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Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score launches December 11

Rockstar Games will release the Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score by French electronic duo Justice on December 11 across all major music streaming services, as well as on double CD and triple vin…

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Oct 29 • 9:24 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Xbox Series X will offer identical graphics to the base PS5 in Grand Theft Auto VI

Social media is buzzing about user XGREEN's claim that the Xbox Series X console will supposedly offer better value for money.

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Oct 19 • 4:48 PM EDT • Technology • en.gamegpu.com
GTA VI will run better on Xbox Series X than on the base PS5.

A technical analysis of the hardware specifications of current gaming platforms indicates that the anticipated crime action game Grand Theft Auto VI...

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Oct 19 • 9:14 AM EDT • Technology • en.gamegpu.com
GTA 6: Can you cheat on someone with a video game character?

Grand Theft Auto VI lets you build and nurture a romantic relationship but some say dates with a fictional character are a step too far.

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Oct 18 • 8:09 PM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
GTA VI not yet gold: Rockstar explains the final push before launch

Grand Theft Auto VI has yet to go gold ahead of its scheduled November 19, 2026 launch, with Rockstar developers telling Bloomberg that final fixes and refinements remain underway. The report examines how the game’s complex, interconnected systems have shaped development, though ongoing work does not itself signal another delay.

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Oct 16 • 9:55 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Justice Composed the Score for Grand Theft Auto VI

The French electronic duo have also tapped Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard for a new song from the game’s soundtrack

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Oct 15 • 12:52 PM EDT • Technology • pitchfork.com
Grand Theft Auto VI's PC release is slated for Q1 2027

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto is slated to come out in the first three months of 2027, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Oct 13 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • gamesbeat.com
Latest 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Leak Features 25 Minutes of Gameplay and Jason's Concealed Weapon

Spicy!

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Oct 8 • 1:45 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Grand Theft Auto VI developers literally forced Sony to develop QSSR technology

According to insider PainkillerQ8, the Rockstar Games team literally forced Sony developers to dig up the technology...

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Oct 4 • 3:46 PM EDT • Technology • en.gamegpu.com
Miami Heat tease release of new 'Vice City' jerseys on the night before 'Grand Theft Auto VI' release

"Grand Theft Auto VI" gets an unprecedented sports tie-in as the Miami Heat debut reimagined "Vice City" jerseys against the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Oct 2 • 6:10 PM EDT • Technology • foxnews.com
Miami Heat to play as Vice City from 'Grand Theft Auto VI' for single game, with new court and uniforms

This will also happen to be Giannis Antetokounmpo's first game against his old team, the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Oct 2 • 5:21 PM EDT • Technology • sports.yahoo.com
Miami Heat announce 'A Night in Vice City' theme ahead of GTA VI release

With Grand Theft Auto VI's long-awaited release date set for Nov. 19, the Heat are partnering with Rockstar Games to offer a topical lead-up event the night before.

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Oct 2 • 2:38 PM EDT • Technology • espn.com
Miami Heat To Wear Grand Theft Auto VI-Inspired Uniforms For “A Night In Vice City”

The Heat have teamed up with Rockstar to promote the release of the highly anticipated game during their Nov. 18 matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Oct 2 • 11:57 AM EDT • Technology • news.sportslogos.net
Every Animal Confirmed For Grand Theft Auto VI So Far, Ranked

Nature's majesty, unfairly scrutinized

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Oct 2 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • aftermath.site
Miami Heat to Celebrate Grand Theft Auto VI Release with 'A Night in Vice City' Promotion vs. Bucks

The Miami Heat announced Friday that they will hold a special promotional night on Nov. 18 in celebration of the release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI video game on Nov. 19.

