GTA 6 press review, November 10: a festival in Miami and pre-orders above target
Rockstar plans a concert in Miami two days after launch, Take-Two says pre-orders beat its expectations, and the roughly 210 GB pre-load is under way. 9 days to go.
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Rockstar announces a GTA VI festival in Miami
GTA VI: The Festival takes place on November 21, two days after launch, at Mana Wynwood in Miami, with Travis Scott, Cardi B, Metro Boomin and Justice on the bill. PlayStation co-presents it. Tickets go through a lottery on DICE, and entries close today at 4 p.m. ET.
GTA 6 gets its own music festival in Miami, two days after launch → · Rockstar Games Newswire (Nov 9, 2026) · Video Games Chronicle (Nov 9, 2026) · Pollstar (Nov 9, 2026)
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Take-Two: a weak quarter, but GTA VI pre-orders beat its own expectations
Take-Two's July–September net bookings fell 18% to about $1.60 billion, just under its own forecast, with NBA 2K27 cited as the weak spot. The full-year bookings outlook of $8.0–8.2 billion stays unchanged, and the launch quarter is guided at $3.35–3.5 billion. Strauss Zelnick said GTA VI pre-orders are running far above the company's initial expectations, but gave no figure.
Release date → · Take-Two Interactive (SEC filing) (Nov 9, 2026) · Business Wire (Nov 9, 2026) · GamesRadar+ (Nov 9, 2026) · Reuters via Lufkin Daily News (Nov 9, 2026)
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Zelnick: development is finished, PC is up to Rockstar
According to coverage of the earnings call, Zelnick said Rockstar has finished development of GTA VI and confirmed November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Some sites call that 'going gold', a phrase neither Take-Two nor Rockstar used. Asked about PC and Switch 2, he said platform news comes from Rockstar and gave no timing.
PC → · The Motley Fool (Nov 10, 2026) · GamesBeat (Nov 9, 2026) · Take-Two Interactive (SEC filing) (Nov 9, 2026)
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Pre-load is live, and it really is about 210 GB
Xbox Series X|S downloads opened at 00:00 GMT, which gave players in the Americas a head start of several hours over PS5, where it opens at midnight local time. GamePro and Multiplayer.it saw downloads of about 210 GB, under Rockstar's 'up to 212 GB'. Some players reported a slow PSN at the start, but Sony hasn't announced an outage. If a download stalls, Sony's support page suggests pausing and resuming, keeping the console in rest mode and leaving extra free space, since an install can briefly need more than the game's size.
Specs & size → · Rockstar Games (Nov 3, 2026) · GamePro (Nov 9, 2026) · Multiplayer.it (Nov 9, 2026) · PlayStation (Nov 10, 2026) · Digital Citizen (Nov 9, 2026) · Vandal (Nov 10, 2026)
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Countdown: 9 days to go
GTA VI unlocks on November 19 at midnight local time. Boxed copies, which contain a download code, reach shops on November 12, and their owners can pre-load from then. Reviews are reported to land on November 18, but Rockstar hasn't confirmed that date, and there's still no official word on a PC version.
Release date → · Rockstar Games (Nov 3, 2026) · Insider Gaming (Oct 26, 2026)