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What Time Does GTA 6 Come Out in the US? Every Time Zone

Rockstar says midnight local time on 19 November. Outlets expect one US unlock at midnight Eastern: 11 PM Central, 10 PM Mountain and 9 PM Pacific on 18 November.

By DuvalWirePublished 1 min read

Rockstar’s support page says GTA VI will release at midnight local time on 19 November 2026 in all regions, on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The page does not list the US time zones one by one.

The times outlets expect

GameRant reports one unlock for the whole country at 12:00 AM Eastern on Thursday 19 November, because the US PlayStation and Xbox stores run on Eastern time. That is 11:00 PM Central, 10:00 PM Mountain and 9:00 PM Pacific on Wednesday 18 November.

What the regional list says

GamingBible’s regional list, which it attributes to Rockstar, also gives the USA and Canada a single entry: 05:00 UTC on 19 November, which is midnight Eastern.

Our read

Plan for the earlier time. If you are on Central, Mountain or Pacific time, be at your console at the hour above on 18 November with the preload finished. If the game is still locked, it opens at your own midnight a few hours later, because Rockstar’s “midnight local time” fits either reading. The release time on your console’s store page is the final word. Our preload guide covers the download, and the unlock time guide lists every other country.

Sources

  1. Rockstar Games Support — Grand Theft Auto VI regional pre-load and release times on PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S (Last updated )
  2. GamingBible — GTA 6 confirms regional unlock times as Xbox and PS5 users plan for early hands-on (Published )
  3. GameRant — Rockstar Confirms Official GTA 6 Release Times. Here’s Exactly When You Can Start Playing (Published )

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  • Opening

    Rockstar’s support page says GTA VI will release at midnight local time on 19 November 2026 in all regions, on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The page does not list the US time zones one by one.

    Status: Opening · Official

    Source details and history

    Why this status: Official: first-party Rockstar text read for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared from the source page read on 2026-11-14; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261114-US-TIME.

    • Rockstar Games Support — Grand Theft Auto VI regional pre-load and release times on PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S

      Canonical ID
      support.rockstargames.com/articles/29jV3Cv2cCgvwM1XgtMO5o/grand-theft-auto-vi-regional-pre-load-and-release-times-on-playstation-5-and-xbox-series-x-or-s
      Accessed
      Last verified
      Reference
      Rockstar Games Support page text, read 2026-11-14

    Reviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.

  • The times outlets expect Reported

    GameRant reports one unlock for the whole country at 12:00 AM Eastern on Thursday 19 November, because the US PlayStation and Xbox stores run on Eastern time. That is 11:00 PM Central, 10:00 PM Mountain and 9:00 PM Pacific on Wednesday 18 November.

    Status: The times outlets expect · Reported

    Source details and history

    Why this status: Reported: a named outlet states this; Rockstar has not confirmed it in a first-party source reviewed for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared from the source page read on 2026-11-14; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261114-US-TIME.

    • GameRant — Rockstar Confirms Official GTA 6 Release Times. Here’s Exactly When You Can Start Playing

      Canonical ID
      gamerant.com/grand-theft-auto-vi-gta6-release-times-pst-est-countdown
      Accessed
      Last verified
      Reference
      GameRant page text, read 2026-11-14

    Reviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.

  • What the regional list says Reported

    GamingBible’s regional list, which it attributes to Rockstar, also gives the USA and Canada a single entry: 05:00 UTC on 19 November, which is midnight Eastern.

    Status: What the regional list says · Reported

    Source details and history

    Why this status: Reported: a named outlet states this; Rockstar has not confirmed it in a first-party source reviewed for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared from the source page read on 2026-11-08; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261114-US-TIME.

    • GamingBible — GTA 6 confirms regional unlock times as Xbox and PS5 users plan for early hands-on

      Canonical ID
      www.gamingbible.com/news/gta-6-confirms-global-regional-unlock-xbox-ps5-743687-20261105
      Accessed
      Last verified
      Reference
      GamingBible page text, read 2026-11-08

    Reviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.

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    Rockstar Games Support

    Grand Theft Auto VI regional pre-load and release times on PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S

    Last updated

    Supports: Opening

    Source details
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    support.rockstargames.com/articles/29jV3Cv2cCgvwM1XgtMO5o/grand-theft-auto-vi-regional-pre-load-and-release-times-on-playstation-5-and-xbox-series-x-or-s
    Accessed

Reporting

  1. GamingBible

    GTA 6 confirms regional unlock times as Xbox and PS5 users plan for early hands-on

    Published

    Supports: What the regional list says

    Source details
    Source ID
    www.gamingbible.com/news/gta-6-confirms-global-regional-unlock-xbox-ps5-743687-20261105
    Accessed

  2. GameRant

    Rockstar Confirms Official GTA 6 Release Times. Here’s Exactly When You Can Start Playing

    Published

    Supports: The times outlets expect

    Source details
    Source ID
    gamerant.com/grand-theft-auto-vi-gta6-release-times-pst-est-countdown
    Accessed

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