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Oct 2 • 10:20 AM EDT • Technology • bleacherreport.com
Miami HEAT to play as Grand Theft Auto VI’s Vice City on November 18

Professional basketball team Miami HEAT will play as Grand Theft Auto VI’s Vice City during its November 18 game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Kaseya Center in Miami, Flordia, the organizati…

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Oct 2 • 9:15 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Becomes First Video Game of 2026 to Top List of Titles People Are Most Excited About

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Sep 30 • 7:08 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Exclusive: Grand Theft Auto VI Features Tropical Storms And Hurricanes

Rockstar reveals new details about GTAVI's weather systems in our exclusive cover story. - Game Informer

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gameinformer.com
The Grand Theft Auto VI Digital Issue Is Now Live

Subscribers can read the digital version of our latest magazine starting today. - Game Informer

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Sep 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gameinformer.com
Rockstar Unveils $400 Grand Theft Auto VI Collector's Set — But It Doesn't Include the Game

Rockstar Games has announced a $400 Grand Theft Auto VI collector's set, but the Vice City box doesn't include a copy of GTA 6.

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Sep 24 • 2:11 PM EDT • Technology • consequence.net
Why Miami-Dade Is Eager to Promote ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’

Some argue that the county can afford to embrace its fictional twin in the game, “Vice City,” because the real place has experienced a striking drop in violence over time.

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Sep 24 • 5:01 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
The Anti-Woke Right Can’t Figure Out How to Stop ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’

A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn’t taking hold.

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Sep 12 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com
GTA 6 Leak Spurs Fake Reviews, Extortion Attempts at Real-Life Nudist Resort Prototype

Following the massive leak of "Grand Theft Auto VI" (GTA 6) gameplay footage by leaker Cyberleek, one particular clip showed protagonist Jason enterin...

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Sep 11 • 1:58 PM EDT • Technology • toy-people.com
GTA 6 PS5 Controller Preorders Are Live, But Stock Is Limited

Preorders are live for Grand Theft Auto VI Limited-Edition PS5 DualSense Controllers, but stock is limited. Hurry if you want one.

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Sep 10 • 9:58 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Grand Theft Auto VI: can playing a video game count as cheating on your partner?

Historically a new Grand Theft Auto game inspired controversy around violence – but this time people are getting exercised about its romance

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Sep 9 • 5:30 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
Rockstar May Move GTA 6 PC Launch in Response to Expected Console Shortages

It has long been thought that there would be a long delay between the console and PC launches of Grand Theft Auto VI—GTA V launched to consoles a whole two years ahead of the PC port—however, the unprecedented times facing the PC and console hardware markets may be enough to pressure Rockstar...

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Sep 7 • 8:25 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
'Grand Theft Auto VI' Preview Is Netflix's Most-Watched Weekly Title

A 27-minute extended look at 'Grand Theft Auto VI' landed on Netflix on August 27, raking in 31.1 million views globally over the weekend.

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Sep 1 • 4:36 PM EDT • Technology • deadline.com
Take-Two Stock Drops Amid GTA 6 Leaks - Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO)

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) shares are falling Monday, potentially facing selling pressure tied to a string of leaks surrounding "Grand Theft Auto VI" ahead of the game's Nov. 19 release.

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Aug 31 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • benzinga.com
Grand Theft Auto VI could cause a massive workplace productivity crisis

Hardcore gamers and casuals alike have had November 19 circled on their calendars for months, and for good reason. On the third Thursday of the month, Rockstar...

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Aug 31 • 1:05 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ finally looks like the future

A first look at "GTA VI" gameplay finally looked like a leap in technology, visuals and storytelling.

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Aug 27 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • washingtonpost.com
Rockstar Games pulls back the curtain on Grand Theft Auto VI after leak

The company teamed up with Netflix to offer fans an extended look at Jason and Lucia’s life of crime in Vice City, days after a hack leaked material from the long-awaited game.

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Aug 27 • 4:57 PM EDT • Technology • nbcnews.com
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Grand Theft Auto VI Has a New Trailer and Grand Ambitions

Of course you can steal cars in this Bonnie and Clyde story. In the series’s first game in 13 years, you can do almost anything else, too.

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Aug 27 • 3:02 PM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com
Cyberleek posts first major 'GTA 6' spoilers in prologue leak

On the eve of the 'Grand Theft Auto VI' extended look premiere on Netflix, Cyberleek has started posting true story spoilers.

