GTA 6 (Xbox Series X|S) News Articles
Tuesday30th Jun 2026
News GTA 6 Rumour Suggests 60FPS on Xbox Series X, But Digital Foundry Says It's 'Unlikely'
DF doesn't think so
With the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 coming into view, so does a whole host of debate, speculation and expectation. Admittedly, it's a welcome distraction from the more horrid Xbox rumours of late, as conversation turns to whether there's a "route forward" for GTA 6 at 60FPS on Xbox Series
Monday29th Jun 2026
News Xbox Announces 'Record' Pre-Orders For GTA 6 In Response To New Report
A rare statement has been issued
Microsoft and Xbox aren't typically great at revealing sales information for their hardware and games these days, but after just a few days of pre-orders, we already know that GTA 6 has achieved "record" sales across Xbox Series X and S. The specifics haven't been revealed yet, but a statement was issued to Windows...
Friday26th Jun 2026
News GTA 6 Is Highlighting A Flaw With The Review System On Xbox
It already has over 2000 reviews on there!
We've seen some amazing console features being implemented by Team Xbox over the past few months since Asha Sharma took over, and at least in our opinion, we feel like the user review system should get some attention as well. GTA 6, in particular, is highlighting a flaw with the review system on Xbox right
Thursday25th Jun 2026
PSA Xbox Rewards Allows You To Reduce The Price Of GTA 6
You've got plenty of time between now and November
Today's the day for GTA 6 pre-orders across Xbox and PS5, and as we covered yesterday, the base game is $79.99 in the US and the Ultimate Edition is $99.99 - pretty much what we expected, but certainly not cheap by any stretch! There's a great way to reduce the price of GTA 6 through the Xbox...
Wednesday24th Jun 2026
News Eek, GTA 6's 'Physical Edition' Is A Download Code In A Box
Hey Siri, define 'Physical'
Grand Theft Auto VI feels like the most anticipated game in the history of games (well, for as long as I've been alive, anyway) so it's understandable if fans are foaming at the mouth to get their hands on the game. The only problem is, there isn't actually a disc to get your hands on. In an article on Business Wire, we...
News GTA 6 Costs $80, Described As A 'Single-Player Experience'
Pre-orders begin at 'midnight local time.'
Rockstar Games has finally announced the price of GTA 6, ahead of pre-orders commencing at midnight local time. Grand Theft Auto VI will cost $79.99 on both Xbox Series X|S and PS5, with The Ultimate Edition at $99.99. The game will feature a 'single-player experience', with no mention as of yet about a...
Thursday18th Jun 2026
News GTA 6 Cover Art Revealed, Pre-Orders Begin Next Week For Xbox Series X|S
It's happening!
Here we go! It's been announced today that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 will begin on June 25th, 2026 - and this will include on the Xbox Store for Xbox Series X|S, on the PlayStation Store for PS5, and at other select retailers. A price still hasn't been revealed yet, so we'll have to wait a little longer for it. We also...
Tuesday26th May 2026
News Xbox Racks Up 37 Million Views With A Single Post About GTA 6
The power of a GTA tease
Just in case you were in any doubt, GTA 6 is going to become easily the biggest video game of all time when it releases on November 19th of this year (assuming it doesn't get delayed any further). Take Xbox's latest post about it as evidence. At the end of last week, Xbox took to Twitter/X and simply stated the release date...
Wednesday4th Feb 2026
News We'll Start Seeing More GTA 6 This Summer Ahead Of November Launch, Says Take-Two CEO
"Rockstar’s launch marketing set to begin this Summer"
GTA 6 is, for now anyway, set to launch for Xbox Series X|S this November - something that Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has again reiterated this week as part of the company's latest financial results. There's still hope for the highly-anticipated title to come out this year, then, but it's...
Tuesday23rd Dec 2025
News 007 First Light Suffers Delay, Will Now Release When GTA 6 Was Supposed To
It's taken over the old May 2026 window from Rockstar Games
We've been eagerly awaiting the release of 007 First Light on Xbox next year, so we're a little saddened (but not too surprised) to hear it's been pushed back slightly from March to May of 2026. Specifically, 007 First Light will now launch on May 27th, 2026. This is one day after the date...
