7 days to GTA 6: boxed copies arrive, and Mount Kalaga is where you go hunting

Seven days. One week.

First, the date that matters today: boxed copies of GTA 6 reach shops from today, with a download code inside, not a disc. Redeem it and the pre-load starts. Digital pre-load opened on Tuesday, November 10, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is not early access. The files stay locked until your region unlocks. Rolo has the pre-load day checklist if you have not started yet.

Now today's fact.

Confirmed

Mount Kalaga National Park is the forested highlands at the northern edge of Leonida: dirt trails, hunting camps, cabins and, in Rockstar's words, fringe locals. Rockstar's description lists hunting, fishing and off-roading as what people go there for.

The official screenshots show a dirt bike on a forest trail, armed people walking through dense forest, a kayaker beneath a bridge, and a panther-like big cat past white-tailed deer at a watering hole.

Unknown

How hunting and fishing actually play. Rockstar has named them but not shown the systems.

Our guess

This is the closest GTA 6 gets to Red Dead Redemption 2's terrain, and the part of the map most likely to swallow hours you meant to spend on the story. Bama has the Red Dead player's guide to the back country.

More on Mount Kalaga and Hunting and fishing. Tomorrow: everything else there is to do.