File Section · 03 / Field Reports
Every leak, drop, and breakdown — fresh from Leonida.
officialConfirmedRockstar released the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer on October 15 — 90 seconds captured on PS5, debuting 'Flower in a Hurricane' from Justice, now confirmed as the game's score composers. What it confirms, what it doesn't, and where the soundtrack stands.
officialConfirmedGame Informer's Rockstar-sanctioned cover story adds hurricanes, a rebuilt weather system, 170-plus animal species and a map about twice GTA V's. It also exposes a sourcing error: the '3× Red Dead 2' figure most outlets, this one included, called confirmed was a creator's relay.
analysisConfirmedRockstar says GTA 6's pre-load needs up to 212 GB, depending on your device. Digital pre-load opens November 10: midnight local on PS5, midnight GMT on Xbox. How much space to clear, what it means on an Xbox Series S, and why the 677 GB image is fake.
analysisRumoredGTA 6 review codes are reportedly going out to media, with an embargo on November 18 — the day before launch, exactly as GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 were reviewed. Rockstar hasn't confirmed it. What's known, and what it means if you pre-ordered.
analysisRumoredThe only release window anyone has given for GTA 6 Online is 2027 — from Twitch's CEO, not Rockstar. The same day, Take-Two said GTA 6 is single-player at launch and gave no online date, which headlines reported as confirmation anyway. Here is what each actually said.
leakLeakedRockstar's defence at a Glasgow employment tribunal describes staff 'candidly referencing an online 32 player format'. The number is nine months old. What is new is that Rockstar is now the one saying it — three months after Take-Two called GTA 6 a single-player experience.
officialConfirmedGrand Theft Auto VI: The Album, announced September 17 by Rockstar and Atlantic, has 34 original tracks, out November 19 alongside the game. Nine are streaming now, the newest from score composers Justice. It retires the two-confirmed-songs era and names no radio stations.
analysisRumoredRockstar North's co-studio head says GTA 6 is running at 30 FPS — 'for now' — and that a 60 FPS option is undecided. That is a hedged remark, relayed twice and machine-translated, which headlines have turned into a launch commitment. Here's the difference, and what it changes.
officialConfirmedRockstar's 27-minute Extended Look aired August 27, all of it in-game on a base PS5: a six-star Wanted system that tracks your face and your car, and the largest world Rockstar has built. Here is what it confirmed — and where each of the figures around it really came from.
leakLeakedCyberLeek's October leaks — the 25-minute 'Extended Leek', Lucia clips and a failed $30 million crypto ultimatum — ended on October 14 with 'The leeks stop here. For now.' What's verified, what isn't, and how it fits with the earlier GTA 6 leaks.
officialConfirmedRockstar has announced Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look for Thursday, August 27 — Netflix at 3 p.m. ET, six hours before Rockstar's own channels at 9 p.m. ET. Officially an 'extended look', not 'Trailer 3'. What's confirmed, and the six dates that missed first.
analysisConfirmedGTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series X|S — with no PC version announced. Here's what's actually confirmed, why a PC release is still near-certain, what Rockstar's own history says about the wait, and the February 2027 leak worth ignoring.