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27 stories on Launch, newest first. Everything here is on 6 Insider because Rockstar, or somebody reporting on Rockstar, actually said it.
GTA 6 is a 210GB download on PS5, according to the PlayStation Store's own data
A store-data tracker spotted the number and Insider Gaming says it checks out. Rockstar hasn't confirmed it, but it's the first real figure we've had, and it's bigger than most estimates.
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GTA 6's boxed copy is just a code, and some shops won't sell it
Three weeks out, here's what the no-disc box means for trade-ins, slow internet and anyone who wanted a game on the shelf.
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Virgin Media will pay you €800 to play GTA 6 for eight hours
€100 an hour, the game's thrown in, and you can spread the hours over the week. There's a catch, and it's a small one.
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A hacker got $50,000 from Sony for a PS5 exploit, and it's why GTA 6 won't be pirated on day one
The flaw would've opened the PS5 right up. Somebody reported it a month before launch, Sony paid out, and half the homebrew scene is furious with him.
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GTA 6 review copies are reportedly out, and a second source backs the 18 November embargo
NateTheHate says Rockstar's started sending codes to outlets, and Insider Gaming says it's verified the reports. Reviewers would get about three weeks with it.
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No, nobody's playing GTA 6 early on TikTok, and the "early access" downloads are malware
A clip of Lucia in a clothes shop is doing the rounds with a caption saying it's the real game. It almost certainly isn't, and the links that come with this stuff are how people get robbed.
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GTA 6 reviews reportedly land on 18 November, with some outlets held until launch day
A ResetEra poster with a decent track record says the embargo lifts the day before launch, and that review codes haven't gone out yet. Rockstar hasn't confirmed any of it.
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BioWare's gone, and the Mass Effect 5 director's first joke was about GTA 6
Michael Gamble lost his studio and his game this week. His sign-off: at least he won't need a sick day on 19 November. It's also a good moment to check that $1 billion sick-day number again.
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GTA 6 preload: when it starts, how long it takes, and the two settings that stop it stalling
Preloading opens on 12 November, a week before launch. On a typical home connection the download is an overnight job, and a console that falls asleep halfway through is how people miss launch night.
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GTA 6 review scores: Metacritic, OpenCritic and every major review
There aren't any GTA 6 reviews yet, and any score you see before the embargo lifts is fake. This is the page that'll collect them, plus what's worth knowing until it does.
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Take-Two reports on 9 November, ten days before GTA 6. What to listen for
It's the last scheduled earnings call before launch. Don't expect a sales number. Do expect the date to be restated, and listen for what's said about PC and online.
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GTA 6 makes The Game Awards cutoff by about a day. That does not make it a nominee
The window closes at 9pm Pacific on 20 November. GTA 6 is out on the 19th. The jury that picks the nominees will vote before almost anyone outside it has played it.
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How big is GTA 6? Nobody has the real number yet, and the one going round is fake
No store listing shows an install size. The 676.7 GB screenshot was doctored. But the numbers we do have give a decent idea of how much space to clear before preload opens on 12 November.
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When do GTA 6 reviews come out? What has been reported, and what is still a guess
One report says review copies go out before the end of October. An earlier one said nobody would get a copy at all. Rockstar hasn't said a word, and its own history points to a very short gap.
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Game Informer's GTA 6 issue lands today, and the two systems it covers are the ones Rockstar has barely shown
Fourteen pages, twelve new screenshots and lead designer interviews on weather and wildlife. Here's what Rockstar has actually shown of both so far, so you can tell new from repeated.
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GTA 6 standard or Ultimate: what the extra $20 actually buys
Ultimate is outselling standard in pre-orders, which is unusual. Here's everything in each edition, what the extras are worth, and who should ignore them.
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Take-Two's CEO was asked if he should be replaced. His answer conceded the question.
An investor put years of delays and dependence on a handful of franchises to Strauss Zelnick at today's annual meeting. He reached for 2007, and then made the shareholder's point for him.
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The GTA 6 Ultimate Edition does not unlock at once, and you can upgrade whenever
Twenty dollars buys items threaded through chapters you haven't reached yet. And since the upgrade's sold separately at any time, the standard edition is the safer purchase.
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Which SSD for GTA 6 on PS5, and when deleting things is cheaper
Sony publishes a hard requirement and most budget drives miss it. What the PlayStation 5 actually needs, what Xbox needs instead, and the case for buying nothing.
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PS5 or Xbox Series X for GTA 6, and where Series S sits
Both run it at a 30fps target with no performance mode promised. So the decision comes down to storage cost, the Pro question, and which one you already own.
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Does your GTA Online money carry over to GTA 6?
Rockstar hasn't said no. It hasn't said anything at all, about the one feature everybody keeps asking for, and that silence has been going on a while.
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1.5 million Americans plan to skip work for GTA 6, and it could cost a billion dollars
An economist has put a number on the launch day sickie. Read the caveat before you repeat the headline.
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What time does GTA 6 unlock in your country? Every store region, read off the PlayStation Store
Midnight on 19 November, but whose midnight? The store lists one time per region, and for the US that's midnight in New York. Here's every region, and the part nobody's confirmed.
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Is there GTA Online at launch? No, and Rockstar has been unusually clear
Rockstar's own store listings call it a single-player experience. That's the whole answer, and the silence about what comes next is the interesting part.
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The GTA 6 launch checklist
Storage, preload, unlock time and the spoiler problem. Everything worth sorting before 19 November, in the order it matters.
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Rockstar wants to turn parts of Miami into Vice City. Local officials are not having it
A pitch to Miami-Dade would rebrand stretches of the airport, the port and the transit system. A commissioner and the county sheriff have already come out against it.
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GTA 6 ships single-player only. There is no GTA Online on day one
Rockstar's confirmed the launch is story mode alone, and it hasn't said anything at all about when multiplayer follows.
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