Everything we know about GTA VI

Rockstar Games has announced Thursday, November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The PlayStation Store and Xbox store listings unlock the game at midnight on that date in each store region's time zone, starting in New Zealand (11:00 AM UTC, Nov 18) and ending in Mexico and Central America (6:00 AM UTC, Nov 19). In the US and Canada that is 12:00 AM EST. Rockstar has not posted unlock times itself.

Pre-load starts at midnight local time on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 on PS5, and at 12:00 AM GMT on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar says it needs up to 212 GB of free space, depending on the console.

The date has moved twice. Trailer 1 promised 2025. In May 2025 Rockstar moved the game to May 26, 2026, and in November 2025 it moved again, to the current date.

A PC version has not been announced.

GTA VI takes place in Leonida, Rockstar's take on Florida, and returns to Vice City for the first time since 2002's Vice City and its 2006 prequel.

The official site splits the state into six areas:

• Vice City, the neon metropolis
• Leonida Keys, the island chain to the south
• Grassrivers, the wetlands
• Port Gellhorn, a faded Gulf coast resort
• Ambrosia, the sugar refinery town
• Mount Kalaga, the forested north with its national park

How big the map is, and whether all of it is open from the start, has not been said.

The story follows Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval, a couple pulled into crime together. Lucia is fresh out of the Leonida Penitentiary; Jason is an Army veteran running jobs for a smuggler in the Keys.

Both are playable. Coverage of the extended look describes switching between them, but how that works in detail is still to be seen.

Alongside the leads, the official site introduces:

• Cal Hampton, Jason's conspiracy-minded friend
• Brian Heder, the veteran Keys smuggler Jason works for
• Boobie Ike, a Vice City legend with a club, real estate, and a label
• Dre'Quan Priest, Boobie's partner at Only Raw Records
• Real Dimez, the duo of Bae-Luxe and Roxy
• Raul Bautista, a career bank robber

Rockstar has not named any voice actors.

Trailer 1 (December 2023) introduced Lucia, Vice City, and the wider state, set to Tom Petty's Love Is a Long Road. Rockstar put it out a day early after it leaked.

Trailer 2 (May 6, 2025) came with the official site update: character bios, the six areas, and dozens of screenshots. It was set to Hot Together by The Pointer Sisters, and Rockstar said it was captured on PlayStation 5 and is equal parts gameplay and cutscenes.

An extended look (reported for August 27, 2026) ran close to half an hour, following a chain of jobs with side activities such as races, jet skis, and diving. We list it as reported because we could not check Rockstar's own post.

Coverage also reports a launch trailer in mid October 2026. We will add details once we can check them against Rockstar's channels.

Confirmed by Rockstar: the setting of Leonida and Vice City, the six areas, Jason and Lucia as the leads, the eight character bios, the release date, the two console platforms, the pre-load dates, and the pre-load size.

Not confirmed: a PC version, the voice cast, the size of the map, and anything about the next version of GTA Online. Unlock times come from the PlayStation Store and Xbox store listings, not from a Rockstar post.

Vehicle and weapon names in this wiki mostly come from what is visible in footage. Rockstar has not published lists, so those entries are marked reported or rumored.