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The full GTA VI timeline — official announcements, trailer drops, and what the industry is reporting. We link a source on everything; rumors are labeled as rumors.
With the November 19 date locked, industry reporting points to late June or early July 2026 for the next marketing wave — pre-orders opening alongside a third trailer. Nothing official yet; we'll cover it the moment Rockstar moves.
Source: TechTimes ↗On its Q4 FY2026 earnings call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reconfirmed the November 19, 2026 release, backed by $8B+ in FY2027 revenue guidance tied directly to the launch. The date is locked.
Source: Forbes ↗Take-Two announced the launch would move from May 26, 2026 to November 19, 2026 — the second shift after the original Fall 2025 window. Rockstar said the extra time is to finish the game at the level of polish players expect.
Source: Rockstar Newswire ↗Rockstar dropped Trailer 2 with a screenshot and info blowout: Jason and Lucia caught in a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida. It pulled 475M+ views across platforms in 24 hours.
Source: Rockstar Games ↗The first official look at GTA VI: modern-day Vice City, the state of Leonida, and Lucia — the series' first female protagonist since the 2D era. It broke YouTube records with 100M views in under a week.
Source: GameSpot ↗