GTA VIThu Nov 19, 2026PS5 & Xbox Series X|S

Can we play GTA 6 yet?

NOT YET.

GTA 6 unlocks at midnight on Thursday November 19 in your store region — New Zealand first, Mexico last.

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First unlock: New Zealand, 11:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 · Last: Mexico, 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19

Reported From the PlayStation Store listings, as reported. Rockstar hasn’t published an hourly table we could verify.

Your PSN account's store region decides the unlock time, not where you are or your console clock.

Sources: PlayStation Store regional listings, as compiled by AllThings.How · Rockstar Support: regional pre-load and release times · Last verified Nov 15, 2026

The unlock wave

Midnight rolls west.

GTA 6 doesn’t unlock everywhere at once. Each PlayStation Store region unlocks at its own midnight, so New Zealand starts playing 19 hours before Mexico. In the US and Canada the whole store region unlocks at midnight Eastern, which is 9 PM Pacific on Wednesday.

World map of GTA 6 unlocks Countries light up as GTA 6 unlocks there, from New Zealand at 11:00 UTC on November 18 to Mexico at 06:00 UTC on November 19. The list below the map has the same information. Fiji: 12:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Tanzania: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) W. Sahara: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Canada: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 USA: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Kazakhstan: 19:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Uzbekistan: 19:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Papua New Guinea: 14:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Indonesia: 17:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Argentina: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Chile: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Dem. Rep. Congo: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Somalia: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Kenya: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Sudan: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Chad: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Haiti: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Dominican Rep.: 04:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Russia: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Bahamas: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Falkland Is.: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Norway: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Greenland: 02:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: 20:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Timor-Leste: 15:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) South Africa: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Lesotho: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Mexico: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Uruguay: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Brazil: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Bolivia: 04:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Peru: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Colombia: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Panama: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Costa Rica: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Nicaragua: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Honduras: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 El Salvador: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Guatemala: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Belize: 06:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Venezuela: 04:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Guyana: 04:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Suriname: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) France: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Ecuador: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Puerto Rico: 04:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Jamaica: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Cuba: 05:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Zimbabwe: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Botswana: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Namibia: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Senegal: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Mali: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Mauritania: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Benin: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Niger: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Nigeria: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Cameroon: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Togo: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Ghana: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Côte d'Ivoire: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Guinea: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Guinea-Bissau: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Liberia: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Sierra Leone: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Burkina Faso: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Central African Rep.: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Congo: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Gabon: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Eq. Guinea: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Zambia: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Malawi: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Mozambique: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) eSwatini: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Angola: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Burundi: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Israel: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Lebanon: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Madagascar: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Palestine: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Gambia: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Tunisia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Algeria: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Jordan: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) UAE: 20:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Qatar: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Kuwait: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Iraq: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Oman: 20:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Vanuatu: 13:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Cambodia: 17:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Thailand: 17:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Laos: 17:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Myanmar: 17:30 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Vietnam: 17:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) North Korea: 15:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) South Korea: 15:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Mongolia: 16:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) India: 18:30 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Bangladesh: 18:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Bhutan: 18:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Nepal: 18:15 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Pakistan: 19:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Afghanistan: 19:30 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Tajikistan: 19:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Kyrgyzstan: 18:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Turkmenistan: 19:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Iran: 20:30 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Syria: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Armenia: 20:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Sweden: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Belarus: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Ukraine: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Poland: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Austria: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Hungary: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Moldova: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Romania: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Lithuania: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Latvia: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Estonia: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Germany: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Bulgaria: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Greece: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Turkey: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Albania: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Croatia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Switzerland: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Luxembourg: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Belgium: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Netherlands: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Portugal: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Spain: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Ireland: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 New Caledonia: 13:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Solomon Is.: 13:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) New Zealand: 11:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Australia: 13:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Sri Lanka: 18:30 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) China: 16:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Taiwan: 16:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Italy: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Denmark: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 UK: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Iceland: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Azerbaijan: 20:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Georgia: 20:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Philippines: 16:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Malaysia: 16:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Brunei: 16:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Slovenia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Finland: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Slovakia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Czechia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Eritrea: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Japan: 15:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Paraguay: 03:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 Yemen: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Saudi Arabia: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Cyprus: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Cyprus: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 Morocco: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Egypt: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Libya: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Ethiopia: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Djibouti: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Somaliland: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Uganda: 21:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Rwanda: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Bosnia and Herz.: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Macedonia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Serbia: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Montenegro: 23:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate) Kosovo: 00:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) Trinidad and Tobago: 04:00 UTC, Thu Nov 19 (estimate) S. Sudan: 22:00 UTC, Wed Nov 18 (estimate)
Unlocked Next up Waiting No store data (estimate)

15 PlayStation Store windows · 19 hours · New Zealand first

Times in your time zone, with UTC below.

  1. New Zealand New Zealand 11:00 UTC Wed
  2. Australia Australia 13:00 UTC Wed
  3. Japan & South Korea Japan , South Korea 15:00 UTC Wed
  4. Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia & Taiwan Singapore , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Taiwan 16:00 UTC Wed
  5. Indonesia & Thailand Indonesia , Thailand 17:00 UTC Wed
  6. India India 18:30 UTC Wed
  7. UAE UAE 20:00 UTC Wed
  8. Saudi Arabia & Turkey Saudi Arabia , Turkey 21:00 UTC Wed
  9. Eastern Europe & South Africa South Africa +6 more 22:00 UTC Wed
  10. Central Europe France , Germany , Italy , Netherlands , Poland , Spain , Sweden +12 more 23:00 UTC Wed
  11. UK, Ireland, Portugal & Iceland UK , Ireland , Portugal , Iceland 00:00 UTC Thu
  12. Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay & Uruguay Brazil , Argentina , Chile +2 more 03:00 UTC Thu
  13. Bolivia Bolivia 04:00 UTC Thu
  14. USA, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama & Peru USA , Canada , Colombia , Peru +2 more 05:00 UTC Thu
  15. Mexico & Central America Mexico +5 more 06:00 UTC Thu

Launch-night answers

Everything you’ll panic about.

Preload & storage

Preloading opened Nov 10. Make room for up to 212 GB, and check your download will finish in time.

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Preloaded but locked?

Normal until your store region hits midnight. What to check if it stays locked after that.

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Bought a physical copy?

The box holds a download code, not a disc. Redeem it, then preload like everyone else.

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Travelling? Foreign account?

On PS5 your PSN account’s store region decides the unlock, not where you are.

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On PC?

No PC version has been announced. Here’s what you can and can’t do.

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Is there online?

Rockstar hasn’t announced an online mode for launch day.

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By country

Your local unlock time.

Times shown in each country’s main time zone. Open a country for every zone and the UTC time.

Not listed? Pick your store region in the countdown above. If your country has no PlayStation Store listing we estimate midnight in your time zone and label it as an estimate.