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GTA 6 timeline: every announcement from 2022 to launch
Every official GTA 6 milestone in order: the first confirmation, both trailers, both delays, pre-orders, the Extended Look, pre-load and launch.
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Confirmed It’s been a long road. GTA 6 finally launches on 19 November 2026, after two delays (Rockstar Newswire). Here’s every official milestone, newest last.
2022 to 2024
- Reported February 2022: Rockstar says development of the next Grand Theft Auto is well underway (GamesRadar+, TechRadar).
- Reported 4 December 2023: Trailer 1. The reveal of Vice City and Lucia, with a 2025 date (Game Informer, TechRadar).
2025
- Confirmed May 2025: first delay, to 26 May 2026 (Rockstar Newswire).
- Confirmed 6 May 2025: Trailer 2, captured on PS5, plus Rockstar’s new website with the characters and places (Take-Two).
- Confirmed November 2025: second delay, to 19 November 2026 (Rockstar Newswire).
2026
- Confirmed 25 June: pre-orders open on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S (Rockstar Newswire).
- Reported 27 August: An Extended Look, a long gameplay showcase, airs on Netflix and then YouTube (PC Gamer, Push Square).
- Reported 29 September: Game Informer’s cover story, with hurricanes, 170+ animal species and the biggest map in the series (Game Informer, Kotaku).
- Confirmed 15 October: the Launch Trailer (Rockstar Games, GamesRadar+, Shacknews).
- Confirmed 10 November: digital pre-load opens on PS5 and Xbox (Rockstar Newswire).
- 12 November: boxed copies (a code in a box) reach shops. See boxed copies.
- Confirmed 19 November: launch, at midnight local time (Rockstar Newswire).
- Confirmed 21 November: Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival in Miami (Rockstar Newswire).
We’ll keep adding to this after launch: patches, GTA Online news and any PC announcement.
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- ConfirmedRockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Set to Launch November 19, 2026
- ConfirmedRockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026
- ConfirmedRockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Orders Begin on June 25
- ConfirmedRockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Load Begins on November 10
- ConfirmedRockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival
- ConfirmedTake-Two: Rockstar Games releases Trailer 2 for Grand Theft Auto VI
- ConfirmedRockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer
- ReportedGame Informer: Grand Theft Auto VI revealed with first official trailer alongside 2025 release
- ReportedTechRadar: GTA 6, everything we know so far
- ReportedGamesRadar+: GTA 6, everything we know so far
- ReportedPC Gamer: Grand Theft Auto 6 reveal live coverage, the Netflix extended look event
- ReportedPush Square: Watch GTA 6 Extended Look here, 17 things we've learned
- ReportedKotaku: Grand Theft Auto 6 will include over 170 species of animals as well as hurricanes
- ReportedGame Informer: Grand Theft Auto VI, Welcome to Leonida
- ReportedGamesRadar+: GTA 6 launch trailer
- ReportedShacknews: GTA 6 launch trailer shows off a criminal romance
- Confirmed
- Rockstar or a platform said it
- Reported
- 2+ big outlets agree
- Rumour
- Just talk, for now