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Aug 26 • 3:24 PM EDT • Technology • mashable.com
Rockstar Games Responds to Grand Theft Auto VI Gameplay Leaks Ahead of Extended Look Trailer

Rockstar Games released a statement Wednesday regarding the recent gameplay leaks for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI video game.

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Aug 26 • 8:46 AM EDT • Technology • bleacherreport.com
Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe

Rockstar’s latest epic is almost here, and it seems nothing can stop it.

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Aug 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
The "Grand Theft Auto VI" leak is speeding ahead without an exit in sight

Many now believe the leaker has the full game, due out in November.

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Aug 21 • 4:08 PM EDT • Technology • axios.com
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Rockstar Rattled As ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Leaks Again

After a leak in 2022 Rockstar took drastic measures to try to prevent another hack. It didn’t work.

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Aug 21 • 2:43 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Hacker targets Grand Theft Auto VI in apparent leak

Multiple gameplay clips and an apparent GTA VI map surfaced online in what the purported hacker says is a protest of the gaming industry’s shift to all-digital releases.

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Aug 20 • 6:50 PM EDT • Technology • nbcnews.com
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‘GTA VI’ Leaker Shows They May Have An Actual Game Build

Things have taken a turn in the great 'Grand Theft Auto VI' leak saga, where an individual known as Cyberleek has posted game footage.. Now they may have the game itself.

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Aug 20 • 9:17 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
GTA 6 Leaked Gameplay Shows Off Chaos in a Knockoff Ranchero

New footage of Grand Theft Auto VI has leaked ahead of its big Netflix reveal, showing off minor but impactful gameplay tweaks.

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Aug 18 • 4:36 PM EDT • Technology • thedrive.com
$100 GTA VI Ultimate Edition Surpasses Standard Edition in Pre-Orders

Grand Theft Auto VI is leading the charge in the $80 AAA race, which has understandably upset many gamers, but the $100 Ultimate Edition has been another point of contention in online discussions. However, despite the online discussions potentially suggesting otherwise, Take-Two CEO, Strauss...

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Aug 10 • 7:23 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
'If You're Not a Netflix Subscriber, You Definitely Should Be' — Take-Two Boss Teases Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look

Take-Two Boss Strauss Zelnick discusses Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look Netflix reveal.

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Aug 9 • 6:25 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Why Take-Two Won’t Share ‘Unprecedented’ ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Pre-Order Numbers

CEO Strauss Zelnick says he doesn’t want to mislead shareholders

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Aug 7 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Take-Two sticks to annual bookings outlook, says on track for 'GTA VI' November launch

Take-Two Interactive maintained its annual bookings forecast on Friday, but reiterated the November 19 launch date for its ​highly anticipated title "Grand Theft Auto VI", bringing the blockbuster release ‌one step closer to fans.

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Aug 7 • 7:42 AM EDT • Technology • reuters.com
GTA 6 Preorder Sales During Latest Take-Two Earnings Quarter

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive hit $1.39 billion in sales from April-June, the quarter during which it opened presales for "Grand Theft Auto VI."

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Aug 7 • 7:32 AM EDT • Technology • variety.com
Rockstar Owner Take-Two Confirms GTA 6 Release Date Still on Track, Says 'GTA 6: An Extended Look' Will Help Grow 'Consumers' Passion and Anticipation'

Rockstar owner Take-Two has confirmed the current November 19 GTA 6 release date is still on track, and insisted the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will help grow “consumers’ passion and anticipation" for the game.

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Aug 7 • 7:30 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
'Grand Theft Auto VI' Game To Get Extended Look On Netflix This Month

Rockstar Games and Netflix have announced a partnership to premiere an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI.

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Aug 6 • 10:41 AM EDT • Technology • deadline.com
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will premiere on Netflix Thursday, August 27 at 3 p.m. ET and will also launch on the official Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI site at 9 p.m. ET on August 27.

