GTA 6 arrives in Brazil at 0h on November 19, 2026, PS5 and Xbox
Rockstar Games set the launch time of Grand Theft Auto VI for Brazil. The game unlocks at midnight on Thursday, November 19, 2026, Brasília time, and players with a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X|S can start the campaign from the night of November 18 into November 19.
The company releases the game by local clock in each market instead of a single worldwide moment. Countries with earlier time zones therefore get the game first, and New Zealand unlocks about 16 hours before Brazil.
Early download opens on November 10 and asks for up to 212 GB
Buyers of the digital edition can already download the files before the official launch. The pre-download opened on November 10, 2026, on both consoles, so the system can finish installing before the servers go live.
Rockstar Games advises owners to confirm the free space in the internal storage before starting. The footprint varies by console and reaches up to 212 GB, a size meant to avoid long waits when the game opens.
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Launch and download times for each platform in Brazil
Players who want to download and start on time should follow the schedule that Rockstar Games set for each platform. The list below gathers the dates and hours that apply to the Brazilian market.
- Launch in Brazil: 0h of November 19, 2026, Brasília time
- Platforms at launch: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S
- PlayStation 5 pre-download: from 0h on November 10, 2026, local time
- Xbox Series X|S pre-download: from 0h GMT on November 10, 2026, which is 21h on November 9 in Brasília
- Storage required: up to 212 GB, depending on the console
- PC: no release date announced
Vice City setting and no PC date yet
The new chapter reaches the market more than a decade after GTA 5, which first came out in 2013. The campaign takes players back to Vice City, inside the fictional state of Leonida, and follows the story of Lucia and Jason.
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In this first commercial stage, Rockstar Games limited availability to the current consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The company has not announced a date or an official timetable for the PC version.
