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New GTA 6 release date rumors claim that Rockstar’s highly anticipated open-world game could be coming to PC shortly after its planned console window.
It begins with an X thread posted by DetectiveSeeds, who alleges that three former Rockstar employees told him via LinkedIn that the studio is planning to “release the PC version in February 2027”. It’s claimed this source “reached out to over 90 people” but only had three responses.
GTA 6 is finally scheduled to release for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 19, 2026. This is the date following two delays from its original “Coming 2025” window, as claimed in the first GTA 6 trailer from December 4, 2023.
That did not come to pass, and GTA 6 was delayed to May 2026, as announced on May 2, 2025. Mere months after this announcement, Rockstar announced it would once again delay the game to November 19, 2026, with an announcement late last year. This is the current release date for consoles, suggesting the PC version is not too far behind.
Closing the gap for the long-awaited game
Rockstar has a tendency to always release its games first on console before PC players receive a version, and it’s been this way for over a decade. The studio’s previous release, Red Dead Redemption 2, came out on October 26, 2018. However, the PC version didn’t arrive until November 5, 2019.
It’s a similar story with the release of GTA 5. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game debuted on September 17, 2013, with the Xbox One and PS4 versions launching on November 18, 2014. It wouldn’t be until April 14, 2025 (nearly two years later), that PC players finally got their hands on the game. It’s something that people feared, and it looked as though we could see a staggered release window for the new game, too.
Provided GTA 6 doesn’t get delayed again, the open-world title will be arriving on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 at the end of their respective console generations. We already know that Project Helix is on the cards for Microsoft, and there are many PS6 rumors abound, so we’re likely to get a “remastered” or “definitive” edition for those systems. However, should the gap between current-generation consoles and PC releases only be three months, then that’s less of a bitter pill to swallow.
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