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Aug 6 • 9:02 AM EDT • Technology • rockstargames.com
GTA 6 Trailer Coming to Netflix, YouTube Aug. 27

New footage of "Grand Theft Auto VI" will debut on Netflix and YouTube later this month.

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Aug 6 • 8:12 AM EDT • Technology • variety.com
Nintendo May Send Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Straight At GTA 6, As Rating Points To a Possible November Launch

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake was rated by ESRB ahead of a potential showdown with Grand Theft Auto VI.

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Jul 30 • 5:30 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI

Here’s what you get with your preorder.

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Jul 5 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Sony will cease production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028

New games sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won’t be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced. The move applies to all PlayStation games released from that point on, including those made by Sony and those released by third parties. The PlayStation group calls the change “a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs,” according to a PlayStation blog post reviewed by Game File in advance of its publication. As movies, TV and music have shifted from physical media to an age of downloads and streaming, Sony’s move could speed the demise of physical media in a gaming. The industry has offered consumers games via cartridges, cassettes, floppy discs, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays across a 50-year stretch. Sony has been reporting to investors in recent years that PlayStation games have been increasingly purchased as downloads, not as discs. The most recent figures show nearly four in five purchases of full games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were purchased digitally in the past year. Stats like that may cause today’s news to carry an air of the inevitable. But Sony’s declaration for 2028 is still likely to produce a shock, as the biggest gaming platform on the planet that uses game discs leaves them behind. Discs going away, but the fate of game boxes is unknown Sony is committing to still selling games in physical retailers even after they drop discs in 2028. Just how those games will be sold—in boxes with codes inside, as cards marked with digital redemption codes—is unclear. Digital games will also continue to be sold in the online PlayStation Store. New games released for PlayStation consoles prior to January 2028 will be unaffected by the policy change, Sony says. That means the PS5 games of 2027, be they a new Madden, a new God of War, a new Call of Duty, a new Sly Cooper (one can dream?), would still potentially be offered on disc. PlayStation 6 implications Sony’s timeline for a transition to a no-disc era will also spin up more speculation about the timing and configuration of Sony’s next-generation console, the probable PlayStation 6. “This pretty much guarantees that PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest,” Piers Harding-Rolls, senior games research analyst at Ampere Analysis tells Game File. Harding-Rolls also concludes from today’s news that “the base version of a PS6 will not include a physical media drive,” as Sony looks to keep costs down on the device. Sony itself is saying nothing about the PS6 today: not its timing, nor how it might or might not support internal or external disc drives in order to run disc-based PS4 and PS5 games, should the console be backwards compatible. The many signs this was coming Industry support for games being released on physical media has been waning. As has consumer interest in them. PC games effectively went all-digital years ago, thanks to the popularity of playing games through Steam and other digital storefronts. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that kept much of the global population home helped shift shopping patterns toward downloads. Sony’s own data shows PlayStation game downloads being an uncommon consumer choice a decade ago and now becoming the norm. On consoles, physical media has been in such decline that Sony and Microsoft both launched their current gen Xbox Series and PS5 consoles in 2020 with cheaper versions that lacked disc drives. In early 2024, Phil Spencer, then head of Xbox, told me that ““[w]e ship games physically and digitally, and we’re really just following what the customers are doing.” He added that the game industry had become an outlier in still supporting disc-based entertainment, even as movies and TV have bailed on discs in favor of downloads and steaming: “Gaming consoles themselves have kind of become the last consumer electronic device that has a drive. And this is a real issue, just in terms of the number of manufacturers that are actually building drives and the cost associated with those. And when you think about cogs that we’re going to go put in a