GTA 6 has formally been delayed, after all of the hypothesis it may be and Rockstar sticking to that obscure Fall launch window for ages. It will now be dropping on Could 26, 2026.
Yep, late 2025’s large behemoth now is not coming till subsequent yr, so we’ll all have to seek out one thing else to completely eat our lives and/or save the video games business within the interim.
“We’re very sorry that that is later than you anticipated,” Rockstar wrote in a Newswire publish saying the delay, “The curiosity and pleasure surrounding a brand new Grand Theft Auto has been really humbling for our whole workforce. We wish to thanks on your assist and your persistence as we work to complete the sport.
“With each recreation now we have launched, the purpose has all the time been to try to exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t any exception. We hope you perceive that we want this additional time to ship on the degree of high quality you count on and deserve.
“We look ahead to sharing extra info with you quickly.”
In a Bluesky publish in regards to the information, 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 all the time a threat of slippage and I feel as quickly as you say phrases like completely, you jinx issues. So we really feel actually good about it.”
We’ll need to see what impact this date change has on the remainder of the sport’s business’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 are going to simply keep away from the blast zone,” one studio boss mentioned of the state of affairs in an interview with THe Sport Enterprise earlier this yr, “We’ll nudge our releases again or ahead three weeks to keep away from it.
“After all, 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.”
