GTA 6 release date may be closer than you thought — preorders reportedly launch soon

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We still don't know when GTA 6 is coming out, but we may have an idea of when you can plunk some cash down to pre-order it.

GTA 6 pre-order date reportedly leaked

According to screenshots posted by Rockstar Universe (which, predictably, is a site dedicated to Rockstar games), pre-orders for the next game in the GTA series may be available starting Dec. 12.


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To be clear, the sourcing here is a tad suspect; it's based on supposed direct-message conversations with support staff at Argos, a U.K.-based retailer that may or may not have access to pre-order info for GTA 6. Since it's just a pre-order date, we don't know when, exactly, the game will be in people's hands.

This isn't a lot to go on by itself, but there's one very good reason to buy into it: Rockstar itself confirmed that we'll see a GTA6 reveal trailer sometime in December. These events typically unveil pre-order availability. That's all speculation, of course, but it's not entirely baseless. Even if Rockstar tends to zig where other game companies zag, it's not unreasonable to assume things will go down this way in the next few weeks.

Just be patient, folks. We know GTA 6 is coming. It's only a matter of time.

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Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social.

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