console—and as you have fewer suppliers and fewer buyers—the cost of the drive does have an impact.” Last year, the Nintendo’s Switch 2, which uses cartridges rather than discs, introduced the concept of game-key cards, which are physical media that contain no game, just a prompt for a download. Even disc-based games aren’t what they once were, now frequently containing just stubs of games rather than the whole thing. The website Does It Play has tested over 3000 games and found that, for example, that the disc version of this year’s hit 007: First Light, only contained the game’s first mission, with the rest needing to be downloaded. Beyond all that, last week brought the news that Grand Theft Auto VI, likely the biggest game launch this decade, will debut for PS5 and Xbox Series without a disc-based version. Today’s big news comes to you for free. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and ensure more of my work is possible, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Discs helped define PlayStation However the trends in entertainment may be going, it is still remarkable to see PlayStation ditch discs given their importance in PlayStation history: In the late 1990s, the first PlayStation’s support for games on relatively cheap CD-ROMs instead of traditional game cartridges allowed the upstart console to outmaneuver cartridge-based systems from Nintendo and Sega, as it drove down game prices down in the process. (The cheaper disc format even prompted Final Fantasy VII maker Square to taunt Nintendo in a magazine ad, saying that if the game was “available on cartridge, it’d retail for around $1200.”) PlayStation devices often doubled as machines for watching movies and TV on the latest disc-based formats. In the late 2000s, for example, Sony’s pricy PS3 gained traction as a go-to device for playing then-novel Blu-Ray discs. In 2013, Sony effectively roasted the digital game-sharing restrictions proposed by rival Microsoft for its upcoming Xbox One console by showing how games could be shared for the then-upcoming PS4. In a 21-second clip that has over 20 million views on YouTube, one PlayStation executive simply handed a game box—presumably with disc inside—to another, who said “thanks.” Sony’s possible motivations The PlayStation announcement today cites “consumer preferences” and a shift away from discs among “the broader entertainment industry,” but does not delve into the decision-making process that brought Sony to this point. Sony is not discussing the economics of this move (I asked!), but there are a number of potential factors: Abandoning discs will spare Sony the cost of manufacturing and shipping them, which analysts and industry veterans I spoke to said could account for $1 or so of a game’s retail price. For first-party games, that’s direct savings for Sony, though the amount is limited by the winnowing percentage of people who were even buying the disc-based versions. For third-party games, Sony could pass the savings on to partners or just retain the better profit margin for themselves. As the 2024 comments from Phil Spencer alluded to, leaving discs behind could mean leaving disc-drives behind, allowing Sony to produce consoles more cheaply. Switching to digital-only for games could diminish the risks of copies of new games leaking. It would also seemingly make second-hand sales of used games impossible, pushing more people to buy their own copies of games. These economic benefits for Sony could be boons for the games industry overall, Ampere analyst Piers Harding-Rolls tells Game File. Among other things, it could free publishers and retailers from having to worry about securing an inventory of game discs when trying to sell games, he noted. “If there is a way to streamline the business of games retail, I generally think it’s a good thing for the industry as it removes unnecessary costs,” Harding-Rolls said. “This will help offset pressure on margins from other directions – development and staffing costs for example.” Should the industry shift from game boxes that contain discs to smaller, cheaper game cards, Harding-Rolls said, that reduces pressure on publishers and retailers. “The advantage of everything going digital for the industry is that sales can be tracked much more easily and there is less commercial risk for publishers wanting to continue selling via retail,” he said. The shift to no discs will also likely impact game development timelines, as developers will no longer face the same urgency to have a build ready to submit to PlayStation for the production of a disc, as industry experts noted around GTA VI’s no-disc news last week. Instead, projects may gain weeks of development time, in the event delivery deadlines for platform approval move closer to release date. Preservationists’ likely worries While millions of gamers have shifted to digital, there are still people who associate game discs—and only game discs—with actual ownership of PlayStation games. That portion of the gaming community spoke up last week about wanting to buy a version of GTA VI that they could hold