GTA 6 News
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.
Rockstar helicoptered a pink-and-white "Welcome to Vice City" sign onto the roof of Miami's Kaseya Center — the first piece of a citywide GTA VI campaign as launch closes in.
Read the story →At Take-Two's shareholder meeting, Strauss Zelnick said GTA VI arrives November 19 as a single-player experience, with "no recurrent consumer spending anticipated" at launch. The existing GTA Online keeps running.
Read the story →The King of the Hill and Office Space actor is the first GTA VI cast member to publicly confirm a role — he plays Brian Heder, the old-school Keys drug runner who's Jason's landlord.
Read the story →Rockstar co-director Rob Nelson says the game is "currently targeting 30fps on all consoles." A 60fps option at launch or later hasn't been ruled in or out.
Read the story →Rockstar skipped a traditional Trailer 3 and premiered a 27-minute in-game showcase on Netflix, then YouTube six hours later. It hit No. 1 on Netflix and crashed both Netflix and Twitch on the night.
Read the story →In its first earnings report since pre-orders opened, Take-Two again listed GTA VI for November 19, 2026 and reiterated $8.0–8.2B in FY2027 net bookings. Strauss Zelnick called pre-orders "unprecedented and astonishing" but gave no number.
Read the story →Rockstar opened pre-orders with two editions and confirmed that boxed copies contain a download code instead of a disc. Preloading starts November 12; pre-orders get the Vintage Vice City Pack and a month of GTA+.
Read the story →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.
Read the story →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.
Read the story →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.
Read the story →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.
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