Live Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Tech Video Games Gaming Preorders for GTA 6 Are Only a Few Hours Away It’s been a 13-year wait for Grand Theft Auto 6, but preorders for the blockbuster game go live tomorrow. Here’s what you should know. Zachary McAuliffe See full bio Adam Benjamin See full bio Zachary McAuliffe Adam Benjamin June 24, 2026 3:59 p.m. PT Rockstar Games The wait is almost over. Almost 13 years after the last mainline Grand Theft Auto game, preorders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are set to go live at midnight local time tonight . Rockstar Games announced the base game will cost $80 and the Ultimate Edition of the game, filled with personalized weapons, vehicles and more, will cost $100. This single game has caused a seismic shift in the gaming landscape of 2026. Once Rockstar announced the game would be released on November 19 — after a few delays — every other gaming studio has avoided the month like the plague. August, September and October are packed with at least 30 releases across those months, including Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy on Aug. 27, Marvel’s Wolverine on Sept. 15 and Gears of War: E-Day on Oct. 6. But November? According to GameRant , only Godzilla is willing to brave going up against GTA 6. Everyone seems to be expecting GTA 6 to hit the market with the size and force of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, and they’re all trying to stay clear of the blast zone. You’ll be able to preorder the game at the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Rockstar Games Store and other online storefronts. I just hope all the preorder storefronts don’t crash. (They definitely will.) Live 2 hours ago I’m not waking up at midnight for GTA 6, but it’ll be the first thing I do in the morning By Zachary McAuliffe Rockstar Games Like many people, I’ve been looking forward to GTA 6 for years. I’ve loved this series since I played GTA 3 on my friend’s PlayStation 2, all those years ago. But, as excited as I am, I’m not going to wake up at midnight just to preorder the game. Doing it tomorrow morning after I wake up will suffice. This isn’t like when I stayed up until midnight to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. For one, this is a preorder, so it’s not like I’ll be able to start playing the game as soon as I finish buying. And even if GTA 6 were launching at midnight tonight, there’s no stock to run out of. The buying options are a digital code for the game or a physical box that contains a digital code. This isn’t like when consoles go on sale and stores run out of products to sell. Sure, stores might run out of the physical boxes of GTA 6 with the code inside, but people will be able to order the digital version of GTA 6 fine. The real issue will be on launch day when servers are straining under the weight of everyone trying to launch the game at the same time. And at that point, I would anticipate Mad Max levels of anarchy, with roving gangs looking to play the game by any means necessary. Live 2 hours ago What’s the plot of GTA 6? By Zachary McAuliffe Rockstar Games What little we know about Grand Theft Auto 6 so far is that the game takes us back to Vice City and the surrounding state of Leonida, which are loosely based on Miami and Florida, respectively. The game will feature two protagonists, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, who are in love and have dealings in the criminal world and presumably will work together to give themselves a better life. I expect you’ll be able to switch back and forth between these two protagonists, just like you could switch between the three main characters in GTA 5. Switching between those characters often dropped you in on whatever weird or outlandish activities that character was doing, which shed some light on their character. So I’m interested to see how Jason and Lucia spend their time when th
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