in their hands, could lend to a friend and could potentially pop into a well-preserved PS5 console three decades from now and still see it run. Such gamers didn’t want to worry that they’d merely purchased a digital copy that could lose access to the game if, say, the company behind the game someday turns of the servers that transmit downloadable copies. Digital copies of games are inherently less long-lasting, because consumers aren’t actually buying a game (on a disc), just buying access to the game. The fine print in online gaming shops notes this, as does a recent law that went on the books in California in 2025. That lasw requires game publishers doing business in the state to refrain from words like “sell” when offering digital copies of games, unless they explicitly tell consumers that what’s being sold isn’t the game itself but a potentially revocable license to access it. A Sony spokesperson noted to Game File that “[w]ith all digital content, including games, movies, and music, players are purchasing a personal license for non-commercial use.” Regarding the fears of PlayStation games being lost to time in an all-digital era, the rep also noted that Sony remains “committed to delivering experiences from past generations to the new platforms our players are using.” They noted that PlayStation has used emulation and remasters to keep offering its classic games to modern gamers. It’s true that many consumers have become accustomed to not having physical copies of new music albums or movies, but the relative precariousness of digital copies of games is in fact being highlighted today by…. Sony’s other big announcement: the upcoming closure of the PS3 and PS Vita online stores Sony said today that it will be closing the online marketplaces for its PlayStation 3 console and PS Vita handheld in most countries in July 2027 (sooner elsewhere: August 2026 for the PS3 store Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua; late 2026 for PS3 in other Latin American countries and the Middle East). “We know this news may be disappointing to PS3 and PS Vita players who hold a special place in their hearts for this generation of gaming,” Sony said in its announcement, saying the move “was not an easy decision for us to make.” Sony said that PS3 and Vita marketplaces “are no longer able” to support modern commerce systems, prompting a “need” to close the shops and focus on more modern PlayStation platform stores. The news may spark some deja vu. Sony announced back in March 2021 that it planned to take the PS3, Vita and PlayStation Portable marketplaces offline that summer. The move would have caused some 2,000 digital-only games to become unavailable for new purchasers, according to a VGC analysis at the time. Fans complained loudly. By April 2021, Sony walked back the PS3 and Vita shop closures, with then PlayStation boss Jim Ryan saying “it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here.” This time around, Sony is giving a longer notice period in most regions. The closure of those stores is still likely to cut off access to new purchases of digital-only PS3 and Vita games. The current PlayStation 5 marketplace sells PS5 and PS4 games, as well as a selection of PS1 and PS2 games. It does not sell PS3 games, because games for that platform can’t run on the system (some are offered via a PlayStation Plus streaming option). Vita games also aren’t sold via PS5. Sony says digitally purchased PS3 and Vita games will be downloadable after the stores’ shutdowns “for the foreseeable future.” Sony’s move contrasts with Microsoft’s Xbox platform, which continues to sell and support games from all four Xbox console generations. But it puts it in line with Nintendo, which disabled purchases in the marketplace for its Wii console (a contemporary of the PS3) in 2019. Nintendo discontinued purchases in the online shop for its 3DS portable (a contemporary of the Vita) in 2023. The big questions about Sony’s 2028 post-disc era Will Microsoft follow suit, ending support for new disc-based games on Xbox platforms and therefore all game consoles, too? Whether Microsoft does or not, will third-parties that can no longer release games on discs for PlayStation, simply ditch the disc options across the board? Given the GTA VI no-disc experiment launching this November, will more game publishers decide to forgo disc-based offerings even in 2027? How will no-disc PS5/6 games be packaged and sold in brick-and-mortar retail stores? What becomes of game sharing in an all-digital era? Will Sony modify its current set-up, which currently allows some sharing of digital games across a pair of consoles, to allow more casual lending? (See for example, Nintendo’s year-old system of letting players lend a digital game to another player in a “family group” for up to 14 days.) Will there be a version of a PS6 with a disc drive? Or will a drive be offered as an add-on? And how will gamers who want to retain access to PS4/PS5 disc-based games react to whichever configurations Sony chooses to offer? What will the final disc-based PlayStation game be?