Wednesday10th Dec 2025
News New GTA Online Cutscene Leads To Speculation Over Returning Character In GTA 6
"Is this a hint?"
Last week, we mentioned how GTA 5's Michael De Santa would be returning in a new update for GTA Online called "A Safehouse in the Hills", and that update has gone live today on Xbox - you can go and check it out right now. As you can see from the "Michael Returns" video, De Santa and his wife Amanda make a fairly lengthy...
Wednesday12th Nov 2025
News To Make Up For GTA 6's Delay, GTA Online Is Free On Xbox This Week
Playable through the weekend
Still hungover from last week's GTA 6 delay? Well, if you somehow don't own GTA 5 on every platform known to man, Rockstar has made the online portion of its latest Grand Theft Auto game free on Xbox this week. Yep, GTA Online for Xbox Series X|S is now free-to-play until Monday, Novem
Monday10th Nov 2025
News CD Projekt RED Reminds GTA 6 Team Of Mistakes Made With Cyberpunk 2077 Launch
If your game needs a delay, delay it
Last week, Rockstar delayed GTA 6 once again — this time to November next year — and Cyberpunk 2077 dev CD Projekt RED has put out an ominous reminder that delaying your game is probably a good idea if it needs extra dev time. If you cast your mind back to the CP77 launch back in late 2020, the game was in
Thursday6th Nov 2025
News It's Official, Rockstar Games Has Delayed GTA 6 To November 2026
"We are sorry for adding additional time"
It's been rumoured for a while, and now Rockstar Games has officially confirmed the news. GTA 6 will no longer be releasing in May 2026 as planned, with the game slipping to November 19th, 2026. In a short statement on social media today, the company apologised for "adding additional time" on top of the...
Thursday30th Oct 2025
News Take-Two Boss Says GTA Couldn't Be Made With AI Because 'There's No Creativity In That Model'
Some sense, finally!
In a new interview with CNBC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick talked down the use of AI in the company's video games - going on to say that GTA couldn't be developed with that technology because "there is no creativity" in the AI model. In what's a remarkable bit of common sense from a video game publisher boss, Zelnick says that...
Monday15th Sep 2025
Rumour Journalist Suggests GTA 6 Release Date Could Be Delayed To October 2026
Water is wet?
Earlier this year, Take-Two delayed GTA 6 to May 2026 to allow Rockstar "extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve", but not everyone thinks that launch date is likely. To be honest, we've questioned it here at PX HQ ever since we heard it - and now reporter Tom Henderson suggests that we could soon learn of...
Wednesday6th Aug 2025
News GTA Insider Shares First Look At Age Verification Checks For GTA Online
"Rockstar is planning to implement age assurance checks"
Ahead of the release of GTA 6 next year, it looks like Rockstar Games is about to implement age verification checks for GTA Online, as leaked by the well-known Rockstar Games reporter / insider Tez2 on social media. Tez2 first talked about this a few days ago, highlighting various lines of...
Wednesday25th Jun 2025
News GTA 6 Now Has An Xbox Store Page, And You Can Kind Of Pre-Install It
It's only a placeholder file for now though
We've still got a long way to go until the release of GTA 6 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, especially since it was recently delayed to May 2026, but you can now wishlist the game on the Xbox Store for the first time. Now, to be honest, this doesn't feel particularly interesting to us considering it's...
Thursday8th May 2025
News GTA 6 Tech Is Seriously Impressive, But It's Looking Like A 30FPS Game On Console
"Everything points to this being a 30FPS game"
After the surprise release of GTA 6 Trailer 2 this week, we waxed lyrical about how the upcoming Rockstar epic may end up being unmatched this generation from a tech perspective - and now the experts over at Digital Foundry have dropped their i
Tuesday6th May 2025
News GTA 6 Fans Are Trying To Figure Out The Game's Voice Actors
Jason and Lucia possibly confirmed?
With GTA 6 getting a new trailer and a massive info blowout earlier today, it's suddenly restarted the hype train for Rockstar Games' upcoming release, and we've spotted a bunch of fans trying to figure out the game's voice actors. Rockstar is keeping quiet about actors for now, but it's believed that actress...
