The most anticipated video game in history. Vice City returns. Grand Theft Auto VI is Rockstar Games' open-world masterwork — the first new Grand Theft Auto since 2013's GTA V, more than a decade in the making, releasing November 19, 2026 exclusively for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The PS5 Digital Edition (Code in Box) is the physical retail box that contains a download code rather than a Blu-ray disc — the format that allows the game to be purchased at retail and preloaded to the PS5 from November 12, one week before launch.
GTA VI heads to Leonida — a fictionalised version of Florida that serves as the largest, most detailed open world Rockstar has ever created. The state of Leonida encompasses the neon-soaked streets of Vice City (Rockstar's fictionalised Miami, making its long-awaited return as the series' primary urban environment), the waterways and wilderness of Grassrivers, the tropical archipelago of the Leonida Keys, and the full geographic variety of a sun-drenched American state rendered at a scale and detail level that Rockstar describes as "the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet."
The dual protagonists are Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos — a Bonnie-and-Clyde romantic criminal partnership that forms the emotional and narrative core of GTA VI. Lucia Caminos is the series' first non-optional female playable protagonist — a woman who grew up in Liberty City and came to Leonida dreaming of the good life, serving time in the Leonida Penitentiary before the story begins. Jason Duval is a former Army soldier who found himself working for local drug runners in Leonida's criminal underworld. The official Rockstar synopsis: "Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive."
GTA VI launches as a single-player experience. Rockstar's two trailers — the first released December 2023 (the most-viewed game trailer in YouTube history at 268 million views) and the second released May 2025 — were both confirmed to be captured in-game on PS5, giving players confidence in the visual quality of the final PS5 experience. The game follows Rockstar's established release strategy: PS5 and Xbox Series X/S at launch, with a PC port expected to follow in 2027.
Important: this is a Code in Box product — the retail box contains a download code for the PS5 digital version of the game. No Blu-ray disc is included. Internet connection required to download. PS5 only — not compatible with PS4. Preload available from November 12, 2026.
Developer: Rockstar Games. Publisher: Take-Two Interactive. Release: November 19, 2026. Platform: PS5 (and Xbox Series X/S).
