene)
- AfroBank FM — African music: 20th-century classics, amapiano, 3-step; hosts Burna (Burna Boy) and Palmsy (Palms Trax)
- The Chamber 106.6 — metal; hosts DJ Kerry (Kerry King) and DJ Tom (Tom Araya)
- Flash FM — pop and dance; hosts Robyn and Alex (Alex Consani)
- Dirty South Classics — Southern rap and hip-hop classics; hosts Trick (Trick Daddy) and Trina
All the stations, songs from the trailers and previews are in the GTA 6 Soundtrack section.
2015–2021
The history of GTA 6 began long before the official announcement. According to Bloomberg, the team's first trip to Miami for research took place back in 2015, but almost the whole studio was then moved onto Red Dead Redemption 2. Serious work on GTA 6 began in 2019, and the game's code name was Project Americas: the setting was originally meant to cover large parts of North and South America.
2022
In 2022, Rockstar Games confirmed for the first time that a new Grand Theft Auto game was in development, on February 4.
Later, on July 7, the studio said it was gradually stepping up work on the project, moving more and more resources and staff onto it to reach the highest possible level of quality.
Alongside the official information, rumors and leaks around the game grew louder. The largest came on September 18, 2022, when more than 90 videos and images hit the internet, showing early versions of characters, vehicles and locations for the first time. Rockstar confirmed the leak, saying that an unauthorized third party had accessed its systems.
2023
On November 8, 2023, Rockstar Games president Sam Houser announced that the game's first trailer would come out in early December. On December 1, the exact date and time were confirmed: December 5, 2023, at 9:00 AM ET. At the same time, Rockstar published the first official GTA 6 artwork.
In the end, another leak meant that the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer appeared online on the evening of December 4. It revealed the game's full title for the first time and confirmed that the story takes place in Vice City and the surrounding State of Leonida, centered on a criminal duo, Lucia and Jason. The end of the trailer gave a release date of 2025.
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet. Coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
2024
In 2024, Rockstar Games published no new announcements about GTA 6, though users spotted technical changes and updates to the structure of the game's official website. In December 2024, at The Game Awards, GTA 6 was named the most anticipated game.
2025
On May 2, 2025, Rockstar Games delayed GTA 6 to May 26, 2026. A few days later, on May 6, the company released the second trailer and updated the official game website, publishing new information about characters, story and locations. A new batch of screenshots, videos and artwork was also presented.
On November 6, Rockstar Games announced another delay, moving the release date to November 19, 2026. The studio expressed regret over the long wait and noted that "this additional time will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve".
In December 2025, at The Game Awards, GTA 6 was named the most anticipated game for the second year in a row.
2026
Pre-orders and editions
On June 18, 2026, five months before the game's release, Rockstar Games broke its long silence and announced the start of pre-orders for GTA 6, set to begin on June 25. Along with this, the company unveiled the game's cover, updated the official website and published several new artworks.
On June 24, Rockstar Games revealed the contents of the full Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition and said that all players who pre-order or buy the game before November 20 will receive the Vintage Vice City pack.
It also emerged that the physical version of GTA 6 will go on sale on November 12 and contain only a digital code to start the pre-download. At the same time, more than 60 new screenshots appeared on the site, revealing the content of the Ultimate Edition and Vintage Vice City.
Pre-orders opened on June 25, and the price of GTA 6 became known.
Extended Look and the CYBERLEEK leaks
On August 6, Rockstar Games announced An Extended Look at Grand Theft Auto VI, premiering August 27 on Netflix and YouTube.
On August 18, 2026, a group called CYBERLEEK made itself known and began posting photo and video material from a playable build of GTA 6. The images shown included the map, a basketball game, a chase on a stolen police motorcycle, scenes in a strip club, a nudist beach and other moments from life in Leonida.
The group said it was protesting publishers' practices, above all digital pre-orders and content cut at launch. At least 15 videos appeared in just over a week, and on August 26 footage with Lucia leaked for the first time.
The same day, Rockstar Games publicly responded to the leaks for the first time. The studio called what was happening "heartbreaking" for the team and apologized that the game and details about it had not appeared officially for so long. Rockstar also asked fans to be patient until the November 19 release.
An Extended Look took place on schedule: first on Netflix at 3:00 PM ET on August 27, then at 9:00 PM ET on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the GTA VI website. On August 31, 29 new screenshots appeared on the site, bringing the official gallery to 99 images.
On the day of the showing, the British magazine Dazed published a big interview with Rob Nelson, Rupert Humphries and other Rockstar North staff, along with seven new images.
The album and the collector's set
On September 17, Rockstar and Atlantic Records announced the 34-track album Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, with the first six singles released right away. On September 24, pre-orders opened for the collector's set The Goodtime State — Vice City Collection.
