Pre-loading for Grand Theft Auto VI opened on Tuesday, November 10, nine days before its November 19 release, as Rockstar announced on November 3: on Xbox Series X|S everywhere at once at 00:00 GMT, which was still November 9 in the Americas. On PlayStation 5 it opens at midnight local time, country by country: already in Asia, Oceania and Europe, a few hours later in the Americas. Rockstar says the download needs up to 212 GB depending on the console.
Who can pre-load GTA 6
Pre-loading is for players who pre-ordered the game digitally. The boxed version, in shops from November 12, holds a download code rather than a disc: once its code is redeemed, the whole game downloads the same way.
On PS5, a pre-order downloads by itself once auto-download is on; on Xbox Series X|S, it can be pre-installed from the console, or remotely from a phone. Our GTA 6 pre-load guide gives the start time in each city, the settings on each console and how to make room.
