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GTA 6 release time

GTA VI releases on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar has not announced an unlock hour for November 19. This page updates when it does. The one official time rule is for pre-load: it begins at local midnight on November 12, 2026.

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.
  • PlayStation lists a 7-Day Pre-load for both Standard and Ultimate.
  • 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.
  • A PC release date or time (PC is not announced).

Release day by time zone

Rockstar's release date is Thursday, November 19, and it has not announced the unlock hour. The store column is the PlayStation Store listing time, so western zones served by one storefront show the evening of November 18.

Your time zone

Reading your clock…

Matching the preload and store times to your clock…

Store times as shown on each PlayStation Store listing page, fetched 2026-10-27. Retailer data: it can change and is not a Rockstar announcement.

United States & Canada14 zones

  • Eastern (ET) · New York

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM EST

  • Central (CT) · Chicago

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 11:00 PM CST

  • Mountain (MT) · Denver

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 10:00 PM MST

  • Arizona (MST, no DST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 10:00 PM MST

  • Pacific (PT) · Los Angeles

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 9:00 PM PST

  • Alaska (AKT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 8:00 PM AKST

  • Hawaii (HST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 7:00 PM HST

  • Newfoundland (NST) · St. John's

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 1:30 AM GMT-3:30

  • Atlantic (AT) · Halifax

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 1:00 AM AST

  • Ontario · Toronto (UTC-5, back on standard time Nov 1)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM EST

  • Manitoba · Winnipeg (UTC-5, permanent since Nov 1, 2026)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM UTC-5

  • Saskatchewan · Regina (UTC-6, no clock changes)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 11:00 PM CST

  • Alberta · Edmonton (UTC-6, permanent since Nov 1, 2026)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 11:00 PM UTC-6

  • British Columbia · Vancouver (UTC-7, permanent since Mar 2026)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 10:00 PM UTC-7
Europe3 zones

  • London (GMT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT

  • Dublin (GMT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT

  • Central Europe (CET)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+1
Asia-Pacific12 zones

  • Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra (AEDT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+11

  • Hobart (AEDT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+11

  • Brisbane (AEST, no DST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 11:00 PM GMT+10

  • Adelaide (ACDT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 11:30 PM GMT+10:30

  • Darwin (ACST, no DST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 10:30 PM GMT+9:30

  • Perth (AWST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Wed, Nov 18, 9:00 PM GMT+8

  • Auckland (NZDT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+13

  • Tokyo (JST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+9

  • Manila (PHT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    No store data

  • Kuala Lumpur (MYT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+8

  • India (IST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+5:30

  • Karachi (PKT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    No store data
Middle East & Africa2 zones

  • Dubai (GST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+4

  • Johannesburg (SAST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT+2
Latin America2 zones

  • Mexico City (CST)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM CST

  • São Paulo (BRT)

    PlayStation Store listing (not a Rockstar announcement)
    Thu, Nov 19, 12:00 AM GMT-3

Store pages checked: PlayStation Store en-us ↗ · PlayStation Store en-gb ↗ · PlayStation Store en-au ↗ · PlayStation Store en-in ↗ · PlayStation Store en-ca ↗ · PlayStation Store en-nz ↗ · PlayStation Store de-de ↗ · PlayStation Store en-ie ↗ · PlayStation Store ja-jp ↗ · PlayStation Store pt-br ↗ · PlayStation Store en-za ↗ · PlayStation Store en-ae ↗ · PlayStation Store en-my ↗ · PlayStation Store es-mx ↗

When pre-load opens in each time zone

Rockstar Support: pre-load begins at local midnight on November 12, 2026.

United States & Canada14 zones

  • Eastern (ET) · New York

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 05:00 UTC

  • Central (CT) · Chicago

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 06:00 UTC

  • Mountain (MT) · Denver

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 07:00 UTC

  • Arizona (MST, no DST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 07:00 UTC

  • Pacific (PT) · Los Angeles

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 08:00 UTC

  • Alaska (AKT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 09:00 UTC

  • Hawaii (HST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 10:00 UTC

  • Newfoundland (NST) · St. John's

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 03:30 UTC

  • Atlantic (AT) · Halifax

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 04:00 UTC

  • Ontario · Toronto (UTC-5, back on standard time Nov 1)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 05:00 UTC

  • Manitoba · Winnipeg (UTC-5, permanent since Nov 1, 2026)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 05:00 UTC

  • Saskatchewan · Regina (UTC-6, no clock changes)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 06:00 UTC

  • Alberta · Edmonton (UTC-6, permanent since Nov 1, 2026)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 06:00 UTC

