--- title: "GTA 6 countdown: days, hours and minutes to release" description: "Live countdown to the GTA 6 release on 19 November 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Get your crew’s free community on mssgs ready before launch night." canonical: https://mss.gs/en/gta-6-countdown language: en --- GTA 6 countdown # GTA 6 comes out in 6 days 02 hours : 52 minutes : 34 seconds Release: 19 November 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Counting to midnight at the start of release day in your time zone. Rockstar Games has not announced an unlock time. Launch night is better with your crew in one place: a community with voice for every squad, a plan for the first evening and a channel for the first clips. Set it up now, so everyone is in before the game unlocks. - Free - No ads - Hosted in the Netherlands The picture is an illustration made for this page, not from GTA 6. ## Get your crew ready for launch Name your GTA 6 community now. We hold the name for 24 hours while you open mssgs. Free, no card needed. You finish up in the app or in your browser. ## What we know The facts, as Rockstar Games announced them. Release date 19 November 2026 Platforms PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. No PC version has been announced. Studio Rockstar Games Setting Vice City and the state of Leonida Checked against Rockstar Games’ announcements on 12 November 2026. While you wait ## Get your crew in place before launch night A community on mssgs is a server of your own, free and without ads. Three things to set up this week: ### Voice for every squad A voice channel per squad. On the desktop, hold a key or a side mouse button to talk, with noise suppression that filters out your keyboard. ### Game nights and matches Plan an event and everyone answers Going, Maybe or Can’t. Pin the rules where everyone sees them. ### Watch the VODs together A watch party plays a video in sync for the whole channel, and anyone can clip the last seconds. ## Your server in three steps - 1 Name it Type your crew’s name in the form above. We hold it for 24 hours. - 2 Open mssgs On your phone, your computer or in the browser, and finish up there. - 3 Bring your squad Share the invite link in the lobby or in your old group chat. Friends join from any device. ## About GTA 6 [Grand Theft Auto VI](https://www.rockstargames.com/VI) is Rockstar Games’ return to Vice City, in the state of Leonida. It comes out on 19 November 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. [GTA 6 community](https://mss.gs/en/gta-6) mssgs is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Rockstar Games. GTA 6 is a trademark of its owner, and the picture on this page is an illustration, not from the game. GTA 6 communities on mssgs are made by players, for players. ## Questions about the release On 19 November 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar Games moved the date twice: the game was first planned for 2025, then for 26 May 2026. Rockstar Games has not announced an unlock time. This countdown runs to midnight at the start of release day in your own time zone; when your copy unlocks can differ per platform and region. Not at launch: Rockstar Games has announced GTA 6 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S only. Yes. Keep the call and the chat on your phone or computer while you play on PlayStation, Xbox or Switch. The overlay is for games you play on your computer. Yes. A community with text and voice channels, roles and invites costs nothing, and neither does the game overlay. [Premium](https://mss.gs/en/premium) is optional: it raises the upload limit from 25 MB to 50 MB and messages from 2,000 to 5,000 characters, among other things.