'Grand Theft Auto VI' is available to pre-order: What to know
The highly anticipated "Grand Theft Auto VI" could be in your shopping cart immediately.
The sixth numbered entry in the massively popular video game franchise became available for pre-order at midnight local time on Thursday, June 25.
The game will release on Thursday, Nov. 19, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to an announcement from publisher Rockstar Games.
Each "Grand Theft Auto" game takes place in different heavily hyperbolic versions of American cities, and focuses on main characters working their way through the city's world of crime.
"Grand Theft Auto VI" will take place in Leonida and Vice City, USA, which appears to be a dramatized version of Miami, Florida.
"Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them," reads a brief synopsis of the game.
"But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida -- forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive," the description continues.
Along with the standard version of game, "Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition" was also made available at midnight. It includes additional in-game items.
The new release follows over a decade of anticipation since the 2013 release of "Grand Theft Auto V," which has sold 230 million copies, according to franchise owner Take-Two Interactive.
The new game is set to be sold for $79.99, bucking the general new game standard by around $10.
According to the announcement from Rockstar Games, the ultimate edition "amplifies the deepest and most immersive GTA experience yet with an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story."
The announcement noted that pre-ordering game allows players to begin pre-loading the game on Nov. 12 "to ensure they are able to play at launch" on release day a week later.
