Rockstar Games has announced the timings for GTA fans to begin playing the digital PC edition of Grand Theft Auto 5. The upcoming highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 5 for PC will be officially released on April 14 across the world and Rockstar had earlier announced that those who had pre-purchased the epic would be able to preload the game on PC via Steam and Rockstar Warehouse on April 7, but had not provided the exact time.

The Rockstar Support twitter account has now confirmed the global times for the GTA 5 PC launch. GTA 5's digital versions will unlock worldwide on April 14 at 12 am BST, which means that PC owners who have already pre-purchased and pre-loaded the game will be allowed to start playing it on April 13 at 7pm ET and 4pm PT in the U.S, and 12am BST in Europe.

Rockstar Games had launched the Grand Theft Auto video game series in October 1997 and it quickly became one of the highest selling video game franchises in history. The game was initially available only on Sony's Playstation, but can now be found on just about any platform available at the store today. Over 150 million copies of the Grand Theft Auto series have been sold across the world, with the most popular being Grand Theft Auto 4, which sold over 25 million copies. Over the period 1997 to 2007, Rockstar Games has released five titles, though gamers have been able to enjoy only two titles, with the sixth one likely to arrive soon.

Rockstar Games has hinted that it is developing a sixth installment to the series and media reports suggest that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be available for consoles in the next year or so.