to two postponements. This is the complete documented history of announcements regarding GTA 6. No more, no less – what is missing here has neither been published by Rockstar nor Take-Two.
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The first trailer and a 2025 release window
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Rockstar published the first trailer a day earlier than planned because the video had leaked. The trailer description gave a release year of 2025.
Source: BBC News
The window narrowed to autumn 2025
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Take-Two Interactive's communication with investors narrowed the window to autumn 2025. No exact date was announced at the time.
Source: PCGamesN
First delay — new date of 26 May 2026
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Rockstar announced the game would not arrive in autumn 2025 and set a new date of 26 May 2026. The reason given was the time needed to finish it.
Source: Kotaku
The second trailer
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Four days after the delay announcement came the second trailer. It was the first sight of Jason and Lucia in motion and of more of Leonida than just Vice City. According to Rockstar it was the biggest video launch in the studio's history — 475 million views across platforms in the first 24 hours.
Second delay — release on 19 November 2026
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The date moved from May to 19 November 2026. Rockstar accompanied it with an apology that this was later than players had expected.
Source: ESPN
Pre-orders opened
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Rockstar opened pre-orders on the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store, its own store and at retailers. The Standard Edition costs $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition $99.99. Every pre-order includes the Vintage Vice City Pack. Rockstar did not separately state prices in local currencies.
Source: Variety — price and pre-orders
An extended look announced for Netflix
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Rockstar announced “Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look” — a premiere on 27 August at 3 p.m. ET on Netflix and the same day at 9 p.m. ET on its own YouTube channel. It did not say what the presentation would contain.
Source: Rockstar Newswire
Take-Two talks up pre-orders but gives no figures
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On the earnings call, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick described the start of pre-orders as exceptional. The company did not publish a unit count, so it cannot be verified or compared.
Source: Variety — Take-Two earnings
Footage and a map leak nine days before the presentation
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Gameplay footage and images of the whole Leonida map appeared online; a group calling itself Cyberleek claimed responsibility. Take-Two began having the material taken down from platforms on copyright grounds. Part of the commentary held that it came from an older build. We do not publish the material and do not link to where it is.
The extended look arrived — 26 minutes of gameplay
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Rockstar published 26 minutes of footage which it says was captured in-game on a base PlayStation 5. It premiered on Netflix and six hours later went out freely on YouTube and the game's website. It is the longest material released for the game so far.
Rockstar gives figures for the size of the game for the first time
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In interviews published alongside the presentation, Rockstar gave the map ratio — three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2, and twice Los Santos for Vice City alone — and more than 600,000 animations for passers-by against 55,000 in GTA V. Rob Nelson of Rockstar North mentioned that his own playthrough, side content included, took around eighty hours, and that the game will ship on time.
Source: VGC — map size and other figures
The presentation topped Netflix's weekly chart
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According to the weekly viewing report, the presentation drew 31.1 million views between 27 and 30 August and was the most-watched title on the English-language film chart. Netflix counts a view as hours watched divided by runtime, so it cannot be compared with YouTube.
More screenshots added to the official website
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A week after the presentation, Rockstar added another batch of PS5 screenshots to the game's website — the characters, Vice City and the surrounding regions. It issued no new announcement with them; this is imagery, not new information.
Take-Two goes to court over Cyberleek’s identity
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Take-Two is asking a New York federal court to make Microsoft and Discord hand over identifying data on Cyberleek — including device IDs, IP addresses, phone numbers, and linked Google and Xbox accounts for everyone who posted in three specific Discord servers since 1 June. The court granted a second, this time sealed, request for further data from Discord; the original deadline for Microsoft and Discord to hand over data was 4 September 2026. The company itself describes the investigation as “rapidly evolving.”
Source: PC Gamer — court grants Take-Two’s further sealed request
GTA VI: The Album announced
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Rockstar and Atlantic Records announced an album of 34 original tracks, due to launch with the game on 19 November. Six singles were released immediately, including songs by Travis Scott, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, and Keith Richards.
The Goodtime State collector's box
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Rockstar opened preorders for the $399.99 The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection: 11 items inspired by the Leonida show Macca the Gator. It does not include the game.
GTA 6 on the cover of Game Informer
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Issue 382 features a 14-page article with 12 exclusive screenshots and interviews with Rockstar's lead designers — covering weather that simulates Florida's less sunny side and Leonida's abundance of wildlife.
What Follows from this Timeline
There were nearly three years between the first trailer and the announced release date. During this time, the date was pushed back twice, and each time the studio announced it itself – it didn’t leak. For a game of this size, that’s more a good than a bad sign.
The second thing that stands out is that each delay was announced with sufficient advance notice before the original date. There were no last-minute shifts.
That is our interpretation of the timeline, not information from Rockstar.
What is missing from the timeline because nobody announced it
- A PC version has no announced date and no confirmation that it is coming. Neither the extended look nor the interviews around it mentioned computers at all.
- A separate online component has no announced date or shape.
- A performance mode on consoles. Analyses of the recording point to 30 frames per second; Rockstar has not commented.
- No Czech localisation has been announced.
- System requirements, editions and local-currency prices have not been officially published.
And what about everything else that’s been said about the game?
The rumour tracker sorts each statement according to who makes it and how it’s supported – even those that have been found to be false.