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Your GTA VI launch guide.
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Explore the update →Publication record ↗The countdown to GTA VI
Confirmed dateNovember 19, 2026
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Launch status
Game
6 verified fieldsGrand Theft Auto VI
Rockstar Games single-player title scheduled for November 19, 2026.
- Release date
- November 19, 2026
- Launch platforms
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
- Experience
- single-player
- Preload date
- November 12, 2026 — digital pre-orders
- protagonists
- Jason Duval, Lucia Caminos
- setting
- Vice City, Leonida
People / Officially introduced
People shaping the story
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OfficialJason Duval
One of GTA VI’s two central protagonists. Jason is trying to leave a troubled past behind while working for local drug runners in the Leonida Keys.
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OfficialLucia Caminos
One of GTA VI’s two central protagonists. Lucia is newly out of Leonida Penitentiary and determined to change the odds for herself and her family.
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OfficialCal Hampton
Jason's friend and a fellow associate of Brian. Cal prefers staying home, monitoring Coast Guard communications and following his theories.
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OfficialBoobie Ike
A local Vice City legend whose legitimate empire spans real estate, a club and a recording studio. He is focused on building Only Raw Records with Dre'Quan Priest.
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OfficialDre'Quan Priest
An aspiring Vice City music mogul building Only Raw Records after years of street hustling.
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OfficialReal Dimez
Bae-Luxe and Roxy are a rap duo whose music and social presence led them to sign with Only Raw Records.
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OfficialRaul Bautista
A seasoned bank robber whose confidence and appetite for risk raise the stakes for every crew he joins.
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OfficialBrian Heder
A veteran Keys drug runner who lets Jason live at one of his properties in exchange for help with local work.
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Across Vice City and Leonida
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OfficialVice City
The principal city in GTA VI and a major setting within the state of Leonida.
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OfficialLeonida
The fictional state that contains Vice City and the wider GTA VI setting.
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OfficialLeonida Keys
An officially named GTA VI destination within the state of Leonida.
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OfficialPort Gellhorn
An officially named GTA VI destination within the state of Leonida.
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OfficialGrassrivers
An officially named GTA VI destination within the state of Leonida.
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OfficialAmbrosia
An officially named GTA VI destination within the state of Leonida.
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OfficialMount Kalaga National Park
An officially named national park destination within GTA VI's state of Leonida.
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