GTA 6 launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox — there's still no PC release date
Rockstar's date is locked in and pre-orders are open, but Grand Theft Auto VI hasn't been announced for PC. Here's what's actually confirmed, and what isn't.
Grand Theft Auto VI has a release date Rockstar says will not move again: November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Take-Two chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick reaffirmed that date in interviews published in early August, and said marketing would begin this summer. There is still no PC version, no PC price and no PC release window — not a leak, not a rumour, just nothing announced.
A date that took two tries to stick
Rockstar originally aimed for a Fall 2025 window, pushed the game to May 26, 2026, then pushed it again to its current date. Both moves were framed the same way: more time to finish the game, not a change of scope. Take-Two also backed November 19 in its own fiscal guidance, which carries more weight than a marketing line — a public company doesn't put a launch quarter into guidance it isn't reasonably confident about.
Two delays on the same title make a third slip the obvious next question, not an unfair one. Zelnick's answer this time is that the date is fixed and the marketing campaign is already being built around it.
What's actually confirmed
Pre-orders opened on June 25, 2026. The Standard Edition is $79.99, the Ultimate Edition $99.99, and the Ultimate adds extra vehicles, weapons and clothing tied to the story rather than a separate campaign. Every pre-order, either edition, includes a cosmetic Vintage Vice City pack and one month of GTA+, Rockstar's GTA Online subscription. All of that applies to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. None of it currently applies to anything else.
Where PC players actually stand
Rockstar has never skipped Steam for a mainline Grand Theft Auto game, so a PC version is a matter of when, not if — the gap has just varied a lot. GTA IV reached PC seven months after its console launch in 2008; GTA V took nineteen months, arriving in April 2015 after a September 2013 console debut. No PC date, price or storefront has been announced as of this week, and Rockstar hasn't even committed to a vague window like "next year." Anyone quoting you a specific PC date right now is guessing.
That gap is also why there is nothing to compare prices on yet. Our breakdown of every real edition price gap in the catalogue will apply the moment a PC listing exists and a Deluxe or Ultimate tier shows up next to Standard — and the key-type and region questions we flag on every game page will matter more here than on almost anything else we cover.
For now: if you don't own a PS5 or Xbox Series X|S, there is nothing to buy yet, and no reliable date for when that changes. We'll fold the update into this page rather than publish a new one the moment Rockstar names a platform and a date.
Update, August 15: Rockstar and Netflix have since set a date for the next real look at the game. See what's confirmed about the August 27 Extended Look premiere — it doesn't change anything on this page, but it's the next real milestone before launch.
