Countdown
Grand Theft Auto VI countdown
Thursday, 19 November 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The clock below counts to midnight where you are.
Until local midnight
19 Nov 2026
Counting to midnight on the release date in your timezone. Rockstar has not published a launch time — this follows the midnight-local pattern the storefront listings show, which is not the same as a confirmation.
What time does it unlock in my timezone?
| Where | Offset | Expected unlock | Same moment in UTC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | GMT+13 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 18 Nov, 11:00 |
| Sydney | GMT+11 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 18 Nov, 13:00 |
| Tokyo | GMT+9 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 18 Nov, 15:00 |
| Delhi | GMT+5:30 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 18 Nov, 18:30 |
| Berlin, Paris, Madrid | GMT+1 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 18 Nov, 23:00 |
| London, Dublin, Lisbon | GMT+0 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 19 Nov, 00:00 |
| New York, Toronto | GMT-5 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 19 Nov, 05:00 |
| Chicago, Mexico City | GMT-6 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 19 Nov, 06:00 |
| Denver | GMT-7 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 19 Nov, 07:00 |
| Los Angeles, Vancouver | GMT-8 | 00:00, Thu 19 Nov | 19 Nov, 08:00 |
New Zealand and Australia go first under this model, roughly twenty-one hours before the US west coast. Several European zones unlock at a UTC time that still falls on 18 November — that is the same midnight, not an early release.
What happens before launch day
Pre-load opens on 12 November 2026, a week ahead, for digital pre-orders. Boxed copies ship from the same date specifically so the download code inside can be redeemed early — there is no disc in the box. Neither the pre-load unlock time nor the download size has been published, and every file-size figure in circulation is an estimate.
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