Grand Theft Auto VI follows two leads, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, who are pulled into a conspiracy across Leonida and have to lean on each other. Jason is a former Army soldier who now works for local drug runners in the Keys, and Lucia is a fighter who was released from Leonida Penitentiary and is determined to earn a more comfortable life. Around them is a cast of central characters: Jason’s friend Cal Hampton, Keys smuggler Brian Heder, bank robber Raul Bautista, Vice City figures Boobie Ike and Dre’Quan Priest, and the rap duo The Real Dimez. Below are the two leads’ profiles, followed by the six central characters around them.
Coming November 19, 2026
PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S
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Facts/News
Reports and announcements about Grand Theft Auto VI. Last updated November 8, 2026.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches November 19
Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on November 19, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, going live at midnight local time in every region. The date is locked in after two earlier delays. Pre-orders opened June 25, with the Standard Edition at $80 and the Ultimate Edition at $100 (see the Pricing tab for what each includes). Buy digitally before November 20, or pre-order a physical copy, and you get the Vintage Vice City Pack. No PC release date has been announced.
Source: PC Gamer, Engadget
The Launch Gallery is live
Rockstar posted a new set of in-game screenshots showing Leonida ahead of launch. The official gallery has 39 of them, and it follows the Extended Look Rockstar premiered on Netflix, which showed nearly half an hour of gameplay footage. Browse the craziest of the screenshots on the Screenshots & Trailers tab.
Source: PC Gamer
Pre-load begins November 10
Pre-ordered digital copies can be downloaded starting November 10 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, two days earlier than the November 12 date first reported, so the game is ready to play when it unlocks at midnight local time on November 19. Plan for up to 212 GB of free space on your console. Physical copies come as a box with a download code, and that code works for pre-loading too.
Source: Shacknews, Engadget
Rockstar on GTA VI’s level of detail
Rockstar North co-head Aaron Garbut told Edge magazine that Grand Theft Auto VI has “an order of magnitude more interiors” than Rockstar’s previous games, though no exact number has been given. He said “every back alley is as densely detailed and interesting as the others,” and that even ordinary homes carry personal touches like photos and belongings. PC Gamer’s report on the feature describes the map as almost as big as GTA IV, GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 combined. Rockstar hasn’t claimed this is the most detailed game ever made, and no one has measured that. The comparison is with its own earlier games.
Source: PC Gamer, TechWiser
Over 600,000 animations
Rockstar North co-head Aaron Garbut told The New York Times that Grand Theft Auto VI has more than 600,000 animations for its characters, compared with about 55,000 in GTA V and about 300,000 in Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar set up a new Los Angeles team of writers, directors and producers that works only on making NPCs more believable, and each NPC was art-directed individually instead of being generated entirely by procedural systems. Rooms were hand-crafted too, down to where people sit, what they’re drinking, the tattoos on their arms and the pictures on the walls. Garbut: “Every room in the game, somebody thought about this.”
Source: TechRadar, The New York Times (via iGrandTheftAuto), Tech4Gamers
Pricing & Editions
What each edition costs and what you get with it.
Download size: up to 212 GB. That’s how much free space you need to pre-load the game on console.
Pre-order benefits
Buy digitally before November 20, or pre-order a physical copy while stock lasts, and either edition includes the Vintage Vice City Pack. It costs nothing extra.
- A garage near Ocean Beach. With a weapon locker and a place to stash stolen goods for a fence.
- ’55 Vapid Stanier. A retro sedan.
- Vintage outfits. A pastel linen suit and vintage hairstyle for Jason, a red sequin mini dress and curls for Lucia.
- A palm-tree weapon pattern. Inspired by Tommy Vercetti’s shirt.
$100 · $20 more than Standard
Ultimate Edition benefits
Ultimate Edition content is spread across the story, so items unlock as you move through the chapters.
- Extra vehicles. The ’95 Grotti Cheetah, the ’67 Vapid Dominator Buggy, the Shitzu Squalo boat, and a retro build for Jason’s Vapid Ganado.
- Jason’s safehouse extras. A Dinka Enduro motorcycle and a Crest Kayak.
