GTA 6 has gone gold: no more delays, record pre-orders

GTA 6 is done. On Monday, November 9, 2026, during Take-Two’s fiscal second-quarter earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick put it plainly: “Rockstar has completed the development of GTA VI.” In industry terms, the game has gone gold, ten days before its November 19 launch.

Status: confirmed. The figures come from the earnings release Take-Two filed with the SEC and the call transcript. The share move is from Yahoo Finance.

Can GTA 6 still be delayed?

Very unlikely. Going gold means the retail build is locked. Anything Rockstar fixes from here ships as a patch, not as a new date. Push Square’s headline summed it up: no last-minute delays.

The logistics point the same way. Digital pre-loading opened on November 10 and code-in-a-box copies reach stores on November 12. Details in GTA 6 pre-load is live.

This closes out a schedule that slipped twice: from 2025 to May 2026, then from May to November 19, 2026. The full timeline is in why GTA 6 was delayed.

How many pre-orders does GTA 6 have?

Take-Two didn’t share a number. Zelnick said pre-orders are tracking “far in excess of our initial expectations” and sit at “unprecedented levels”, which is why the company expects a “historic” year.

Unit counts you see elsewhere come from third-party trackers, not from Take-Two or Rockstar. Editions and pricing are covered in GTA 6 price and pre-orders.

Take-Two’s numbers

Checked November 11, 2026. All figures in US dollars. Take-Two’s fiscal 2027 runs from April 2026 to March 2027.

Item	Figure	Status	Source
Net bookings, July-September 2026 quarter	$1.6 billion (down 18% year over year)	Official	SEC 8-K
GAAP revenue for the quarter	$1.5 billion	Official	SEC 8-K
GAAP result for the quarter	Net loss of $54 million ($0.29 per share)	Official	SEC 8-K
Net bookings outlook, October-December 2026	$3.35 to $3.5 billion	Official	SEC 8-K
Fiscal 2027 net bookings outlook	$8.0 to $8.2 billion (reiterated)	Official	SEC 8-K
GTA VI release date	Nov 19, 2026, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S	Official	SEC 8-K
TTWO share move on Nov 10	Up more than 8%	Market data	Yahoo Finance

Investors shrugged off the weak quarter. The one that matters is October to December, which includes launch, and the full-year outlook held. On the call, Take-Two’s CFO said most of the marketing will land around launch, in that same quarter.

What else came out of the call

• Extended Look: the video that premiered on Netflix on August 27 drew 31 million viewers in its first four days. More in our Extended Look story.
• PC, Switch 2 and disc: Zelnick said those announcements “always come from our labels”, meaning Rockstar. He neither confirmed nor ruled anything out. As of November 11 there is no PC version announced. GamesBeat’s report of a Q1 2027 PC release remains unconfirmed. Current status in GTA 6 on PC.
• Online: Take-Two didn’t mention an online mode for GTA VI on the call.

What it means for you

Your plans don’t change. GTA 6 unlocks at midnight local time on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. If you pre-ordered digitally, you can pre-load now. The full calendar is in our release date guide.