{"id":378583,"date":"2026-09-21T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378583"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:36:56","slug":"gta-6-gets-its-november-2026-release-date-ps5-and-xbox-pre-orders-are-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gta-6-gets-its-november-2026-release-date-ps5-and-xbox-pre-orders-are-live\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 gets its November 2026 release date: PS5 and Xbox pre-orders are live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rockstar Games has finally put a date on it: Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives <strong>November 19, 2026<\/strong> on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, putting an end to months of guessing around the release of one of the biggest games in the business.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto V\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/00ac4474-9b62-11e6-b641-00163ed833e7\/4182230954\/grand-theft-auto-v-the-manual-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Grand Theft Auto V<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/grand-theft-auto-v-the-manual.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/grand-theft-auto-v-the-manual.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-orders are already up on the PlayStation Store and <a href=\"https:\/\/xbox.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox Store<\/a>. The PS5 listing suggests a <strong>midnight unlock<\/strong> in each local time zone. Pricing is set at $79.99 for the Standard edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate edition. As for what you&#8217;re buying, it&#8217;s Leonida, a return to Vice City, and two leads, Lucia and Jason, at the center of a Bonnie-and-Clyde-style story.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rockstar still hasn&#8217;t said <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/gta-6-on-pc-are-you-ready-for-a-long-wait\" rel=\"noopener\">when the PC version<\/a><\/strong> is coming. If history holds, that&#8217;ll come later. Some estimates place it in late 2027, while unverified claims have suggested it could land before April 2027. The game was also pushed back from 2025 after a messy development stretch that saw gameplay and source-code leaks, a reported 192 GB breach, and two official trailers. Trailer two alone reportedly pulled in around 475 million views on day one. Sales forecasts have topped $5 billion for the first week, and reports have put the budget somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion, with roughly 6,000 developers involved.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re planning to play on console at launch, Grand Theft Auto 6 is probably one to lock in <strong>early<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can pre-order Grand Theft Auto 6 now for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S through the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockstar Games has finally put a date on it: Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, putting an end to months of guessing around the release of one of the biggest games in the business. Pre-orders are already up on the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gta-6-gets-its-november-2026-release-date-ps5-and-xbox-pre-orders-are-live\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GTA 6 gets its November 2026 release date: PS5 and Xbox pre-orders are live&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":378582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-378583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378584,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378583\/revisions\/378584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378583"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378583"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378583"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}