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A new GTA Online Weekly Update is live, and it is the last one before GTA 6 launches on November 19th. Rockstar has rotated much of the game's content for the week and attached some hefty bonuses. The event week runs from November 12th through November 18th. Kortz Center Heist gets new Primary Targets The headline change is the Kortz Center Heist, which receives a fresh set of Primary Targets: In Excess of Success, What are Melons? and Breathless. The first-completion bonus resets for the week,

With launch just over a week away, Rockstar Games has let another piece of Vice City slip out, and this one fooled plenty of people into thinking they were watching real life. A Miami-focused Instagram account called Only In Dade posted a short in-game clip from Grand Theft Auto VI to its story on Wednesday night. The account is known for covering the quirkier side of Miami-Dade County. After roughly an hour of fans debating on social media whether the video was authentic, Rockstar settled it by

Eight days before launch, another GTA VI interview is giving players a closer look at how Rockstar's Vice City behaves moment to moment. An excerpt from The Guardian's upcoming interview with Rockstar North's Rob Nelson was published early through the outlet's "Pushing Buttons" newsletter. It describes a hands-on demo in which Nelson walked the writer through the small touches in Jason's animation set. The full piece is due Saturday, November 14, and it's unclear whether it will sit behind a pay

Grand Theft Auto VI hasn't launched yet, but it's already breaking records. Pre-loading opened on Tuesday, and the rush of fans downloading the game's enormous install pushed British broadband networks to new highs. Record-breaking first hour According to Virgin Media O2, pre-load day produced the biggest traffic peak and the highest daily data volume in the network's history. In the first hour pre-loading was available, between 12am and 1am on Tuesday 10th November, broadband traffic was up 51.

Xbox has a new long-term partner in Take-Two Interactive, and Grand Theft Auto VI is the first beneficiary. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced the 10-year agreement on November 10, nine days before the game's release. Sharma wrote that the day marked "the first step in our new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two." She said GTA VI will be playable on Xbox One through cloud gaming at launch, and that it is already the most pre-ordered game in Microsoft Store history. What's confirmed for GTA 6

Grand Theft Auto VI has officially become the most pre-ordered game ever on both PlayStation and Xbox, according to statements from the platform holders themselves. With launch nine days away, the milestone is the clearest sign yet of how big this release is going to be. Records on both platforms In a blog post published Tuesday, PlayStation stated that GTA VI is "the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store." Xbox CEO Asha Sharma made a matching claim on X, saying the game is a

The frame rate debate is over. In a Rockstar Games Newswire post tied to the start of pre-loading, the studio confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI will run at 30 frames per second on PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. There is no 60 FPS performance mode on any of them. Rockstar's Explanation Rockstar says the game was built from the ground up for current-generation hardware, with the team "targeting 30 frames per second" while pushing both platforms to their limits. The studi

Grand Theft Auto VI may have already become the most pre-ordered video game ever made. A fresh sales estimate from Sensor Tower puts the game at close to 10 million pre-orders, with launch only days away. The report lands one day after Take-Two described the game's pre-order numbers as "unprecedented." Sensor Tower's tracker now backs up that language with hard figures. A sharp acceleration The most striking detail is the pace. Sensor Tower estimates about 1.98 million pre-orders came in over th

Take-Two Interactive says pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI have reached a level the games industry hasn't seen before, and it's promising hard numbers soon. With Grand Theft Auto VI ten days from release on November 19, Rockstar Games' parent company used its latest earnings report to make clear that demand is running well beyond what it planned for. No pre-order total has been shared yet, but the company suggests one is on the way. What Take-Two Said Take-Two reported its fiscal Q2 2027 resul

With GTA 6 now sitting on PlayStation 5 consoles in regions where it's already November 10, dataminers have wasted no time digging through the game's files. The first findings point to a more modern upscaler, a high frame rate mode that may never be used, and what could be a ray tracing boost for PS5 Pro owners. Rockstar hasn't confirmed any of this, so treat everything below as a read of unfinished data rather than a promise about the final game. A possible ray tracing upgrade on PS5 Pro The mo

Grand Theft Auto VI is now downloadable. Pre-loading has begun rolling out around the world, which means the decade-long wait is down to a single download bar. The file is enormous, though, so the next several days are best spent clearing space and getting a head start. Players have until midnight local time on November 19th, when the game launches. With a download this size, most people will want to start well before then. PS5: A Staggered, Time-Zone-Based Rollout On PlayStation 5, pre-loading

With Grand Theft Auto VI just hours from opening for pre-load, the leaks have started. The latest is the game's main menu background music, the track that will play whenever you sit on the title screen. The game is already on PlayStation's servers GTA VI has reportedly been uploaded to PlayStation's store backend, so the files are staged and ready to go out to players on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. That has given people with the technical know-how a first look at what's inside, and the menu theme i

A new piece of GTA 6 artwork has surfaced, and it comes with a mystery attached. German retailer MediaMarkt posted images on Instagram of a double-sided GTA VI poster. One side shows the game's cover art, while the other carries previously revealed artwork with a "Welcome to Vice City" logo in the bottom right corner. Included with every box, or just MediaMarkt's? The poster in the photos appears to have been unfolded, which has fueled speculation that it ships inside every code-in-box copy. Th

