Grand Theft Auto 6 finally launches this year (on consoles, anyway) after being delayed twice. Initially set to release in the fall of 2025, it was moved to May 2026, and then moved again to November 2026, which now puts it in the busy holiday release season. No PC release date has been announced yet, because Rockstar claims that console players are GTA's core audience. Despite that being demonstrably untrue, it is standard Rockstar practice to hold its PC versions for about a year after console release.
With preorders now open, the second half of 2026 is likely going to be jam packed with routine Vice City marketing in the leadup to what will likely be one of the biggest game launches of the decade.
- Release window: November 19, 2026 on consoles with an unknown PC release date.
- Setting: Vice City, Leonida, a modern day parody of Miami, Florida.
- Characters: Bonnie and Clyde-style duo Lucia and Jason lead the GTA 6 cast.
- Price: $80 standard edition and $100 Ultimate Edition
Latest about Grand Theft Auto 6
When the heck is GTA 6 going to release on PC?
Remote Start We're expecting to wait about a year, and for Rockstar to keep playing coy about the PC version.
Take-Two won't reveal raw GTA 6 preorder numbers because it doesn't know what they mean: 'It's just never happened before'
news The publisher says it isn't sure how to interpret GTA 6's 'astonishing' preorder sales.
GTA 6 might not technically be $100, but it's had its cake and ate it too as pre-orders are 'skewing more to the premium edition'
News Schrodinger's price change.
GTA 6's Netflix deal forces us to ask: can you pirate an advertisement?
Grand Theft Trailer Just when you thought videogame marketing couldn't get sillier, people are going to wind up stealing a trailer.
Even with an $80 price tag, 'Grand Theft Auto 6 will be an incredible bargain,' Take-Two boss says
news Strauss Zelnick reckons that the quality of the experience will more than justify the price.
Take-Two boss dismisses hand-wringing over the end of disc-based games: 'Our business is well over 90% digitally distributed as it is'
news Strauss Zelnick says Take-Two will still put out physical editions "now and then," but for the most part, the era of games on discs is already over.
The first GTA 6 gameplay reveal will debut on Netflix later this month, as the streaming service tries yet again to get a piece of that videogame pie
News Huh. Okay then.
What happens after GTA 6?
crashing out With the industry in flux, will Rockstar's big one create more chaos or calm things down? Probably neither.
