Image source, Rockstar Games Image caption, GTA 6 will feature Jason and Lucia as playable characters
The latest instalment in Rockstar's blockbuster game franchise, Grand Theft Auto, is set to be the biggest games launch of the year.
GTA 6 became available to pre-order at midnight on 25 June in the UK and elsewhere around the world, after Rockstar revealed the game's pre-sales launch date and cover art in mid-June.
Analysts believe Rockstar's action adventure could become the most expensive game ever made, with estimates , external putting development costs at more than $1bn (£866m).
Here's what we do and don't know about GTA 6 so far.
GTA 6 will be released on 19 November - and with Rockstar recently opening up pre-orders, this date seems all but certain.
But it was delayed twice previously , from autumn 2025 and May 2026.
In a statement when the second delay was announced, Rockstar said it needed extra months to finish the game with the level of polish fans had come to "expect and deserve".
Rockstar said players who pre-order will be able to begin pre-loading it on their consoles on 12 November to ensure they are able to play at launch.
The sixth game in the main series will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.
There's no news on when a PC version will be released - it's also currently unknown whether it will come to Nintendo Switch 2.
The game will cost £69.99 in the UK and $79.99 in the US - with an ultimate edition, featuring extra vehicles and weapons, priced at £89.99 and $99.99, respectively.
Physical copies of the game will contain a code for a digital download for the game inside a box, rather than a disc.
Rockstar has not yet confirmed whether an updated online mode will be released as soon as GTA 6 launches, although given the success of GTA Online , external it is likely to exist at some point.
How any future age verification legislation in the UK around social media and particularly messaging in gaming could therefore affect it, if at all, is still unknown.
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From what we've seen so far in the two gameplay trailers , the story will follow the pair in a Bonnie and Clyde-esque adventure through the seedy underbelly of America after an " easy score goes wrong , external ".
Like other GTA games before it, the sixth chapter is set in a fictional US state - this time in Leonida, which is Rockstar's version of Florida.
Fans of previous games will be excited to hear that Vice City, which is inspired by Miami, will return, featuring as the main city within the state.
GTA 6's cover art revealed by Rockstar on 18 June made several nods to the setting with alligators and flamingos.
Image source, Rockstar Games Image caption, GTA 6's cover art features the game's protagonists Lucia and Jason
It's no secret that GTA 6 has been a few years in the making.
The franchise's last instalment, GTA 5, was released in September 2013 - and quickly became one of the best-selling games of all time.
It's unclear whether Ro…