GTA 6 release date US — 19 November 2026

The United States is four clocks that will argue with each other on the 19th. Rockstar printed one date: Thursday, 19 November 2026. They did not print 12:01 a.m. Eastern. They did not print “when Rockstar North comes in.” If your cousin in Seattle is still on Wednesday night when Miami is already Thursday evening, that is geography. It is not a leaked unlock table.

Desk pass: 6 September 2026. Extended Look already aired (27 August). This is the US sheet — dollars, ESRB pending badges, time zones. The index is release dates. The compact facts table is what’s confirmed. GTA6 NOW is independent. We are not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.

Four US zones, one printed date

US daylight time ends on 1 November 2026. Launch week is standard time: ET UTC−5, CT UTC−6, MT UTC−7, PT UTC−8. “19 November” is Thursday on all four calendars. The hour is not on the Newswire.

Pre-load is the line with a clock. Digital pre-load starts 12 November 2026 at local midnight — midnight in your time zone, that is the Support wording. A Pacific pre-load at 00:00 PT is 03:00 ET. You still cannot play. See the pre-load checklist. There is no official early-access SKU — early access.

GameStop midnight events are a retailer habit from other years. We do not have a 2026 GameStop hour on an official Rockstar page this pass. If a store posts one, that is the store’s poster. Longer card: launch time.

The dollars Take-Two actually printed

24 June 2026: Standard US$79.99, Ultimate US$99.99. Pre-orders opened 25 June, midnight local. Those figures are the ones this desk already uses on the pre-order guide and the editions locker. Regional storefronts set their own currency. This page does not convert them. No Game Pass or PS Plus day-one listing this pass.

Where they sell it, as named: PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Rockstar Games Store, and global retailers. We do not rank them. Hardware: platforms.

• rockstargames.com/VI
• PlayStation US — Grand Theft Auto VI
• Xbox US — Standard
• Xbox US — Ultimate

ESRB has not published a VI card

Take-Two: “Grand Theft Auto VI is not yet rated.” Xbox US: RATING PENDING LIKELY MATURE 17+. PlayStation US product page: ESRB Rating Pending Mature 17+ (ESRB_RP17). PlayStation Support still says unconfirmed, and points at Grand Theft Auto V — ESRB M in North America. V is V. We will not invent a PEGI 18 for VI either. The table is on ratings.

There is no Grand Theft Auto VI page on ESRB.org we can cite this pass. We will not write “it’s M.”

Extended Look from New York’s clock

The official clock is Eastern. 27 August 2026: Netflix 3:00 p.m. ET, YouTube and the VI site 9:00 p.m. ET. Los Angeles is 12:00 p.m. / 6:00 p.m. PDT that day. Chicago is 2:00 p.m. / 8:00 p.m. CDT. One or two cities is enough. The grid is on the Extended Look hub.

What the US threads keep asking

r/GTA6’s American default: what time on the 19th, and is PC coming. Rockstar printed the date. They did not print an hour. PC is not on the 24 June sheet. No date, no price, no store page. A GPU chart with a year on it is someone else’s homework — system requirements stays empty on purpose. Common Qs: FAQ. Side-content honesty: side activities.

The box is a code. That fight is already on the pre-order guide and boxed copy. Anger about ownership is not evidence a playable disc SKU exists.

US clocks vs the printed date

Take-Two, 24 June 2026 · Newswire, 6 November 2025 · ESRB.org

Also: What’s confirmed · FAQ · Platforms · Side activities · All countries · Pre-load · Age rating · Pre-order guide · Editions

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