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Jul 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
GTA VI May Be Limited to 30 FPS on Current-Gen Consoles

With the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI rapidly approaching, rumors surrounding the game's launch have been circulating, with some of those predicting that the game's launch will result in a console hardware shortage, more recently, however, Digital Foundry predicted that the new GTA game may not be ...

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Jun 30 • 12:56 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Grand Theft Auto VI Rumored to Offer 60 FPS Mode on PS5/Xbox Series X, But Maybe Not at Launch

One of the reasons Grand Theft Auto VI fans are eager to learn the currently missing details on PS5 Pro enhancements is that the most powerful console available on the market is expected to include a performance mode targeting 60 FPS. However, according to a credible source, there's a decent chance that even the base PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's roughly equivalent Xbox Series X will support 60 FPS in Rockstar's massively anticipated game. The rumor comes from the popular Polish gaming podcast Rock and Borys, which features Remigiusz "Rock" Maciaszek and Borys Nieśpielak. It is the latter who shared in […]

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Jun 29 • 3:35 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Grand Theft Auto VI fans rage over 'greedy' paywalls, $100 price tag for new game
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Jun 28 • 4:39 PM EDT • Technology • nypost.com
The Business of Grand Theft Auto VI, Explained: How a Billion Dollar Game Is Likely to Pay Off

Anthony Palomba on why the stakes are so high for the Grand Theft Auto VI launch and what it means for the gaming industry and the entertainment industry as a whole.

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Jun 26 • 5:29 PM EDT • Business • news.darden.virginia.edu
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Digital-Only 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Is a Car Crash for Physical Media

Not all progress is progress.

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Jun 25 • 6:29 PM EDT • Technology • hollywoodreporter.com
Grand Theft Auto VI available for preorder, sparks controversy

After over a decade of waiting and countless memes, fans of the Grand Theft Auto franchise can finally order the highly anticipated game Grand Theft Auto VI. This comes 13 years after Grand Theft A…

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Jun 25 • 10:54 AM EDT • Technology • ktla.com
Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy

The blockbuster launch is expected to dwarf the box office takings of the year’s biggest movies with one industry analyst predicting it could make $1bn within an hour

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Jun 25 • 10:17 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
After More Than a Decade of Waiting, ‘GTA VI’ Is Finally Around the Corner

We’re finally getting ‘Grand Theft Auto VI,’ poised to be one of the largest gaming releases in history.

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Jun 25 • 6:30 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com
Grand Theft Auto VI will cost $80 without a physical disc

GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.

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Jun 24 • 6:47 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
GTA 6 Price, Single Player Revealed Ahead of Pre-orders

Rockstar Games has finally revealed the price for "Grand Theft Auto VI" -- and the fact the game will be a "single-player experience" at launch.

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Jun 24 • 11:55 AM EDT • Technology • variety.com
Rockstar Games Announces Pre-Orders for Grand Theft Auto VI

Rockstar Games®, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is excited to announce that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI wil...

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Jun 24 • 6:15 AM EDT • Business • businesswire.com
Marvel's Wolverine Actor Confirms Role in GTA 6

A handful of actors have started confirming they have roles in Grand Theft Auto VI, including one of the stars of Marvel's Wolverine.

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Jun 22 • 9:39 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Grand Theft Auto VI Preorders to Begin June 25

Take-Two Interactive Software said preorders for its hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI begin June 25 on digital storefronts and at select retailers.

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Jun 18 • 10:43 AM EDT • Technology • wsj.com
Grand Theft Auto VI Cover and Pre-Order Date Revealed in New Viral Video Months Before Release

Video game fans were given a treat on Thursday morning, as the official cover art for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI was unveiled.

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Jun 18 • 9:13 AM EDT • Technology • bleacherreport.com
Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Order Date And Cover Art Revealed

You may be shocked to learn that the box art looks exactly what you would expect from a GTA game.

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Jun 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gameinformer.com
GTA 6 Gameplay Leak Surfaces Ahead Of Trailer 3

Grand Theft Auto VI is closer to release than ever before, and the leaks continue to appear ahead of its arrival.

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Jun 18 • 5:31 AM EDT • Technology • screenrant.com
Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar

The months ahead of GTA’s November launch are becoming increasingly crowded.

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Jun 5 • 7:05 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
September 2026 Is Packed With Games Trying To Avoid GTA 6

Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled to finally arrive (and very quickly break every video game sales record ever recorded) on November 19. That’s exciting if you’re looking forward to playing it, but quite a threat if you’re trying to release any other games in that window. It seems the whole industry got the memo:...

