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    {
      "slug": "gta-6-release",
      "title": "Grand Theft Auto VI: From 'Well Underway' to Two Delays, the $79.99 Price and the November 19 Launch",
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release",
      "json": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release.json",
      "role": "Developer and publisher of Grand Theft Auto VI; it set the release date, editions, trailers and technical messaging.",
      "entries": 19,
      "updated_at": "2026-10-14T06:32:37.570147+00:00"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sony-playstation-6",
      "title": "The Road to PlayStation 6: PS5 Pro, Project Amethyst, Two Price Hikes and the Memory Crunch",
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/sony-playstation-6",
      "json": "https://whatledto.com/events/sony-playstation-6.json",
      "role": "Publisher of Grand Theft Auto VI, whose November 2026 release is a near-term test of PS5 Pro demand and supply.",
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      "id": 2091,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n2091",
      "date": "2026-10-08",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Rockstar previews GTA VI radio stations and podcasts",
      "summary": "Rockstar Games previewed Cocoteo FM, Back Country Radio, AfroBank FM, The Chamber 106.6, Flash FM, and Dirty South Classics for Grand Theft Auto VI. It also confirmed on-demand podcasts that can be heard in vehicles or on foot.",
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        "Grand Theft Auto VI",
        "Cocoteo FM",
        "Back Country Radio",
        "AfroBank FM",
        "The Chamber 106.6",
        "Flash FM",
        "Dirty South Classics"
      ],
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        "the-chamber-1066",
        "flash-fm",
        "dirty-south-classics"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/music/cocoteo-fm",
          "outlet": "Rockstar Games",
          "published": "2026-10-08",
          "quote": "Spanning stations dedicated to everything from Classic Rock to Talk Radio, Grand Theft Auto VI features the biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game radio and podcasts yet."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.techradar.com/gaming/listen-to-a-preview-of-gta-6s-in-game-radio-stations-right-now-as-rockstar-confirms-a-series-of-on-demand-podcasts-for-the-first-time-ever-in-game",
          "outlet": "TechRadar",
          "published": "2026-10-08",
          "quote": "The studio also confirmed that \" a series of on-demand podcasts\" will also be available to listen to in-game \"in vehicles or on foot"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 1629,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n1629",
      "date": "2026-09-29",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Game Informer releases its digital Grand Theft Auto VI issue",
      "summary": "Game Informer released the digital version of its November 2026 issue featuring Grand Theft Auto VI. The issue contained Game Informer's GTA VI cover-story coverage and Rockstar Games developer interviews.",
      "type": "launch",
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        {
          "url": "https://gameinformer.com/digital-issue/2026/09/29/the-grand-theft-auto-vi-digital-issue-is-now-live",
          "outlet": "Game Informer",
          "published": "2026-09-29",
          "quote": "The digital version of our November 2026 issue featuring Grand Theft Auto VI is now live!"
        }
      ]
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      "id": 1504,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n1504",
      "date": "2026-09-24",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Rockstar opens pre-orders for $399.99 Vice City Collection",
      "summary": "Rockstar Games opened pre-orders for The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, which is sold separately from Grand Theft Auto VI. Video Games Chronicle reported that the collector's box costs $399.99 and contains 11 merchandise items.",
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        "Grand Theft Auto VI",
        "The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/9k2a49ook82o57/pre-order-the-goodtime-state-vice-city-collection-now-while-supplies-l",
          "outlet": "Rockstar Games Newswire",
          "published": "2026-09-24",
          "quote": "All brought to you by Macca and his wetland friends. Grand Theft Auto VI game sold separately."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/grand-theft-auto-6-is-getting-a-400-box-of-merch-with-11-items-including-a-figure-sunglasses-and-new-era-hat/",
          "outlet": "Video Games Chronicle",
          "published": "2026-09-24",
          "quote": "The Goodtime State: Vice City Collection collector’s box costs $399.99 / £349.99 and includes 11 pieces of merchandise."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": 1381,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n1381",
      "date": "2026-09-17",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Rockstar dates Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album to November 19, the game's launch day",
      "summary": "Rockstar announced a 34-track official soundtrack made with Atlantic Records, launching on November 19 alongside the game itself, with the first six singles released the same day and vinyl and CD sets open for pre-order.",
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        "Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/7599a881942544/announcing-grand-theft-auto-vi-the-album",
          "outlet": "Rockstar Games",
          "published": "2026-09-17",
