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GTA 6 countdown

GTA VI releases on November 19, 2026. Pre-load begins November 12, 2026 at local midnight. Rockstar has not announced an unlock hour. The countdown uses your device clock; when it counts to a PlayStation Store listing time, that hour is retailer data, not a Rockstar announcement.

Source boundary: Rockstar facts are marked official; store listings and third-party reports are labeled as such and are not Rockstar announcements. Not a mission walkthrough.

Confirmed now

  • Release date: November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S (Rockstar).
  • Rockstar Support: pre-load begins at local midnight on November 12, 2026.
  • No official source we checked lists an unlock hour for November 19.

Still unknown

  • The hour GTA VI unlocks on November 19, and whether it is one global moment or local time.
  • Whether the unlock follows the PlayStation Store listing times or a different schedule set by Rockstar.

Official countdown milestones

Dates from Rockstar. The unlock hour is unpublished; any hour the live clock uses from a PlayStation Store listing is retailer data, not a Rockstar announcement.

  • Pre-load

    Date
    November 12, 2026
    Official time rule
    Local midnight (Rockstar Support)

  • Release

    Date
    November 19, 2026
    Official time rule
    Unlock hour not announced by Rockstar

How this countdown clock works

This page does not pin the timer to one country's clock. It uses the time zone on your device. Rockstar has given the release day, not the hour, so the live timer is a calendar marker unless it can read a PlayStation Store listing time for the region that matches your zone.

When the timer uses a PlayStation Store listing, the countdown itself labels that basis. Those listing times are store data, they can change, and they are not a Rockstar announcement. Country pages keep the same rule on a named clock.

Release time by country and preload

  • Release time by country: preload and store-listing tables for every zone we track.
  • Preload date: the official local-midnight rule for November 12.
  • United States: Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific, plus Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii.
  • United Kingdom: GMT after the October clock change.
  • Australia: daylight-saving and non-daylight-saving states, including Perth.
  • India: IST, UTC+5:30, a single clock with no daylight saving.
  • Canada: provincial clocks, including BC, Alberta and Manitoba's 2026 permanent-time changes.
  • New Zealand: NZDT, among the earliest local midnights of the major markets.
  • Germany: CET after the October 25 clock change.
  • Philippines: PHT, with no daylight saving.
  • Japan: JST, UTC+9, a single clock with no daylight saving.
  • Ireland: GMT, UTC+0, after the October clock change.
  • South Africa: SAST, UTC+2, no daylight saving.
  • United Arab Emirates: GST, UTC+4, Dubai.
  • Singapore: SGT, UTC+8; Malaysia is the same clock.
  • Mexico: Mexico City UTC-6.
  • France: CET, UTC+1, after the October clock change.
  • Brazil: São Paulo (BRT, UTC-3); other Brazilian clocks are not extra rows.
  • Spain: CET, UTC+1, after the October clock change; Canary Islands are not extra rows.
  • Italy: CET, UTC+1, one nationwide clock.
  • Portugal: WET, UTC+0; shares the Ireland row.

Official sources

Check the original record

PlayStation Store listings20 pages

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