{"id":127036,"date":"2026-06-19T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=127036"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:39:31","slug":"gta-6-pre-order-date-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/127036-gta-6-pre-order-date-revealed","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 pre-order date revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rockstar Games, the developer behind the hit franchises Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto, has revealed that pre-orders will open for Grand Theft Auto 6 on June 25 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-orders will be available across both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and pricing for the game has not been revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GTA 6 fans have had a long wait to play a game that is arguably the most anticipated title in gaming history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockstar Games first confirmed that the game was in development in February 2022, and officially revealed the game in December 2023 with its first trailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second trailer was then revealed in May 2025, where important details were revealed &#8211; such as the full names of the game&#8217;s two protagonists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally set to launch in 2025, the game was first pushed back to 26 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A second delay pushed the release date to 19 November 2026 &#8211; a date that now seems to be locked in with the new announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game will take place in Vice City &#8211; a fictitious version of Miami &#8211; and is focused on two main characters: Jason and Lucia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockstar Games&#8217; description of the game&#8217;s story is &#8220;when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the game&#8217;s first two trailers, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GTA 6 trailer one<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QdBZY2fkU-0?si=duYy8_PoBNZykMy5\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GTA 6 trailer two<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQRLujxTm3c?si=FbcI-i6Y5XvBfh9i\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-orders will be available across both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":127038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2067859947015094728","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26456],"tags":[625,26557],"class_list":["post-127036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-grand-theft-auto","tag-gta-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127036"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127042,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127036\/revisions\/127042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}