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The date is locked. Grand Theft Auto VI releases on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, confirmed by Rockstar Games and reaffirmed by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick as recently as April 2026. No PC date has been announced. Based on Rockstar’s history — GTA V took 18 months after console to reach PC, Red Dead Redemption 2 took 13 months — a PC release sometime in 2027 or 2028 is the reasonable expectation, not a guarantee.
After two public delays from an original Fall 2025 window, the November date carries more weight than the previous ones. Each month of delay reportedly costs Take-Two approximately $60 million in deferred revenue. At this point, the financial pressure to ship is immense and every signal from the publisher points to the date holding.
Here is everything confirmed, what remains unannounced, and why the stakes are unlike any previous game launch.
What Rockstar has actually confirmed
Rockstar’s official communications have been deliberately narrow. What is confirmed: a November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, two protagonists named Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval in a Bonnie-and-Clyde style narrative, a modern-day Vice City setting within the fictional state of Leonida inspired by Florida, and two official trailers — the first released in December 2023 and the second on May 6, 2025. Physical editions are confirmed at launch. Pre-orders had not officially opened as of mid-June 2026, with analysts expecting the campaign to launch in summer 2026.
What has not been officially confirmed: the price, any specific gameplay systems, online multiplayer details, or a PC release date. On pricing, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick indicated a range of $70 to $80 for the standard edition at the iicon conference in Las Vegas in May 2026. Bank of America analysts subsequently published a note expecting an $80 price tag. A Dutch retailer leaked a €99 listing — roughly $115 — which is not considered a reliable price signal but generated significant player reaction online.
The scale of what is coming
The sales projections for GTA 6 are extraordinary enough to require some careful handling. Wall Street analyst firm Piper Sandler projects GTA 6 will sell 35 million copies between November 2026 and April 2027, while Take-Two internally expects around 20 million copies sold within the first 24 hours. For context, GTA V sold 11.2 million copies on its first day in 2013, generating $800 million — itself a record at the time.
The more aggressive projections from venture capital firm Konvoy — $7.6 billion in 60 days — are based on assumptions about microtransaction revenue and subscriber growth that would require 77% of all current-gen console owners to buy the game within two months. That is not a serious forecast. The conservative end of analyst projections, roughly $3 billion in first-year revenue from DFC Intelligence, is both more credible and still staggering.
The installed base argument is sound regardless of which number you believe. Sony and Microsoft have sold roughly 66 million PS5 and 28 million Xbox Series units respectively — a larger combined current-gen base than existed when GTA V launched, and a market that has been waiting for a new GTA for 13 years.
The development story
GTA 6 is widely reported to be the most expensive video game ever made, with development costs reported to exceed $1 billion. Red Dead Redemption 2 cost an estimated $540 million to develop and market by comparison. The game has been in active development since approximately 2014, making it one of the longest-developed commercial games in history.
The road to November has not been without drama. A 2022 hack carried out by then-18-year-old Arion Kurtaj leaked 90 clips of development footage and reportedly cost Rockstar $5 million and thousands of staff hours to address. A separate, narrower breach occurred in 2026. Development is reportedly not yet content-complete as of mid-June, which is unusual this close to launch but not without precedent for a major holiday release still in final polish.
What to watch for
Pre-orders opening will be the next significant moment in the GTA 6 timeline — analysts expect them to launch between July and September 2026, alongside the start of Rockstar’s marketing campaign. A third official trailer is widely anticipated as part of that push. When pre-orders open, the price will be officially confirmed.
For players on PC, the honest answer is: wait and see. A PC version will almost certainly arrive eventually. It will not arrive on November 19.
All figures current as of mid-June 2026. Official pricing and pre-order details had not been confirmed at time of writing.