Two Months to GTA 6: 61 Days Until the November 19 Launch
September 19 is exactly 61 days from GTA 6's November 19 launch. Here's the countdown math, this week's GTA Online event, and what to expect from the final two months.
Today, September 19, marks exactly two months until Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, 2026. Sixty-one days. For a game that has been in the making for over a decade, the final stretch is officially here — and Rockstar is filling it with music announcements, GTA Online events, and a marketing push that shows no sign of slowing down.
The countdown math
Sixty-one days to play. Fifty-four days to pre-load, with pre-loading opening on November 12. GTA 6 arrives on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S as a single-player experience, with the Standard edition at $79.99 and the Ultimate edition at $99.99. Worth knowing: the physical edition comes as a code in a box rather than a disc, according to Rockstar's own listings — a detail that has sparked its own round of debate among collectors.
GTA Online keeps the lights on
While everyone waits, GTA Online's Business Rivalries Event has entered its third week with a Gunrunning focus. From September 17 through 24, players can claim the Grapeseed Bunker completely free from Maze Bank Foreclosures — and the weekly challenge (complete three Bunker Research Missions) pays out GTA$1,000,000 plus a Camo Ammu-Nation Sweatsuit.
Bunker Research Missions, Ammu-Nation Contract Missions, and Safeguard Deliveries are all paying double GTA$ and RP, with triple rewards on the Community Mission Series. A new super car, the Pegassi Horus, is now widely available, and completing challenges over the next two weeks earns a free Penaud La Coureuse with an HSW upgrade. It is one of the most generous event weeks GTA Online has run in a while — a clear bid to keep players logged in through the launch window.
GTA V just turned 13
Quietly, in the shadow of all this, Grand Theft Auto V turned 13 years old on September 17. Released in 2013, it went on to become one of the best-selling games of all time and the financial engine that funded everything Rockstar has built since — including, indirectly, GTA 6 itself. Thirteen years between a game's release and its successor's launch is nearly unheard of in this industry. The fact that GTA V's online mode is still running weekly events in its thirteenth year tells you everything about why.
What the next 61 days look like
Rockstar's recent cadence gives a sense of what's coming: the 26-minute Netflix gameplay teaser last month, the official soundtrack album announcement this week (34 tracks, six singles streaming now), and a steady drumbeat of artist reveals. If the pattern holds, expect at least one more major trailer, final pre-launch previews, and the traditional launch-week media blitz before November 19. Sixty-one days has never felt this short — or this long.
Sources: El Paso Times, RockstarINTEL, iGrandTheftAuto