News GTA 6 Characters, Locations & Screenshots Revealed In Massive Info Blowout
Here we go!
You've probably already seen that Rockstar Games has revealed Trailer 2 for GTA 6 today, but the company has also provided tons more info on the game via its official website, along with over 50 new screenshots. Firstly, we have an official description of the story, which stars the characters of Jason and Lucia: Jason and Lucia have...
News GTA 6 Trailer 2 Has Arrived Ahead Of May 2026 Release On Xbox Series X|S
Holy moly!
Out of nowhere once again, Rockstar Games has just released its second trailer for GTA 6 - which is now due to release for Xbox Series X|S on May 26, 2026. We've thrown the brand-new video clip up above, and we'll gather up some fresh details to share with you down below. GTA 6, the next instalment in Rockstar
Friday2nd May 2025
News GTA 6 Gets A New Release Date As Rockstar Delays To May 2026
"We need this extra time"
Well, it's official! Rockstar Games has announced that GTA 6 will be getting a delay to May 2026, with the team insisting that more time is needed to "exceed" the expectations of the GTA fanbase. GTA 6 now has an Xbox release date of May 26th, 2026 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. "We are very sorry that this is...
Wednesday30th Apr 2025
News Randy Pitchford Shuts Down Claims That GTA 6 Is Affecting Borderlands 4
"Shipping early is 100% the result of confidence in the game"
Yesterday, it was announced that Borderlands 4 would be moving its release date up by a few weeks to September 12th of 2025, and this promoted quite a lot of speculation that GTA 6 might have caused the shift in date. Today, however, Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has taken to...
Tuesday25th Mar 2025
News GTA 6 Launch Could Cause Delays At Three Major Publishers, Says Report
"Time is the real scarcity for us, not money"
With GTA 6's ominously vague 'Fall 2025' launch window still looming over this year like a developing storm, it seems as though some major publishers are considering delaying their games to avoid getting in Rockstar's path. <related ids="177848"> In a new report from Chris Dring over at The Game...
Tuesday11th Mar 2025
News Xbox Series S Needs A 'Significant' Marketing Push For GTA 6, Insists Analyst
"One last hurrah for this generation"
Last month, we heard that GTA 6 publisher Take-Two believes Rockstar's upcoming epic will help sell Xbox consoles later this year - and now a new Windows Central piece with the help of analyst Rhys Elliot goes into how Microsoft should be lookin
Monday3rd Mar 2025
News Rockstar Games Announces New Studio Acquisition As It Aims To Release GTA 6 In 2025
"The studio will be renamed Rockstar Australia"
Rockstar Games, the team behind the legendary Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption franchises, has today announced its intention to acquire Video Games Deluxe — a Syndney-based game developer — as the studio aims to get GTA 6 out the door in 2025. Video Games Deluxe has previously worked with...
Monday10th Feb 2025
News Take-Two CEO Believes GTA 6 Will Help Sell Xbox Consoles In 2025
"I think that will happen this year"
In light of new financial details from GTA owner Take-Two, we've been hearing a bit more about GTA 6 in recent days, including the company reaffirming the game's Fall 2025 release window. On the back of these financials, IGN h
Friday7th Feb 2025
News GTA 6 For Xbox Series X|S Is Still Targeting A 'Fall' 2025 Release
Take-Two's CEO reassures fans
There have been concerns about whether Rockstar can deliver Grand Theft Auto 6 this year, but according to its parent company Take-Two, it really is arriving this Fall 2025. This information comes from the company's latest financial earnings update, with Take-Two Interactive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioning...
Thursday30th Jan 2025
News GTA 6 Unlikely To Run At 60FPS On Xbox, Says Former Rockstar Dev
"I think they're gonna be shooting for 30fps"
We've said it before and we'll say it again, GTA 6 could be the star of the Xbox Series X|S generation, especially considering how long we've all been waiting for it to release. However, that could also mean that it'll be quite taxing on current-gen hardware, and a former Rockstar dev has now come out...