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Jun 2 • 6:28 PM EDT • Technology • gamespot.com
GTA 6 Was Supposed to Come Out Today, May 26 — and According to Rockstar's Official Twitter Account, It Still Does

“Grand Theft Auto VI is now set to release on May 26, 2026.” That was the announcement Rockstar Games issued on May 2, 2025, confirming a delay from the game’s original fall 2025 release window. Today is May 26, and fans are marking the occasion with memes, jokes, and plenty of hope for a fresh update.

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May 26 • 7:57 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Take-Two Confirms November Debut for ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. confirmed a Nov. 19 release date for Grand Theft Auto VI, expected to be one of the biggest video-game titles ever.

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May 21 • 4:22 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Take-Two stock jumps on GTA 6 pre-order speculation: What we know

Investing.com -- Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) climbed 5% on Thursday morning, trading at approximately $238, following viral social media speculation that a pre-order window for Grand Theft Auto VI is set to open as early as this weekend.

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May 14 • 9:07 AM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Best Buy May Have Leaked Grand Theft Auto VI Preorders Going Live Monday

Various Best Buy affiliate users have reportedly received emails detailing preorder compensation for next week.

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May 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gameinformer.com
Sony forecasts lower gaming business sales amid memory price surge

STORY: Sony forecast lower sales in its gaming business due to a memory chip price surge.The tech giant said Friday annual sales in the segment would fall 6% to $28 billion.It also blamed lower hardware sales as its PlayStation 5 ages.Although the Japanese company said it expects gaming profit to rise 30%.That's due to higher first-party software sales and no repeat of the impairment loss it recorded a year earlier.Sony has been praised by analysts in recent years for its transformation into an entertainment powerhouse.But markets have grown concerned about the impact of AI on its business, while Sony also faces a perceived lack of growth catalysts.Both factors have weighed on shares in recent months.Investors are also concerned about the impact of a memory-chip price surge.As well as disruption to supply chains from the Iran war on margins at electronics manufacturers.The firm said it sold 1.5 million PS5 consoles in the fourth quarter, which was a 46% drop on the same period a year earlier.Looking ahead, the PS5 is expected to receive a major boost from the launch of the delayed "Grand Theft Auto VI."The game is due to release in November.Sony said in February it had secured the minimum quantity of memory needed to manage the year-end shopping season. Sony also said it sees higher profits at its pictures and chips units but a lower profit at its music business.The group reported operating profit for the year ended March rose 13.4% to $9.2 billion - below analyst forecasts. Meanwhile, rival Nintendo said it expects to sell 16.5 million units of its Switch 2 console in the financial year ending March 2027.It also projects profit to rise 2.7% to $2.36 billion.But, like with Sony, investors are concerned about the possible impact of a memory price surge on margins.

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May 8 • 6:52 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Take-Two CEO Says ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Expectations Are ‘Terrifying’

The upcoming video game is expected to be one of the biggest entertainment releases of all time

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May 4 • 3:16 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack

The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations

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Apr 13 • 12:51 PM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
GTA 6 Marketing Will Kick Off This Summer, as Take-Two Confidently Reaffirms November Release Date

Grand Theft Auto VI's November 19, 2026 release date is drawing nearer, and Take-Two Interactive is starting to sound more confident than ever that this time, it's really happening. So confident, in fact, it's announced that Rockstar will be spinning up its marketing beats this summer.

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Feb 3 • 4:15 PM EST • Technology • ign.com
Take-Two Falls on ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Delay Misinformation

“Grand Theft Auto VI’ was first announced for fall 2025 before slipping to May 2026 and then again to Nov. 19, 2026, its current planned date

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Jan 9 • 1:01 PM EST • Technology • bloomberg.com
Spies, scares and supercars: Our most anticipated games of 2026

Grand Theft Auto VI, Cairn and 007: First Light are among Dawn's most anticipated games this year.

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Jan 2 • 12:00 AM EST • Technology • dawn.com