GTA 6 in the UK and Ireland: price, release time and where to pre-order

How much is GTA 6 in the UK?

GTA 6 costs £69.99 (Standard Edition) and £89.99 (Ultimate Edition) in the UK, the same on PlayStation Store UK and Microsoft Store UK when we checked both listings on 11 November 2026.

Edition	PlayStation Store UK	Microsoft Store UK	Status
Standard	£69.99	£69.99	Confirmed
Ultimate Edition	£89.99	£89.99	Confirmed
Upgrade Standard → Ultimate	Not listed separately	£20.00	Confirmed (Xbox)

Checked 11 November 2026 on store.playstation.com/en-gb and xbox.com/en-GB. Prices include VAT.

VAT is already in the price. PlayStation’s UK terms say the price displayed “is inclusive of applicable VAT”, and the UK standard rate is 20% (GOV.UK). So £69.99 is what you pay at checkout, not a figure before tax.

Our GTA 6 price guide has the editions, the US and Latin American prices and what the Ultimate Edition adds.

What time does GTA 6 come out in the UK?

00:00 GMT on Thursday 19 November 2026, so midnight as Wednesday turns into Thursday. Rockstar and PlayStation set a midnight local time unlock, and PS Store UK lists the release as “19/11/2026 12:00 AM UTC”. The UK left British Summer Time on 25 October, so GMT and UTC are the same clock on launch night.

What	UK time (GMT)	Status
Pre-load on PS5	Opened 00:00, Tuesday 10 November	Confirmed
Pre-load on Xbox Series X|S	Opened 00:00, Tuesday 10 November	Confirmed
Boxed copies in shops	Thursday 12 November	Confirmed
Unlock on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S	00:00, Thursday 19 November	Confirmed
Xbox Cloud Gaming (Series X|S and Xbox One)	06:00, Thursday 19 November	Confirmed

Sources: PlayStation Blog (3 Nov 2026) and VGC for pre-load; PS Store UK listing for the unlock; Xbox Wire (10 Nov 2026) for cloud, which starts at 1 a.m. ET worldwide. Reviewed 11 November 2026.

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland share one clock, so the whole UK unlocks at once. So do the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Ireland (see below).

Players further east get there first. New Zealand unlocks at 11:00 GMT on Wednesday 18 November, Sydney at 13:00 GMT (GTA 6 in Australia), India at 18:30 GMT (GTA 6 in India) and most of mainland Europe at 23:00 GMT, an hour before you. The full list is in our GTA 6 release time guide.

Does your account region or your console’s clock decide? Not officially confirmed. Push Square notes that some PS5 players open a New Zealand PSN account and buy the game on that store to play earlier, which suggests the unlock follows the store region of the account. On Xbox, the console’s region setting is the usual reference. Neither Sony nor Microsoft has spelled it out for GTA 6.

Where to pre-order GTA 6 in the UK

A digital pre-order lets you pre-load now. A boxed copy lets you pre-load from 12 November, once you redeem the code.

• PlayStation Store UK charges digital pre-orders on the day you place them, per PlayStation’s UK terms.
• Microsoft Store UK may charge up to 10 days before release if you pay by card, and right away if you use your Microsoft account balance (Microsoft Support). By 11 November card pre-orders may already have been billed.
• High-street and online shops. Currys, Argos, Smyths, GAME, Amazon UK and ShopTo appear in UK search results for GTA 6 pre-orders on 11 November. Retailer prices move daily and we have not checked each listing, so compare on the day you buy.

Xbox UK gives the Vintage Vice City Pack and one month of GTA+ to purchases made before 23:59:59 on 19 November 2026. PS Store UK includes the month of GTA+ with digital pre-orders, to be claimed by 31 March and set to auto-renew.

Whether any UK shop sells a boxed Ultimate Edition is unconfirmed. If you buy a Standard box and change your mind, the £20 upgrade on Xbox is digital.

Physical copy: a code in a box

The GTA 6 box sold in UK shops holds a download code, not a disc. Rockstar confirmed it, and the boxes reach shops on Thursday 12 November so you can redeem the code and pre-load before launch. More in our physical edition story.

File size and storage

Rockstar asks for up to 212 GB of free space, and PlayStation says to clear at least 212 GB on PS5. Pre-loading has been open since 10 November, so the midnight launch won’t mean downloading the whole game. Per-console sizes are in our GTA 6 file size guide.

GTA 6 on PS4, Xbox One and PC in the UK

• PS5 and Xbox Series X|S: native versions, both 30 fps. PS5 Pro adds PSSR upscaling and ray-traced shadows.
• Xbox One: only through Xbox Cloud Gaming on Xbox One, from 06:00 GMT on 19 November. You still buy the game, plus Game Pass or cloud play time.
• PS4: no version.
• PC: no version announced. GamesBeat reported on 13 October, citing four anonymous sources, that a GTA 6 PC release is planned for the first quarter of 2027. Rockstar has not confirmed it.

Details in the GTA 6 platforms guide and the PC status page.

GTA 6 in Ireland: price in euros

GTA 6 costs €79.99 (Standard) and €99.99 (Ultimate) in Ireland on PlayStation Store Ireland and Microsoft Store Ireland, checked on 11 November 2026. The Xbox upgrade to Ultimate costs €20.

Edition	PlayStation Store IE	Microsoft Store IE	Status
Standard	€79.99	€79.99	Confirmed
Ultimate Edition	€99.99	€99.99	Confirmed
Upgrade Standard → Ultimate	Not listed separately	€20.00	Confirmed (Xbox)

Checked 11 November 2026 on store.playstation.com/en-ie and xbox.com/en-IE. Prices include VAT.

• VAT: included. Ireland’s standard rate is 23% (Revenue).
• Unlock: 00:00 on Thursday 19 November. Ireland is on GMT in winter, so it unlocks at the same moment as the UK. Xbox Cloud starts at 06:00.
• Rating: PEGI 18 on both Irish listings.
• Shops: Goosed.ie reported in June that Smyths Ireland took boxed pre-orders at €79.99, with collection from 12 November to allow pre-loading. Retail prices change, so check the current listing before you pay. GameStop, Argos and Currys also trade in Ireland; we have not checked their GTA 6 listings.

Before 19 November

1. Pre-order or redeem your box code, then start the pre-load.
2. Free up 212 GB.
3. If you play on Xbox One, check your Game Pass or cloud time.
4. Set an alarm for midnight on Wednesday night.