Magazine interviews
From late September, Rockstar began giving big interviews to the press, and each came with new official images:
- September 29 — Game Informer: the cover of the November issue, 14 pages about Leonida and 12 screenshots. Rockstar spoke about hurricanes and more than 170 animal species
- October 2 — LOVE magazine: Jason and Lucia on the cover of issue 27, an interview with the writers and seven new images
- October 14 — Bloomberg Businessweek: Jason Schreier spent a day at Rockstar North and described how the game was made. Two new images came out with the piece
- October 29 — Edge: 16 pages from Rockstar North and 12 screenshots. Rob Nelson played the current build for an hour and a half with no script
Radio, the launch trailer and South Park
On October 8, Rockstar revealed the game's six radio stations and podcasts, and a clothing and souvenir collection appeared in the Rockstar Store.
On October 15, the launch trailer came out without warning. Rockstar also named the authors of the original music, the French duo Justice, whose single Flower in a Hurricane plays in the trailer. On October 28, it emerged that Justice's music would be released on December 11 as a separate album, Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score, with 50 tracks.
In October, the game received its final age ratings: M (17+) from the ESRB and 18 from the USK.
On October 28, the episode "Guinea Pig on a Stick" of the animated series South Park showed previously unreleased GTA 6 gameplay: on Vice Beach, Jason fights a passerby by throwing a bag of dog poop at them.
Pre-load
On November 3, Rockstar announced that pre-load will begin on November 10: on PS5 at midnight local time, on Xbox Series X|S worldwide at 12 a.m. GMT. The pre-load file will take up to 212 GB depending on the console. Code-in-box versions should be available from retailers beginning November 12.
On November 19, a free printable cover art poster and a map of Leonida will be added to the game's official site, and a double-sided physical poster will be available from the Rockstar Store shortly after launch. It will cost $0.99 on its own or come free with any purchase from the store.
On November 10, pre-load opened for everyone who placed a digital pre-order. Along with that, Rockstar shared technical details:
- The game aims for 30 fps
- On PS5 Pro the image is sharper thanks to PSSR, and ray-traced shadows are exclusive to that console
- Xbox One can run the game through Xbox Cloud Gaming
Launch Gallery
On November 5, Rockstar published the Launch Gallery on the game's official site, a collection of new GTA 6 screenshots.
The Festival
On November 9, Rockstar announced the live concert GTA VI: The Festival. It takes place on November 21 in Miami, and tickets were given out through a lottery.
GTA 6 comes in two editions: Standard Edition and Ultimate Edition. You can buy the game on the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store and Rockstar Store.
Standard Edition is available digitally and as a boxed code, while Ultimate Edition is sold only digitally. Code-in-box versions should be available from retailers beginning November 12, and pre-load of the digital copies has been under way since November 10.
Standard Edition
The base version of the game with no extra content. After buying the Standard Edition, you will be able to upgrade it to Ultimate Edition later.
Ultimate Edition
Ultimate Edition includes exclusive vehicles, unique weapons, expanded sets of clothing, tattoos and cosmetic options, as well as extra customization and tuning services.
The edition also includes special missions about finding and restoring classic cars, and access to unique locations with special items and contraband.
Price
- Standard Edition — $80
- Ultimate Edition — $100
Where to Buy
Pre-Order Bonus
All players who pre-order or buy the game before November 20 will receive the Vintage Vice City bonus pack.
It includes the Vapid Stanier car, a personal garage on Shore Court near Ocean Beach, and a set of Vice City-style clothing, hairstyles and weapon skins for Jason and Lucia.
In addition, a pre-order gets you a free month of GTA+ for GTA Online.
November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
On November 10: on PS5 at midnight local time, on Xbox Series X|S at 12 a.m. GMT. Details are in our news article.
At the time of writing, Rockstar Games has not announced a PC version of GTA 6. According to GamesBeat on October 13, it will arrive in the first quarter of 2027, but Rockstar has not confirmed this.
Standard Edition costs $80, and Ultimate Edition costs $100.
Standard Edition and Ultimate Edition.
At the moment, Rockstar Games has not made any official announcements about a GTA 6 Online multiplayer mode, but there is no doubt it will happen.
Multiplayer will likely open some time after the story mode's release, but that is just our speculation, so we are waiting for an official announcement. According to Bloomberg, the online mode is expected in 2027.
There is a theory that GTA 6 Online will be released as a separate game, like GTA Online and Red Dead Online, which can be bought separately from the single-player component.
Standard Edition is available digitally and as a boxed edition with a digital code. Ultimate Edition is sold only digitally.
A full disc version of the game had not been announced at the time of writing. According to media reports, it will come out in December 2026.
The pre-load file will take up to 212 GB depending on the console, as Rockstar itself has stated. Earlier, about 210 GB for PS5 was found in the PlayStation Store database. Pre-load has been open since November 10.
M (17+) from the ESRB and 18 from the USK. PEGI 18 is listed in European stores.
The game is built on Rockstar's proprietary Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE).












