GTA 6 pre-orders open May 18 to 21 per a claimed Best Buy affiliate email: killed (confidence 0)

Preorder-announcement adjudication, 2026-06-19. The Best Buy May 18 to 21 window is superseded by the Rockstar official announcement that pre-orders open June 25, 2026. Tier 1 first-party confirmation on the official GTA VI page and the June 18, 2026 Rockstar Newswire post, with convergent tier 2 press carries. The May 16 Insider Gaming tier 2 walkback contradiction is now confirmed by the official June 25 date: the dated window the claim asserted did not occur. Verdict contested to killed, confidence 35 to 0. See gta6-preorders-open-june-25-2026. From contested to killed. Confidence 0.