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  "name": "The complete GTA 6 timeline (GTA 6 Cheat Sheet)",
  "description": "Every Rockstar announcement, trailer, delay, Take-Two investor statement, store and partner milestone for GTA 6 from February 2022 to launch, dated and sourced.",
  "url": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/timeline/",
  "csv": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/data/gta6-timeline.csv",
  "press": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/press/timeline/",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "GTA 6 Cheat Sheet",
    "url": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/"
  },
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): cite gta6cheatsheet.com and link https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/timeline/",
  "cite": "The complete GTA 6 timeline, GTA 6 Cheat Sheet, https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/timeline/ (last checked 2026-10-09)",
  "lastChecked": "2026-10-09",
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    "daysTrailer1ToLaunch": 1081,
    "delays": 2,
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    "lastDelayDays": 177,
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    "store": "Pre-orders and stores",
    "press": "Previews and reporting",
    "partner": "Partner announcement",
    "launch": "Launch week"
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      "windowFrom": "2025-01-01",
      "windowTo": "2025-12-31",
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        "title": "Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto VI, Coming 2025 (Take-Two)",
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      "statedOn": "2024-05-16",
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      "windowTo": "2025-12-21",
      "source": {
        "title": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 (Take-Two)",
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      "windowTo": "2026-05-26",
      "source": {
        "title": "Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 (Rockstar Newswire)",
        "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/258aa538o412ok/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-coming-may-26-2026",
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      "statedOn": "2025-11-06",
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        "title": "Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Set to Launch November 19, 2026 (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "source": "Rockstar Games confirms GTA 6 footage leak (TechCrunch)",
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      "source": "A Message from Rockstar Games (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "date": "2023-12-05",
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      "source": "Most viewed videogame reveal on YouTube in 24 hours (Guinness World Records)",
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      "date": "2025-02-06",
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      "source": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal Third Quarter 2025 (Take-Two)",
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      "source": "Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "source": "Rockstar Games Releases Trailer 2 for Grand Theft Auto VI (Take-Two)",
      "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/adding-multimedia-rockstar-games-releases-trailer-2-grand-theft",
      "more_sources": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/3928aaa9471o3a/grand-theft-auto-vi-watch-trailer-2-now"
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      "date": "2025-05-07",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
      "source": "'Grand Theft Auto 6' Trailer Views Near Half a Billion (The Hollywood Reporter)",
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      "more_sources": "https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-trailer-2-the-biggest-video-launch-of-all-time-rockstar-says"
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      "date": "2025-05-15",
      "kind": "Take-Two investor statement",
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      "title": "Take-Two lists May 26, 2026",
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      "source": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 (Take-Two)",
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      "date": "2025-08-07",
      "kind": "Take-Two investor statement",
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      "title": "Take-Two still lists May 26, 2026",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
      "source": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal First Quarter 2026 (Take-Two)",
      "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fiscal-first-5",
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      "their_words": "Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026",
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      "more_sources": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fiscal-3"
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      "date": "2026-02-03",
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      "title": "Take-Two: November 19 holds",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
      "source": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 (Take-Two)",
      "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fiscal-third-4",
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      "date": "2026-05-21",
      "kind": "Take-Two investor statement",
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      "title": "Take-Two expects records driven by GTA VI",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
      "source": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 (Take-Two)",
      "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/take-two-interactive-software-inc-reports-results-fourth-2",
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      "source": "Grand Theft Auto VI Pre-Orders Begin on June 25 (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
      "source": "Rockstar Games Announces Pre-Orders for Grand Theft Auto VI (Take-Two)",
      "source_url": "https://www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-pre-orders-grand-theft-auto-vi",
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      "source": "Rockstar Games Announces Pre-Orders for Grand Theft Auto VI (Take-Two)",
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      "date": "2026-08-06",
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      "source": "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "date": "2026-08-07",
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      "source": "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal First Quarter 2027 (Take-Two)",
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      "date": "2026-08-18",
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      "source": "Grand Theft Auto VI Platforms, Editions, and Versions (Rockstar Support)",
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      "date": "2026-08-27",
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      "title": "An Extended Look premieres; previews go live",
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      "source": "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, Now Playing (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "more_sources": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/arts/grand-theft-auto-vi-trailer-extended-look-rockstar.html https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-new-gameplay-details"
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      "date": "2026-09-03",
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      "title": "GTA VI DualSense controllers",
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      "source": "First look at the GTA VI limited-edition DualSense wireless controllers (PlayStation Blog)",
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      "date": "2026-09-17",
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      "title": "Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album",
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      "source": "Announcing Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, Coming November 19 (Rockstar Newswire)",
      "source_url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/7599a881942544/announcing-grand-theft-auto-vi-the-album-coming-november-19",
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      "date": "2026-09-24",
      "kind": "Rockstar announcement",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "title": "The Goodtime State collector's box",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
      "source": "Pre-Order The Goodtime State, Vice City Collection Now While Supplies Last (Rockstar Newswire)",
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      "date": "2026-09-29",
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      "source": "Exclusive: Grand Theft Auto VI Includes Over 170 Animal Species (Game Informer)",
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      "more_sources": "https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/gta-6-map-is-officially-twice-as-large-as-gta-5-features-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms/"
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      "date": "2026-10-02",
      "kind": "Partner announcement",
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      "title": "The Miami Heat announce A Night in Vice City",
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      "source": "Miami Heat announce 'A Night in Vice City' theme ahead of GTA VI release (ESPN)",
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      "date": "2026-10-08",
      "kind": "Rockstar announcement",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "title": "Rockstar names the first six radio stations",
      "what_happened": "Rockstar reveals Cocoteo FM, Back Country Radio, AfroBank FM, The Chamber 106.6, Flash FM and Dirty South Classics, with short previews of each on its GTA VI music page, and opens a GTA VI merchandise collection on the Rockstar Store.",
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      "release_date_stated": null,
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