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GTA 6 pre-download is live: 13 years of waiting end on 19 November

The pre-download for GTA 6 started at midnight. After 13 years, over 7 million pre-orders and a budget above $1 billion, you can play from 19 November.

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Thirteen years. That's how long fans have waited since GTA V came out in 2013, and the end is finally in sight. Since midnight, you can pre-download Grand Theft Auto VI, so it's ready to go the moment it launches.

The numbers are huge. Development has cost more than one billion dollars, and over seven million people have already pre-ordered the game.

You can start playing on 19 November. That's nine days from now.

It has been a long road. Rockstar Games showed the first trailer on 5 December 2023, set in Vice City, the series' take on Miami. In May 2026 the studio announced another delay and moved the launch to the date we're now counting down to.

So if you've pre-ordered, it's time to clear some storage space. Those download bars won't fill themselves.

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