Lightly discounted tickets to Vice City.
The next title in the series is expected to be the biggest video game release ever.
The video game is the first new instalment in 13 years of one of the best-selling entertainment franchises in history. Australian businesses expect staff absenteeism to soar.
Video games are now a $200bn business. Play through the six games that tell the story of how they got there.
The video game is the first new instalment in 13 years of one of the best-selling entertainment franchises in history. Australian businesses expect staff absenteeism to soar.
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Technology
Along with Xbox Cloud Gaming support that will make the new Grand Theft Auto playable on Xbox One consoles, Rockstar officially laid out a few other details today as it kicked off the game’s 200GB-plus preloads. PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) and ray-traced shadows are exclusive features for the PS5 Pro version, along with DualSense haptic feedback, Tempest audio, and improved load times that it says will make “Grand Theft Auto VI play best on PlayStation 5 consoles.” [Link: Pre-Load Grand Theft Auto VI Now - Rockstar Games | https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/89834o94713o21/pre-load-grand-theft-auto-vi-now | Rockstar Games]
GTA VI launches 19 November on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Take-Two kept its $8bn to $8.2bn forecast, and the game will stream to Xbox One.
Technology
That’s according to Sony and Microsoft blog posts today about the pre-loads that started today. The game is set to launch on November 19th. [Link: Pre-load Grand Theft Auto VI on PS5 starting today | https://blog.playstation.com/2026/11/10/pre-load-grand-theft-auto-vi-on-ps5-starting-today/ | PlayStation.Blog]
Technology
The game, set to launch on November 19th, was delayed twice. Based on that line from CEO Strauss Zelnick, which he said on today’s Q2 fiscal year 2027 earnings call, seems like that’s not happening again. Pre-orders for the game are tracking “far above” initial expectations. Zelnick closed the call by saying that “I know you all are going to have a great time playing GTA VI while you’re at home for the holidays.”
Technology
GTA VI will run at 30fps on all consoles
Building & Construction
The company, which owns GTA VI developer Rockstar Games, also says in a Q2 2027 earnings presentation that “we know that the numbers will speak for themselves soon enough.” The game launches on November 19th. [Link: Q2 2027 Earnings Presentation | https://ir.take2games.com/static-files/01437b0a-6d3d-4f80-a2ac-5cecdb0c573f | Take-Two]
Technology
A former Rockstar tech director thinks the developer is facing new time pressures.
Some of the shots in the new launch gallery look straight out of a movie, with new peeks at Jason, Lucia, and Leonida. GTA VI’s launch is just two weeks away on November 19th, and players can start preloading it next week on November 10th. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Jason_and_Lucia_16.05-d133mx68ku.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Lucia_Caminos_13.08dd3_zn0g59u.avif?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Jason_and_Lucia_20.0cd.c7jr5g9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Jason_Duval_11.019l5gj600v.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Vice_City_13.0iq8ff474tsdx.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Vice_City_22.0-9jlb822ng.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Lucia_Caminos_11.0j617-ylicowx.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Vice_City_24.0r9tor5-x.p75.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/Grassrivers_08.0x-z0h-he35zo.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
Technology
Using a capture card and open source software to run PS5 video through a PC GPU.
Science & Climate
You can start pre-loading GTA VI on November 10th.
World News
The two biggest games of the year launch in November, offering some reprieve from a terrible year.
World News
It’s packed with details and worth reading in full. There’s a lot of fascinating stuff about the game’s systems and seemingly incredible level of detail, but I was most intrigued by a tidbit about how quitting crime is a “a fundamental theme” of the game’s story: > “These games, maybe some people think, ‘Oh, they’re power fantasies’,” Nelson says. “Sure. But what if these characters want something else?” [Link: Grand Theft Auto VI exclusive – The state that never sleeps | https://www.gamesradar.com/edge/gtavi-cover/ | GamesRadar+]