          "quote": "Featuring 34 New Tracks - Listen to the First Six Singles, Available Today"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 1179,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n1179",
      "date": "2026-09-10",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "U.S. pre-orders open for GTA VI Limited Edition DualSense controllers",
      "summary": "U.S. pre-orders opened through PlayStation Direct for the black and white Grand Theft Auto VI Limited Edition DualSense controllers. TechRadar reported that both controller pre-orders were underway at the U.S. PlayStation Direct Store.",
      "type": "launch",
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        "DualSense"
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.techradar.com/live/news/gta-6-ps5-dualsense-controllers-pre-orders-live",
          "outlet": "TechRadar",
          "published": "2026-09-10",
          "quote": "Pre-orders for both GTA 6 DualSense controllers are now underway at the PS Direct Store in the US."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "id": 1177,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n1177",
      "date": "2026-09-03",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Miami-Dade officials oppose proposed GTA VI promotion",
      "summary": "Miami-Dade Commissioner Juan Carlos Bermudez and Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz opposed using County resources for a proposed Grand Theft Auto VI promotion. The County release said the Mayor's Office was exploring a Rockstar Games partnership that could temporarily rename Miami International Airport \"Vice City Airport.\"",
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        "Miami-Dade County",
        "Juan Carlos Bermudez",
        "Rosie Cordero-Stutz",
        "Rockstar Games",
        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
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      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.miamidade.gov/global/release-sp.page?Mduid_release=rel1788447602441436",
          "outlet": "Miami-Dade County Commission District 12",
          "published": "2026-09-03",
          "quote": "Miami-Dade County is not Vice City."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "sony-playstation-6",
      "id": 909,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/sony-playstation-6#n909",
      "date": "2026-08-31",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "PS5 Pro sells out at US retailers after the GTA 6 extended look; resellers ask $1,300",
      "summary": "Within two days of Rockstar's extended GTA 6 look, the $899 PS5 Pro was gone from Best Buy and Target and listed at up to $1,300 by third-party sellers, with PlayStation Direct the only major retailer at list price. Memory-constrained production met a demand spike for the last big game of the generation, with GTA 6 due November 19 and Sony expected to restock before then.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
        "Sony",
        "PS5 Pro",
        "Rockstar Games"
      ],
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        "rockstar-games"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.techpowerup.com/352149/ps5-pro-stock-vanishes-after-gta-6-reveal-prices-hit-usd-1-300",
          "outlet": "TechPowerUp",
          "published": "2026-08-31",
          "quote": "PS5 Pro consoles have all but vanished from major US retailers in the wake of GTA 6's extended Netflix reveal, with third-party sellers on Amazon and Walmart charging as much as $1,300 for units that normally go for $899. PlayStation Direct remains the lone major US retailer still selling at MSRP, while Best Buy and Target have sold through their stock entirely. eBay listings for new consoles have reportedly hit as high as $1,200, though there's no telling how many buyers are actually paying these scalper prices."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.techpowerup.com/352149/ps5-pro-stock-vanishes-after-gta-6-reveal-prices-hit-usd-1-300",
          "outlet": "TechPowerUp",
          "published": "2026-08-31",
          "quote": "Sony is expected to restock retailers ahead of GTA 6's November 19 launch."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 957,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n957",
      "date": "2026-08-27",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "The Extended Look: 27 minutes of PS5 footage on Netflix, and Rockstar says it runs at 30 frames per second",
      "summary": "Netflix streamed the 27-minute Extended Look at 3 p.m. ET, captured entirely on a base PlayStation 5, with the cinematic and gameplay story of Jason and Lucia across Vice City, before it went to YouTube that night. The same day Kotaku relayed Rockstar North co-head Rob Nelson telling a visiting creator that the consoles were running the game at 30 frames per second during development, with a 60 fps option still to be decided by the technical team.",
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        "Netflix",
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      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/gta-6-netflix-trailer-extended-look-release-1236845475/",
          "outlet": "Variety",
          "published": "2026-08-27",
          "quote": "Netflix dropped 27 minutes of new “Grand Theft Auto 6″ content Thursday at 3 p.m. ET in a collaboration with Rockstar Games ahead of the highly anticipated title’s November release."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/gta-6-netflix-trailer-extended-look-release-1236845475/",
          "outlet": "Variety",
          "published": "2026-08-27",