  • British Columbia · Vancouver (UTC-7, permanent since Mar 2026)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 07:00 UTC
Europe3 zones

  • London (GMT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 00:00 UTC

  • Dublin (GMT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 00:00 UTC

  • Central Europe (CET)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 23:00 UTC
Asia-Pacific12 zones

  • Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra (AEDT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 13:00 UTC

  • Hobart (AEDT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 13:00 UTC

  • Brisbane (AEST, no DST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 14:00 UTC

  • Adelaide (ACDT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 13:30 UTC

  • Darwin (ACST, no DST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 14:30 UTC

  • Perth (AWST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 16:00 UTC

  • Auckland (NZDT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 11:00 UTC

  • Tokyo (JST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 15:00 UTC

  • Manila (PHT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 16:00 UTC

  • Kuala Lumpur (MYT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 16:00 UTC

  • India (IST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 18:30 UTC

  • Karachi (PKT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 19:00 UTC
Middle East & Africa2 zones

  • Dubai (GST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 20:00 UTC

  • Johannesburg (SAST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Wed 11 Nov, 22:00 UTC
Latin America2 zones

  • Mexico City (CST)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 06:00 UTC

  • São Paulo (BRT)

    Preload opens (local)
    Nov 12 · 12:00 AM local
    Same moment in UTC
    Thu 12 Nov, 03:00 UTC

Why we do not list an unlock time

Rockstar has not announced an unlock time. Rockstar's game page, the Rockstar Store and the GTA VI page on playstation.com give the date, November 19, 2026, and no hour. Media posts and social threads quote unlock times by region; we do not repeat them, because none of them comes from Rockstar.

The tables and countdowns on these pages use one other source: the release time on each region's PlayStation Store product page (store.playstation.com). That is retail listing data, not a Rockstar announcement, and it can change. Where a region's store page has no usable time, the countdown falls back to local midnight on November 19 as a calendar marker only. When Rockstar publishes an unlock hour, every launch page shows it per time zone with the source linked.

Midnight release?

Rockstar has confirmed midnight for one thing: pre-load opens at local midnight on November 12. It has not said whether the game itself unlocks at local midnight, at a single worldwide moment, or at another hour on November 19.

Do not read the pre-load rule as the unlock rule. The PlayStation Store listing times shown here are store data, not a Rockstar statement; the countdown says which basis it uses.

Country pages

  • 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: 7 clocks from Newfoundland to British Columbia on 5 different UTC offsets in November. BC, Alberta and Manitoba no longer change clocks, and Saskatchewan never does.
  • New Zealand: NZDT, UTC+13, among the earliest local midnights of the major markets.
  • Germany: CET, UTC+1, after the October 25 clock change.
  • Philippines: PHT, UTC+8, with no daylight saving.
  • Japan: JST, UTC+9, a single clock with no daylight saving.
  • Ireland: GMT, UTC+0, after the October clock change; Portugal shares this row.
  • South Africa: SAST, UTC+2, no daylight saving.
  • United Arab Emirates: GST, UTC+4, Dubai, no daylight saving.
  • Singapore: SGT, UTC+8; Malaysia is the same clock.
  • Mexico: Mexico City UTC-6; other states use other clocks and are not extra rows.
  • France: CET, UTC+1, after the October 25 clock change.
  • Brazil: São Paulo (BRT, UTC-3); Amazon, Acre and Fernando de Noronha clocks are not extra rows.
  • Spain: CET, UTC+1, after the October 25 clock change; Canary Islands are not extra rows.
  • Italy: CET, UTC+1, one nationwide clock after the October 25 change.
  • Portugal: WET, UTC+0, after the October clock change; shares the Ireland row.

City and state pages

  • Vancouver: British Columbia stays on UTC-7 after March 2026, so Vancouver is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles in November.
  • Toronto: Ontario is back on EST (UTC-5); same November offset as Manitoba, 2 hours ahead of Vancouver.
  • California: Pacific Time is on PST (UTC-8) after November 1; the US store listing falls on the evening of November 18.
  • Texas: Most of the state is Central Time (UTC-6); El Paso and Hudspeth County use Mountain Time (UTC-7).
  • Perth: Western Australia stays on AWST (UTC+8) all year, 3 hours behind Sydney in November.
  • Brisbane: Queensland stays on AEST (UTC+10), 1 hour behind Sydney in November.
  • Adelaide: South Australia is on ACDT (UTC+10:30), 0.5 hours behind Sydney.

Official sources

Check the original record

PlayStation Store listings20 pages

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