{"id":451,"date":"2026-07-11T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=451"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:01:06","slug":"gta-6-preloading-start-date-and-what-to-know-about-digital-and-physical-copies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Preloading: Start Date And What To Know About Digital And Physical Copies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of development and multiple delays, Rockstar&#8217;s Grand Theft Auto 6 is finally launching on November 19, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/prewrite-preorders-are-live-for-grand-theft-auto-vi\/1100-6539953\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/prewrite-preorders-are-live-for-grand-theft-auto-vi\/1100-6539953\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you can now actually preorder the game<\/a>. The $80 game arrives on November 19, but you can actually preload it a week earlier, which is nice for the countless people who no doubt want to begin playing <em>the second <\/em>they can. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about GTA 6 preloading.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-gta-6-preload-schedule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">GTA 6 preload schedule<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 players who preorder a digital copy of GTA 6 can begin preloading on November 12. This is to &#8220;ensure they are able to play at launch,&#8221; Rockstar said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/gta-6-is-not-releasing-with-a-disc-and-that-just-makes-sense-in-2026\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/gta-6-is-not-releasing-with-a-disc-and-that-just-makes-sense-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not going to be released on a disc<\/a>, but Rockstar is still selling physical copies of the game at retailers with a code in the box. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game&#8217;s physical edition will be available to buy on November 12 &#8220;to support preloading,&#8221; Rockstar said. So if you walk into a GameStop or Walmart on November 12 and see a copy of GTA 6 on the shelves to buy, you can do so, but the game itself won&#8217;t unlock until November 19.<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-context='{ \"core\": { \"image\": { \"initialized\": true } } }' class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1816740\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"569\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-11.40.32-AM.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1816740\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GTA 6 will arrive in November.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-file-size\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The file size<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6&#8217;s file size has not been disclosed as of yet, but many are expecting it to be huge. GTA 5&#8217;s file size varies by platform but can be more than 100 GB. Given that, we would expect GTA 6 to be at least 100 GB as well. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-launch-times\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launch times <\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 launches on November 19, but when exactly? We don&#8217;t know yet, as Rockstar has not yet shared that information. Keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest on GTA 6&#8217;s launch times and more.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of development and multiple delays, Rockstar&#8217;s Grand Theft Auto 6 is finally launching on November 19, and you can now actually preorder the game. The $80 game arrives on November 19, but you can actually preload it a week earlier, which is nice for the countless people who no doubt want to begin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}