          "quote": "The “Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look” content was captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 5 (the game will be released for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S on Nov. 19), per Netflix and Take-Two Interactive-owned publisher Rockstar."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://kotaku.com/gta-6-will-be-30fps-at-launch-rockstar-reportedly-not-sure-about-60fps-performance-mode-2000729032",
          "outlet": "Kotaku",
          "published": "2026-08-27",
          "quote": "According to Rob Nelson, Lead Developer and Co-director at Rockstar North, during this development period, the consoles are running the game at 30 frames per second. > > > According to the director, it is still necessary to consult the technical team to determine if there will be a 60 FPS option at launch (or in the future)."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-6-is-confirmed-to-be-30-frames-per-second-at-launch-no-performance-mode-at-launch/",
          "outlet": "Video Games Chronicle",
          "published": "2026-08-28",
          "quote": "Davy Jones was able to visit Rockstar North ahead of the GTA 6 Extended Look and confirms that the game was indeed running at 30 frames per second."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 956,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n956",
      "date": "2026-08-26",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Rockstar calls the leaks 'heartbreaking for our team' and says the game is nearly finished",
      "summary": "On the eve of the Extended Look, Rockstar acknowledged for the first time that the leaked clips were real, said they might contain spoilers and that this was not how it intended fans to see the game after all this time, apologized for how long everything had taken, and said it was nearly finished making GTA VI.",
      "type": "announcement",
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        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
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      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2244659/rockstar-calls-gta-6-leaks-heartbreaking-says-game-is-nearly-finished/",
          "outlet": "Engadget",
          "published": "2026-08-26",
          "quote": "The publisher — publicly acknowledging for the first time that the clips are legitimate — called the leaked videos \"heartbreaking for our team\" and indicated they may include some spoilers. It added that \"this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time.\""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 955,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n955",
      "date": "2026-08-18",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Gameplay leaks again: two clips and the map of Leonida, met with DMCA takedowns",
      "summary": "Nine days before the Extended Look, two roughly minute-long gameplay clips of Jason and a screenshot of the full Leonida map, a compressed south Florida with a Miami-like city in the east, appeared online from a leaker calling itself CyberLeek, and Rockstar began issuing takedown notices within hours. More than a dozen clips followed over the next week.",
      "type": "report",
      "entities": [
        "Rockstar Games",
        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
      ],
      "parties": [
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        "grand-theft-auto-vi"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2239548/gta-6-gameplay-leak-august-2026/",
          "outlet": "Engadget",
          "published": "2026-08-18",
          "quote": "The publisher has reportedly been hitting people who are sharing two minute-long gameplay clips and a screenshot of the Florida-inspired map with DMCA takedown notices."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2239548/gta-6-gameplay-leak-august-2026/",
          "outlet": "Engadget",
          "published": "2026-08-18",
          "quote": "Let's start with the map of Leonida, which looks like a distorted, compact version of south Florida."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 953,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n953",
      "date": "2026-08-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "'An Extended Look' announced for August 27, premiering on Netflix before YouTube",
      "summary": "Rockstar said a Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look would premiere on Netflix at 3 p.m. ET on August 27 and reach its own YouTube channel and the GTA VI site at 9 p.m. ET, a first-of-its-kind partnership in Netflix's words. It would be the first new footage since the May 2025 trailer.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
        "Rockstar Games",
        "Netflix",
        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
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        "grand-theft-auto-vi"
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/9k2kaa1o3297k9/grand-theft-auto-vi-an-extended-look",
          "outlet": "Rockstar Games",
          "published": "2026-08-06",
          "quote": "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Lookwill premiere on Netflix Thursday, August 27 at 3 p.m. ET and will also launch on the official Rockstar Games YouTube channeland the Grand Theft Auto VI siteat 9 p.m."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-extended-look-coming-august-27-on-netflix/",
          "outlet": "GameSpot",
          "published": "2026-08-06",
          "quote": "“Grand Theft Auto reveals have become cultural moments in their own right. The anticipation and fandom around Grand Theft Auto VI is unprecedented, and we’re honored that Rockstar Games has partnered with us to debut the next part of the Grand Theft Auto story with Netflix members first,” Netflix VP Brandon Riegg said (via The Hollywood Reporter)."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 952,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n952",
