When does GTA 6 unlock where you are?
The game does not go live everywhere at once. It unlocks at midnight local time, so the clock moves west across the world through 19 November 2026.
The game has unlocked in your time zone.
Time left until midnight where you are — This clock uses your own device time zone.
| Store region | Unlocks locally | Same moment in UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Slovenija (SI) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Hrvatska (HR) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Srbija (RS) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Bosna i Hercegovina (BA) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Crna Gora (ME) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Severna Makedonija (MK) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Shqipëri (AL) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Magyarország (HU) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Česko (CZ) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Slovensko (SK) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Österreich (AT) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Deutschland (DE) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Italia (IT) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Polska (PL) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Sverige (SE) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Danmark (DK) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| Norge (NO) | 00:00 UTC+1 | 2026-11-18 23:00 UTC |
| România (RO) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| България (BG) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Ελλάδα (GR) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Suomi (FI) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Eesti (EE) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Latvija (LV) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Lietuva (LT) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Україна (UA) | 00:00 UTC+2 | 2026-11-18 22:00 UTC |
| Türkiye (TR) | 00:00 UTC+3 | 2026-11-18 21:00 UTC |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 00:00 UTC+0 | 2026-11-19 00:00 UTC |
The rule
Rockstar states the game releases at midnight local time on 19 November 2026 in all regions, on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.
For most of Europe that is simple: one country, one time zone, midnight at home. The table below converts that local midnight into UTC so you can compare regions directly.
Countries with several time zones
The store, not your city, decides the hour. Where a store treats a whole country as one region, everyone in that country unlocks at the same moment, which is not midnight for all of them. This affects large countries far more than it affects Europe.
Preload
The download opened on 10 November 2026. On PlayStation 5 it opened at local midnight; on Xbox Series X and S it opened at 00:00 GMT worldwide.
Preloading only copies the files. The game still stays locked until the unlock moment for your region.