With GTA 6 less than two weeks from launch on November 19, the final pre-release details are arriving quickly. The newest comes from Xbox, where store data points to a larger install than on PlayStation 5 and to regional differences that echo what was spotted on Sony's platform. Recap: the PlayStation numbers Last week, the tracking account PlayStationSize reported that GTA 6 weighed in at 210GB in the PlayStation Store backend. Rockstar Games later published its own blanket figure of 212GB. Pla

With launch now under two weeks away, one question keeps coming up: can you play GTA 6 before November 19? Officially, no. Take-Two executives confirmed on the August earnings call that there will be no early access, so every player unlocks the game at the same moment on November 19. Pre-ordering doesn't change that. It secures the game and any bonus content, but no edition lets you load in before the launch date. The unofficial answer is more interesting, and it comes down to time zones. Why so

With Grand Theft Auto VI now two weeks from release, Rockstar Games has put out its largest batch of screenshots in some time. The studio is calling the collection "The Launch Gallery," and it holds 39 new images that have not appeared in the steady stream of stills released over the past month or so. The set is organized by subject. There are dedicated groups for Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, a group showing the two leads together, and separate sections for Vice City, the Grassrivers, Leonida

A new GTA+ cycle began today, November 5, and runs until December 2. Subscribers paying $7.99 / £6.99 / €7.99 a month get a free supercar, new chameleon paints, discounts on business upgrades and boosted payouts on some of GTA Online's most popular grinds. The free car: Grotti Itali RSX The headline perk is the Grotti Itali RSX, free to GTA+ members through the Vinewood Car Club. It is a GTA+ exclusive for its first week. Everyone else will need to pay the $3,465,000 Legendary Motorsport price.

A fresh GTA Online weekly update is live, and Rockstar has rotated the featured content again. Running from November 5th through November 11th, this event week puts a guaranteed Panther Statue in your first Cayo Perico Heist run, and Mansion Raid pays triple. Login Reward and Guaranteed Targets Log in this week and you'll receive The Great Circle Back Mansion Painting Decoration for free. Two heists also have guaranteed Primary Targets on your first run: The Cayo Perico Heist: the Panther Statu

Rockstar Games has put the finishing touches on Grand Theft Auto VI's launch plans. A new Rockstar Newswire post confirms when pre-loading begins, how much space the game needs, when it unlocks around the world, and that a physical map of Leonida is on the way. A fresh Vice City screenshot came along with the announcement. Pre-load dates Pre-loading starts on Tuesday, November 10, and the timing differs by console. PlayStation 5: Pre-loading opens at midnight local time in your time zone. Xbox

A new GTA 6 pre-order incentive has turned up, and so far it is more mystery than substance. According to a member of the Rockstar Games community on Discord, Walmart's backend systems list an exclusive bonus for pre-orders placed through the retailer. It would sit on top of the Vintage Vice City pack that every pre-order customer is set to receive. What the leak shows An image circulating on X, posted by @nxrcssist and amplified by @smallo92, describes a "surprise and delight offer" tied to qua

A new leak suggests Rockstar Games is bringing Grand Theft Auto VI into the sneaker world. Rumors are circulating that Travis Scott's Cactus Jack label, Nike and Rockstar are releasing a limited Air Force 1 Low collaboration. The report comes from Sneaker Market RO, which has covered the sneaker scene in Romania since 2014 and has a solid reputation for release information. The outlet says the shoes are expected to arrive during the 2026 holiday season, with the current release date set for Nove

With Grand Theft Auto VI arriving on November 19, the demand numbers are starting to match the hype. Market research firm Circana reported on October 28 that 29% of US console and PC gamers say they intend to buy the game. That is the highest purchase intent the company has recorded for any video game, and it makes GTA VI the most anticipated release in Circana's tracking history. What the Data Shows The figure comes from Circana's PlayerPulse consumer tracker. It covers US console and PC gamers

Rockstar Games has confirmed that the original score for Grand Theft Auto VI will get a standalone release. Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score by French electronic duo Justice arrives on December 11, 2026, on streaming platforms, vinyl and CD. Physical pre-orders are open now. The release lands a little over three weeks after the game's November 19 launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Fans will get to play first and then take the full score home. What's in the release Justice, made up

Rockstar Games has shown off new Grand Theft Auto VI footage in an unlikely place: a cartoon. The latest episode of South Park included a gameplay clip that has fans talking, mostly because of what the player does in it. The footage appeared in the episode titled "Guinea Pig on a Stick," which aired Wednesday, October 28. The episode is part of Season 29, during which the show has rebranded itself as South America. What the clip shows In the episode, the kids visit a local cattle ranch and get

Rockstar Games has released another set of Grand Theft Auto VI screenshots, this time through the pages of Edge magazine. The dozen images are a departure from the batches that have appeared over the past month or so. They focus on the characters and on the world around them. The new shots put Lucia, Jason and VCPD's Méndez front and centre, alongside natural scenery and a wide view of the Vice City skyline. With launch on November 19 only weeks away, Rockstar has been steadily feeding the game'