- Weapons. Hawk and Little Morgan revolvers, plus personalized versions of Jason’s Girardi ES9 and Lucia’s Klose K17.
- Exclusive shops. Rideout Customs and One-Eyed Willie’s for vehicle mods, Sara’s Unisex Salon for hairstyles, Stock 305 for clothes and Electric Fang Tattoo.
- Exclusive outfits and tattoos. For both Jason and Lucia, including Goodtime Gear clothing.
- New activities. A Classic Car Collection to find and restore, and a raid on the PTT Youngin$ gang compound.
Sources: Engadget, PC Gamer, Push Square, TBreak.
The characters
Jason Duval
Jason grew up around grifters and crooks, then joined the Army to leave his troubled teenage years behind. He now works for local drug runners in the Keys. He wants an easy life, but, as Rockstar puts it, things just keep getting harder. Lucia is his partner in crime, and the two of them have to lean on and protect one another as they get pulled into a conspiracy across Leonida.
Jason Duval
Jason grew up around grifters and crooks, then joined the Army to leave his troubled teenage years behind. He now works for local drug runners in the Keys. He wants an easy life, but, as Rockstar puts it, things just keep getting harder. Lucia is his partner in crime, and the two of them have to lean on and protect one another as they get pulled into a conspiracy across Leonida.
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Lucia Caminos
Lucia’s father trained her to fight from childhood. She was sent to Leonida Penitentiary after fighting for her family and was released through luck. She says she’s learned her lesson: only smart moves from here. She wants the comfortable life her mother has dreamed of since their time in Liberty City, and she plans to earn it herself. Alongside Jason, she is pulled into a conspiracy across Leonida, and the two have to lean on each other.
Lucia Caminos
Lucia’s father trained her to fight from childhood. She was sent to Leonida Penitentiary after fighting for her family and was released through luck. She says she’s learned her lesson: only smart moves from here. She wants the comfortable life her mother has dreamed of since their time in Liberty City, and she plans to earn it herself. Alongside Jason, she is pulled into a conspiracy across Leonida, and the two have to lean on each other.
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Central characters
“Cal feels safest hanging at home, snooping on Coast Guard comms with a few beers and some private browser tabs open.”
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“Brian’s been around long enough to let others do his dirty work.”
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“Sooner or later, his crew will have to double down or pull their chips from the table.”
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“Boobie’s all smiles until it’s time to talk business.”
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“Even when he was dealing on the streets to make ends meet, breaking into music was the goal.”
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“An early hit single with local rapper DWNPLY took Real Dimez to new heights.”
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Sources: Video Games Chronicle, GamesRadar.
The map
The game takes place in Leonida, a fictional version of Florida, with a modern-day Vice City as its hub. Rockstar has shown six very different regions, from Vice City’s beaches and the Leonida Keys island chain to the Grassrivers wetlands and Mount Kalaga National Park. The setting matters for two reasons. First, because the conspiracy stretches across the whole state, the story moves well beyond one city into communities that feel nothing alike. Second, it brings the series back to Vice City, which debuted in 2002’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and is inspired by Miami. Fans have also built State of Leonida, an interactive map that collects trailer screenshots and real-life comparisons and doubles as a tool for comparing Leonida with other Rockstar games.
An unofficial fan project, not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive. Opens in a new tab.
State of Leonida
The six regions
Map size
Rockstar hasn’t published an official measurement. It has said the map is about three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2, and the figures below are unofficial estimates in square miles.
Leonida GTA VI90sq mi3× Red Dead 2 · 1.8× GTA V
San Andreas GTA V50sq mi1.7× Red Dead 2
Red Dead 2 Red Dead Redemption 230sq miThe smallest of the three
Outlines are approximate, drawn to the same scale. Leonida includes its islands. Sizes are unofficial estimates.
Sources: esports.gg, PC Gamer, Sportskeeda.
Screenshots & Trailers
Three trailers lead up to the November 19 launch, from the first look in December 2023 to the Launch Trailer in October 2026.
Screenshots
Credit: Rockstar Games.