Rockstar announced The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection on 24 September. It is eleven pieces of merchandise in a box, it ships on launch day, it is limited to one per customer, and it includes no copy of Grand Theft Auto VI, no download code and no in-game content.
Sony announced two limited-edition Grand Theft Auto VI DualSense controllers on 3 September and opened pre-orders on 10 September. What they cost, which of the two is genuinely hard to get, why they ship on launch day, and why the game that refused to press a disc now has official hardware on only one of its two platforms.
Rockstar and Atlantic Records announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album on 17 September, with six songs out now and the rest on 19 November. Here is what the announcement actually establishes, why an album of original music is a break with how GTA soundtracks have always worked, and everything about the in-game radio that remains unannounced.
Stephen Root told the Associated Press on 13 September that he is in Grand Theft Auto VI, playing Keys smuggler Brian Heder — the first GTA 6 role any actor has confirmed. Rockstar has still published no cast list. Here is what that one confirmation establishes, which names are still fan identification, and which actors have gone on record to deny being in the game.
Rockstar is shipping the biggest game of the generation as a download code, fourteen months before PlayStation stops pressing discs for new games. Here's every statement on the record from Take-Two, Sony and Microsoft, the sales figures behind them, and what is still not confirmed.
Grand Theft Auto VI is rated Mature 17+ by the ESRB, according to a PlayStation marketing email. Nothing has been published by the ESRB itself, by PEGI or by any other ratings board, and Take-Two's own press release calls the game not yet rated. Here's every rating on the record, the descriptors, the 2005 precedent, and the one country where the rating changes how you log in.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches on 19 November 2026 as a single-player game, in Take-Two's own words, and GTA Online keeps running. No successor has been announced: no mode, no date, no scope. Here's every statement on the record, the precedent from 2013 and 2018, and the reports that are not confirmation.
Story footage from Grand Theft Auto VI is already circulating, reviews will land the day before launch if Rockstar follows its own record, and the unlock looks set to roll around the world over 19 hours. Here's what to mute, which console settings help, and why the unlock model decides who gets exposed.
Preload for Grand Theft Auto VI opens on 12 November at local midnight for digital pre-orders and redeemed codes. Here's how to make it start on its own on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, how to trigger it by hand, and what Rockstar still has not said — starting with the install size.
Rockstar has not published an install size for Grand Theft Auto VI, so plan for 250 GB free before preload opens on 12 November. Here's how much space each PS5 and Xbox Series X|S model actually has, what to delete, which expansion drives let you play from them, and which only store the game.
Raul Bautista is the bank robber who escalates Jason and Lucia from shakedowns to real scores. Here is what Rockstar has actually established about him, what the Extended Look showed of one job, and why nobody yet knows how heists in GTA VI are structured.
Brian Heder is Jason Duval's boss, landlord and nearest thing to a mentor — a smuggler from an era that ended without him. Here is what Rockstar has established about Brian, Lori, Cal Hampton and the Keys operation they run, and what is still guesswork.
Dre'Quan Priest, Real Dimez, DWNPLY and Boobie Ike form the music-industry half of GTA 6's cast. Here is what Rockstar's bios actually establish about the label, the duo and the favour that started it — and what is still guesswork.
Jason Duval is the second playable lead in Grand Theft Auto VI — ex-Army, running product in the Keys, and the reactive half of the pair. Here's what Rockstar has confirmed, what the previews added, and what is still guesswork.
Grand Theft Auto VI is an adults-only game and every console can block it — but only if the settings are in place before launch night. Here's the exact setup on each platform, and what these controls genuinely cannot do.
Preload opens 12 November and launch is 19 November — but Rockstar has not said what time the game actually unlocks. Here's both scenarios, what each means for your timezone, and why the per-country tables circulating are unreliable.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Here's the confirmed date, preload timing, why there is no online mode at launch, the delay history, and what is still unannounced.
Lucia Caminos is the co-lead of Grand Theft Auto VI and the first playable woman in a mainline GTA. Here's what the trailers confirm, what her story looks like, and why her voice actor is still a rumour.
Rockstar has now named eleven characters across Vice City and the Keys. Here is every one of them, what their official bios establish, how they connect to Jason and Lucia, and what is known about who plays them.
Rockstar has confirmed the boxed version of GTA 6 contains a download code and nothing else. Here's what that changes for resale, pre-order bonuses and storage — and which version is actually worth buying.
Every GTA 6 PC requirements table circulating right now is invented — there is no PC version, no specs and no date. Here's what Rockstar's past ports actually required, and the one upgrade worth making today.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S with no PC date announced. Here's what Rockstar has actually said, and what past releases imply about the wait.