GTA 6 pre orders open June 25 on PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, and other retailers. Rockstar also revealed the official cover art and a story synopsis, though a price has not been confirmed.
After roughly 7 months of total silence on Grand Theft Auto 6, broken only by routine GTA Online updates, Rockstar Games finally said something today. Pre-orders for GTA 6 will go live on June 25, just one week away, and the studio used the moment to unveil the game's official cover art.
The cover follows the series' familiar collage formula. Jason and Lucia sit front and center, surrounded by the usual chaos: a helicopter cutting across a pastel sky, a motorcycle popping a wheelie, a flashy supporting character who looks built for betrayal, and a yellow sports car that seems destined to get stolen and wrecked within the first hour. An alligator lounges in the middle of it all, completely unfazed, which feels about right for a game set in Leonida.
Rockstar also gave the official GTA 6 website a refresh, swapping in a sweeping view of Vice City at golden hour, complete with cargo ships, glowing skyscrapers, and a Ferris wheel lit up along the waterfront. It's a city that looks like it's dressed up for a night that's about to go sideways, with boats docked below that already look like they're up for grabs.
Tired of GTA rumor recycling in your search results?
Make GTA BOOM your preferred source so Google prioritizes verified GTA coverage in Search, Top Stories, and AI Overviews.
Alongside the art, Rockstar shared a short setup for the story: a routine job pulls Jason and Lucia into something far bigger, a conspiracy that stretches across the whole state of Leonida, leaving the couple with little choice but to lean on each other to survive.
The timing tracks with what Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick hinted at after the company's May 21 earnings call, where he said marketing would ramp up once summer arrived. It's also notable because Zelnick had previously told analysts he had no real idea when pre-orders would actually open, so this is the clearest signal yet that Rockstar is sticking to its plan.
Once pre-orders begin, players will be able to reserve the game through the PlayStation Store, the Xbox Store, and other retailers, with both digital and physical disc copies available. In the meantime, the game can already be wishlisted on PlayStation and Xbox.
What's still missing is a price. Rockstar hasn't confirmed one, though Zelnick has floated the idea of $70 or $80 in earlier comments about in-game advertising, and there's been plenty of speculation that Take-Two could push past the usual $70 standard given how massive this release is shaping up to be. Zelnick has previously argued that pricing comes down to whether the value players get matches what they're asked to pay, rather than just chasing the highest number the market will bear. Given how long and expensive GTA 6's development has been, with some unofficial estimates putting the budget north of a billion dollars, there's a real argument either way.
There's also no new trailer yet, which has surprised some fans given that pre-orders are usually paired with fresh footage. Rockstar released GTA V's third trailer around this same point in its marketing cycle, so it wouldn't be shocking if a new one dropped on June 25 itself, possibly capping things off with a straightforward call to pre-order.
All of this points to one conclusion: after two delays, GTA 6 is genuinely on track for November 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Five months out, with pre-orders opening and a cover finally in hand, the wait is starting to feel like it's actually ending.
