Vice City returns in 2026 after a twenty-year canon silence. The 1986 version satirized Reagan-era excess and cocaine money. The 2026 version satirizes gig-economy precarity and hurricane Florida. What changes when the same fictional city does the same job forty years apart.
GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026. The live countdown below ticks every second. Plus: every confirmed milestone in the launch cycle, regional unlock times, and what to watch for in the final pre-launch window.
Two protagonists are confirmed by name: Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval. Beyond them, every named character is unconfirmed or rumor-only. Here's the canonical roster — what Rockstar has actually said vs what the internet is guessing.
GTA 6 takes place in the fictional state of Leonida — Rockstar's modern Florida. Vice City is the urban anchor, the Leonida Keys are the coastal chain, and at least one secondary city plus a wide hinterland round out the map. Here's the canonical reference, sourced and updated.
Trailer 1 dropped December 5, 2023. After 2.5 years of community frame-by-frame analysis, here are the eight details that turned out to matter most — and what they signal about the game we're getting.
GTA 5's San Andreas is roughly 49 square miles, with about 20% urban density. GTA 6's Leonida is probably comparable in total area but materially denser — and traversed differently. Here's the comparison.
Trailer 3 lands within 17 days. Probably on a Tuesday. Here are nine specific bets — characters, neighborhoods, vehicles, the marquee track, gameplay, pre-orders — with the evidence for each.
Returning protagonist confirmed in Trailers 1 and 2, paired with Lucia Caminos. Drifter / criminal background and likely former military, set against modern-day Leonida.
Leonida — the fictional Florida-analog state that hosts the entire GTA VI map. Vice City is its primary urban anchor; Leonida Keys is its southern coastal chain.
The fictional Florida-Keys analog of GTA VI's state of Leonida — a coastal island chain south of Vice City, confirmed in trailer footage and Newswire copy.
Returning protagonist confirmed in Trailers 1 and 2 — the first playable Latina lead in mainline-GTA history, paired with Jason Duval in a Bonnie-and-Clyde framing.
A Leonida national park positioned on "the state's northern fringe" per Rockstar's own promotional copy, surfaced via the official GTA VI postcard collection — branded "WILD, WILD COUNTRY."
A Leonida city named on the official GTA VI promotional postcards Rockstar released during the Trailer 2 marketing window — branded "LIVE HARD" in Rockstar's marketing copy.
The primary urban core of GTA VI's state of Leonida — a modern-day reimagining of the Vice City franchise setting, last visited in 2002's GTA: Vice City.