Put down the controller and take a deep breath, because according to TheGamer, GTA 6 pre-orders are going live this month. This is not a fever dream. This is not a loading screen glitch. This is real life.
Rockstar has also dropped fresh cover art for the most anticipated game in human history - yes, we're including Pong in that comparison. The art gives us another look at protagonists Jason and Lucia, which is basically the gaming equivalent of a Beyonce surprise album drop at this point.
Why this is a big deal (as if you needed reminding)
GTA 6 has been sitting in the "coming soon" queue longer than most of us have had our current jobs. We've had one trailer. ONE. And the internet collectively lost its mind over it so hard that it broke YouTube view records. Now Rockstar is finally letting the playerbase vote with their wallets, which means the release date is close enough to taste.
Pre-ordering a GTA game is basically a rite of passage at this point - like a gamer's bar mitzvah, except instead of a ceremony you get to stare at a pre-order confirmation email for months while refreshing the Rockstar newsfeed every 48 hours.
What does this actually mean for the release window?
Pre-orders going live is a significant signal that Rockstar and Take-Two are locking in their launch timeline. Publishers don't typically open the pre-order floodgates unless they're reasonably confident they won't have to awkwardly delay the game and issue refunds to millions of furious fans. So while no hard street date has been announced alongside the pre-order news, consider this your "get ready" cutscene before the final boss fight.
GTA 6 is currently slated for a 2025 release on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. PC players, as per Rockstar tradition, will presumably be waiting in the respawn queue a little longer.
Go ahead. Pre-order it. You were never NOT going to.
