By Ray Ampoloquio · Sep 7, 2026 Updated by Matt Gibbs · Sep 8, 2026 PlayStation Store listings show 15 GTA 6 unlock windows between November 18 and 19. Our table covers all 63 currently timed countries and regions, including local differences within larger countries.

Zoom image: Here is when GTA 6 goes live where you are, and how some get to play early. In this article

Digital PS5 copies of Grand Theft Auto VI begin unlocking in New Zealand at 11:00 UTC on November 18 and finish their current regional rollout 19 hours later in Mexico and Central America. This is not one simultaneous worldwide launch.

We checked every regional PlayStation Store listing that currently shows a release timestamp for the next Grand Theft Auto from Rockstar Games . The 63 timed countries and regions resolve into 15 windows. Most open at local midnight on November 19 , but a nationwide Store timestamp produces an earlier evening start in the western parts of countries with several time zones.

That is why the United States listing gives New York a midnight launch while Los Angeles can start at 9 p.m. on November 18. Australia stretches from midnight in Sydney to 9 p.m. in Perth, and parts of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Portugal and Spain also differ from the midnight shown for their Store region.

Your PlayStation account's country or region controls which Store listing applies. Changing the console clock does not change that account region or move the unlock time.

GTA 6 PS5 unlock times for all 63 listed countries and regions

The 15 windows shown by current regional PlayStation Store listings. The last column converts nationwide Store timestamps for places with more than one local time zone. Times may change before launch.

The table covers the digital PS5 release because PlayStation is the platform currently publishing these country-by-country timestamps. Rockstar's preorder support page names 62 PlayStation Store markets, while Taiwan's live Store page supplies the 63rd timed listing included above. Rockstar says more countries may be added as platform policies, regional regulations and age ratings allow.

If your country or region is absent, there is no verified PS5 time to borrow from a neighboring market yet. Check your own Store page again closer to launch.

Rockstar says digital pre-orders can begin preloading at local midnight on November 12 , seven days before release. The physical Standard Edition also becomes available from November 12 and is a code in a box , not a disc. Buyers can redeem that code and start the download as soon as they receive it.

The final download size is still unannounced. Neither the large and expansive map nor the locations already identified across Leonida gives a reliable way to estimate it. The practical move is to leave enough storage free and begin the preload when it opens.

No. Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 also had region-dependent console launches rather than one simultaneous global release. Their details were not identical to the current GTA 6 Store schedule, but players in some regions still gained access before others.

A broad comparison of Rockstar's last two major console launches with the current GTA 6 PS5 schedule; the exact regional arrangements were not identical.

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