GTA 6 has formally been delayed, after all of the hypothesis it could be and Rockstar sticking to that imprecise Fall launch window for ages. It’s going to now be dropping on Could 26, 2026.
Yep, late 2025’s huge behemoth now is not coming till subsequent yr, so we’ll all have to search out one thing else to completely devour our lives and/or save the video games trade within the interim.
“We’re very sorry that that is later than you anticipated,” Rockstar wrote in a Newswire post asserting the delay, “The curiosity and pleasure surrounding a brand new Grand Theft Auto has been really humbling for our total workforce. We need to thanks to your help and your endurance as we work to complete the sport.
“With each recreation we’ve launched, the objective has at all times been to try to exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is not any exception. We hope you perceive that we want this additional time to ship on the degree of high quality you anticipate and deserve.
“We look ahead to sharing extra info with you quickly.”
In a Bluesky post about the news, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has reported some further context, writing: “No one I’ve talked to at Rockstar has believed Fall 2025 was an actual window for a really very long time now. An excessive amount of work, not sufficient time, and what seems to be an actual need from administration to keep away from brutal crunch. GTA VI slipping to 2026 has appeared inevitable for months if not longer.”
As, I alluded to, previous to this Rockstar had been sticking to a Fall 2025 launch window from the sport, with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick having reponded to IGN asking in regards to the probability of the sport making that window by saying: “Look, there’s at all times a threat of slippage and I believe as quickly as you say phrases like completely, you jinx issues. So we really feel actually good about it.”
We’ll should see what impact this date change has on the remainder of the sport’s trade’s launch slate, given everybody had been scrambling to keep away from having their new video games blown away by Rockstar’s child. “GTA 6 is mainly an enormous meteor and we’ll simply keep away from the blast zone,” one studio boss said of the situation in an interview with THe Sport Enterprise eariler this yr, “We are going to nudge our releases again or ahead three weeks to keep away from it. In fact, the issue is everybody goes to do the identical. So three to 4 weeks earlier than or after GTA 6, you’re going to get a load of video games dropping content material in what they imagine would be the protected zone.”