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GTA 6 PS5 pre-load is live, starting in New Zealand

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Vice City's skyline in daylight beyond a beach with umbrellas and a road bridge across the bay, boats on the water, Rockstar's header image for the GTA 6 pre-load announcement
Rockstar's header image for its pre-load announcement on Newswire.

What happened

GTA 6 PS5 pre-load is live in New Zealand. Rockstar's Newswire set midnight local time on 10 November; at that moment GTA 6 Info and mnm345 posted that it was available in New Zealand, with the PS5 Download button. Europe follows at midnight local time.

GTA 6 can be pre-loaded on PS5 in New Zealand. Rockstar’s Newswire set the schedule: “Digital pre-loading on PlayStation 5 will begin on Tuesday, November 10 at midnight local time in your respective time zone.” That midnight in New Zealand was 11:00 in London, 12:00 in Amsterdam, 06:00 in New York (ET) and 03:00 on the US west coast (PT) on 9 November. At that moment GTA 6 Info and streamer mnm345 both posted that it was available in New Zealand, each with the game’s PS5 page and a Download button.

Everywhere else it opens at midnight your own time on 10 November: 00:00 in London and Amsterdam, then New York and the US west coast. On Xbox Series X|S, Rockstar says pre-load begins globally at 12 a.m. GMT on 10 November, which is 01:00 in Amsterdam and 19:00 ET on 9 November.

What X accounts reported before the switch

Before New Zealand opened, dataminer videotech wrote on X that the PS5 download was already live on Sony’s servers, and GTA 6 Intel posted a PS5 pre-order screen listing four add-ons named Extra2 to Extra5. PlayStation Game Size put the worldwide package at 223.088 GB, against the “up to 212 GB” in Rockstar’s Pre-Load FAQ. Those are claims from X accounts; our separate report has who said what.

Get it downloading tonight

Rockstar says auto-downloads must be on and the console must be powered on or in Rest Mode. PlayStation Support says to check that the pre-load has started and, to start it manually, “select the option to download”. Our unlock time page has the moment for your region.

Where it stands now

Where this comes from

This item rests on the announcement below: what the publisher or the platform holder said itself.

  1. Rockstar Newswire — Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Load Begins on November 10 2026-11-03 the publisher itself
  2. Rockstar Support: Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Load FAQ 2026-11-03 the publisher itself
  3. mnm345 (@mnm345x) on X: a PS5 capture of the GTA VI store page with Download 2026-11-09 reported
  4. GTA 6 Info (@GTASixInfo) on X: a PS5 capture of the GTA VI store page with Download 2026-11-09 reported
  5. PlayStation.Blog — Grand Theft Auto VI pre-download begins November 10 2026-11-03 the platform holder
  6. PlayStation Support — Grand Theft Auto VI support (US) the platform holder
  7. Ben (@videotech) on X: GTA VI PS5 download live on Sony servers 2026-11-09 reported
  8. GTA 6 Intel (@GTA6Intel) on X: GTA 6 pre-load now shows add-ons 2026-11-09 reported
  9. PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) on X: Worldwide Version 223.088 GB 2026-11-09 reported

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Last updated 9 November 2026