Download GTA VI now – GTA 6 preload begins today, November 10
GTA VI is officially set to launch on November 19. By then, every interested player will be eager to jump into the game. Millions of people who preordered the game or plan to buy it on day one will flood the servers with download requests. Delays, outages, and slow download speeds are therefore to be expected.
What is a preload?
To help ease this initial surge in demand, Rockstar is launching the preload for Grand Theft Auto 6 on Xbox and PlayStation 5 today, November 10, 2026. While this doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to play the game early, you can already start downloading most of its massive file size. This means that once the game unlocks on launch day, only a few remaining files or patches should need to be downloaded. In a way, this could actually give preload users an early advantage: while other players are still stuck waiting for their multi-gigabyte downloads to finish, those who preloaded the game may already be playing.
How does it work, and how large is the preload?
According to an official PlayStation announcement, you'll need at least 212 GB of free storage space on your PS5. You'll also need a PlayStation or Xbox account and, of course, a preorder – meaning you must have already purchased the game. For PlayStation users, the download should become available at midnight local time on November 10. On the Xbox Series X/S, however, the preload is not scheduled to become available until noon.
On PlayStation, the auto-download option must be enabled, and the console must be powered on or in Rest Mode rather than fully switched off. The same applies to Xbox: make sure auto-download is enabled and that your console is either powered on or in Sleep Mode so the download can begin. Once you've made sure there's enough free storage space on your console, you're all set to start downloading the game ahead of launch.
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