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The official launch trailer for Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto VI appeared on Xbox Wire, Xbox’s official news site, on October 23. Rockstar’s own game page also features the launch trailer and lists November 19, 2026 as the release date.
The announced platforms are PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The game is set in the fictional Vice City and the state of Leonida. According to Rockstar’s published synopsis, protagonists Jason and Lucia become entangled in a criminal conspiracy spanning the state after an apparently easy job goes wrong. The story centers on their dependence on each other as they try to survive.