      "date": "2026-06-24",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Priced: $79.99 standard, $99.99 Ultimate, pre-orders from June 25, single-player only at launch, and no disc",
      "summary": "Rockstar and Take-Two set the standard edition at $79.99 and an Ultimate Edition with exclusive vehicles, weapons and apparel at $99.99, with pre-orders opening at midnight local time on June 25 and a Vintage Vice City Pack for purchases before November 20. Rockstar described a single-player experience with no mention of an online mode at launch, and the physical edition ships as a code in a box rather than a disc.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
        "Rockstar Games",
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        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
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      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
          "outlet": "Take-Two Interactive",
          "published": "2026-06-24",
          "quote": "Launching November 19, 2026, for the PlayStation® 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems for $79.99, Grand Theft Auto VI features a single-player experience set in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the series yet."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
          "outlet": "Take-Two Interactive",
          "published": "2026-06-24",
          "quote": "The Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition amplifies this experience with an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story, and will be available for $99.99. All Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders and purchases before November 20, 2026, will include the Vintage Vice City Pack, a collection of items that flash back to when the neon burned brightest, alongside a free month of GTA+ for digital pre-orders, which will be the best way to get the most out of the ever-evolving world of GTA Online and instantly redeemable so that players can jump into Grand Theft Auto V and other classic Rockstar titles as part of the GTA+ Games Library."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/gta-6-price-single-player-pre-orders-1236789407/",
          "outlet": "Variety",
          "published": "2026-06-24",
          "quote": "There will be both digital and physical editions of the game, but the “physical” version will come as a code in a box rather than a disc format."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 950,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n950",
      "date": "2025-11-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Second delay: November 19, 2026, 'to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect'",
      "summary": "With Take-Two's second-quarter results, Rockstar moved the game another six months to Thursday, November 19, 2026, apologizing for adding to a long wait. Zelnick said Rockstar believed a limited amount of additional time was required for polish, and that fiscal 2027 would still set record bookings. The announcement came a day after Rockstar dismissed 30 to 40 UK staff it said had shared confidential information, which a union called union-busting.",
      "type": "delay",
      "entities": [
        "Rockstar Games",
        "Take-Two Interactive",
        "Strauss Zelnick",
        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
      ],
      "parties": [
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        "take-two-interactive",
        "strauss-zelnick",
        "grand-theft-auto-vi"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://gameinformer.com/2025/11/06/grand-theft-auto-vi-release-date-delayed-to-november-2026",
          "outlet": "Game Informer",
          "published": "2025-11-06",
          "quote": "Hi everyone, Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026. We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fiscal-3",
          "outlet": "Take-Two Interactive",
          "published": "2025-11-06",
          "quote": "Rockstar Games will now release Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19, 2026, and we remain both excited and confident they will deliver an unrivalled blockbuster entertainment experience. With the most robust pipeline in our Company’s history, we expect to achieve record levels of Net Bookings in Fiscal 2027, which will establish a new baseline for our business and set us on a path of enhanced profitability.”"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/gta-6-release-delayed-november-2026-1236571679/",
          "outlet": "Variety",
          "published": "2025-11-06",
          "quote": "“In this instance, of course, we’re seeking to release the most extraordinary title anyone’s ever seen in the history of entertainment,” Zelnick told Variety in an interview ahead of the announcement Thursday. “That’s a tall order. And in this instance, Rockstar Games believes a limited amount of additional time is required for polish to support that view.”"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "timeline": "gta-6-release",
      "id": 949,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/gta-6-release#n949",
      "date": "2025-05-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Trailer 2, four days after the delay: 475 million views in 24 hours",
      "summary": "Rockstar released the second trailer, opening with Lucia's release from prison and Jason waiting for her, set to the Pointer Sisters, and showing the two leads playable together or apart across Leonida. Rockstar told The Hollywood Reporter it was watched 475 million times across platforms in its first day, which it called the biggest video launch of all time.",
      "type": "launch",
      "entities": [
        "Rockstar Games",
        "Grand Theft Auto VI"
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