GTA 6 confirmed for November 19 release

Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026, according to a post on the company’s Newswire. The date replaces the May 26, 2026 release target Rockstar announced on May 2, 2025. Parent company Take-Two Interactive repeated the November 19 date in its latest earnings materials, tying the game to expectations for fiscal 2027 results. ### When did Rockstar actually confirm the date? Rockstar Games published a Newswire post saying, “Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026.” The company added that the extra months would allow it to finish the game with the level of polish players expect. (rockstargames.com) May 2, 2025 was the date of Rockstar’s earlier delay notice, when it said Grand Theft Auto VI was “now coming May 26, 2026.” That means the latest confirmation is not a first release window announcement, but a second date change issued by the company itself. ### What changed from the previous plan? (rockstargames.com) May 26, 2026 was Rockstar’s prior official target, published in a standalone Newswire announcement last year. The new November 19 date pushes the launch by nearly six months from that earlier schedule. Take-Two Interactive said in its fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings release that fiscal 2027 should reach “new record levels of operating performance” driven by the November 19 launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. (rockstargames.com) That statement put the game at the center of the publisher’s financial outlook for the coming year. ### What has Rockstar shown publicly so far? Rockstar’s official Grand Theft Auto VI page remains live and describes the game as set in Vice City and the state of Leonida. (rockstargames.com) The page identifies Jason Duval and Lucia as central characters and links to the game’s trailers and other materials. Rockstar’s public Newswire archive also continues to list the November 19, 2026 GTA VI item among more recent company posts. (ir.take2games.com) That archive is the company’s main channel for announcements, screenshots, trailers and release updates. ### Did Take-Two back up Rockstar’s announcement? Take-Two Interactive repeated the November 19 date in investor materials released today. (rockstargames.com) In the company’s earnings release, Chief Executive Strauss Zelnick said Take-Two expected fiscal 2027 to be driven by the “November 19th launch of Grand Theft Auto VI,” alongside the rest of its portfolio. The company had also used the same November 19 language in prior investor materials, showing alignment between Rockstar’s consumer-facing announcement and Take-Two’s guidance to shareholders. (rockstargames.com) ### What should players watch next? Rockstar Games said in its May 2025 delay notice that it looked forward to sharing more information “soon,” and the company’s GTA VI page remains the main hub for trailers and updates. (ir.take2games.com) Rockstar has not, in the official materials reviewed, published a separate schedule for pre-release marketing beats tied to summer 2026. (take2games.com) November 19, 2026 is now the operative date across Rockstar’s Newswire and Take-Two’s earnings documents. The next concrete public step is likely to be additional Rockstar promotional material or another Take-Two update in future fiscal 2027 disclosures. That is an inference based on the company’s stated release date and its use of official channels. (rockstargames.com 1) (rockstargames.com 2)