YouTube will run a 24-hour livestream on GTA 6 launch day with about 30 creators, while Kick is giving 10,000 Ultimate Edition copies to viewers.
Sources notebookcheck.net · x.com · x.com
Launch day will get its own marathon broadcast. Notebookcheck reports that YouTube has organised a 24-hour livestream for the release of GTA 6, starting at midnight Eastern time on November 19. The account GTAlphaintel noted on X that the platform had also rebranded its own channel for the occasion.
According to Notebookcheck, around 30 creators will explore the Leonida map live, including Jake Baldino, Cinna, Jelly, Rivers, Caylus and Zhong. The RDCWorld collective hosts a pre-show at 11 PM Eastern with live reports from Miami, where the marketing campaign is in full swing. Our conversion: midnight in New York is 6 AM in Paris on November 19, the pre-show 5 AM. These times come from the outlet, not from Rockstar.
Notebookcheck adds that some players may start before the stream depending on their time zone. Rockstar has not communicated an unlock time so far: that point remains unknown and we do not infer it from this report.
YouTube says in a blog post, relayed by Notebookcheck, that the Grand Theft Auto series has already generated over 900 billion views, including more than 40 billion for GTA 6 videos before release. The outlet recalls that roleplay was already dominant on GTA 5. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy hinted an online mode could arrive in 2027, a statement we treat as a remark, not a Rockstar announcement.
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The rival platform is not sitting out. According to Notebookcheck and the account GTAVI_Countdown on X, Kick is giving away 10,000 digital copies of GTA 6 Ultimate Edition: viewers must watch at least three hours of streams to enter the draw. Detailed rules are not in our sources, so check Kick before relying on them.
The launch already spills beyond gaming: see Pocketpair's five days of leave and Rockstar's "See you in Leonida next week" message. The full calendar is on the release page.
For anyone without the game on day one, or waiting before buying, this stream will be the first long look at the whole map by creators. Spoiler warning: those who want to keep the surprise should stay off YouTube and Kick that day.
Sources notebookcheck.net · x.com · x.com
Reported Reported by the press, not confirmed by Rockstar
By Chloé · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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