Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI opened at midnight local time on June 25, 2026, with Rockstar Games confirming pricing, edition contents, and pre-load windows for the first time. The single-player title launches November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the publisher has laid out two purchase paths for players deciding how to lock in their copy. For everything else confirmed about the rollout, see our pre-order breakdown, and full details remain posted directly on the Rockstar Games newswire.
Interactive ToolStandard Or Ultimate? Run The Numbers Yourself
Flip between both editions below to see exactly what each price covers. Every line comes straight from Rockstar’s own edition breakdown, not estimates.
- ✓Full single-player campaign across the state of Leonida
- ✓Digital and physical (code-in-box) purchase options
- ✓Free Vintage Vice City Pack with any pre-order before Nov. 20
- ✓One free month of GTA+ included with digital pre-orders
Both editions ship with the Vintage Vice City Pack as a pre-order incentive, regardless of which tier a player buys, as long as the purchase lands before November 20, 2026. The pack pulls directly from the original Vice City’s neon-and-pastel period and unlocks the moment the game launches.
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Pricing and bonus details sourced directly from Rockstar Games’ official pre-order announcement, June 25, 2026.
The pricing announcement settles months of speculation over whether Rockstar would push past the $70 mark that most current-generation AAA titles have used. At $79.99 for Standard and $99.99 for Ultimate, GTA VI now sits above that line, and the publisher has not said whether other upcoming titles will follow the same pricing. Series veterans comparing this rollout to past launches can revisit how a similar protagonist debate played out around Red Dead Redemption, another Rockstar release built around a tightly drawn central character.
From Pre-Order To Launch: Every Confirmed Date
Five months separate today’s pre-order opening from launch night. Here is what happens, and when, based only on dates Rockstar has confirmed.
Rockstar has confirmed the game will launch with single-player only; the publisher has not detailed when or how a multiplayer service might follow. For context on what else is shipping around this window, our coverage of other current console betas tracks parallel releases competing for the same launch calendar.
Grand Theft Auto VI follows Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos through the state of Leonida after, in Rockstar’s words, “an easy score goes wrong” and the pair are pulled into a conspiracy spanning the region. The game has not yet received an age rating. Readers tracking other major gaming stories this week can also see our coverage of Nintendo’s recent Zelda dungeon-design comments, published the same week as the GTA VI pre-order opening. Players weighing whether to commit now or wait can track other Rockstar-adjacent merchandise, including the recently detailed collectible model kits arriving around the same window, while pre-order terms for GTA VI itself remain fixed through November 20 regardless of when a copy is purchased.