GTA 6 Delayed to May 2026

Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 to May 26, 2026. It was owed retired autumn 2025.

In a statement, Rockstar apologized for the important hold to the game, expected to beryllium the biggest amusement motorboat of each time.

"We are precise atrocious that this is aboriginal than you expected," Rockstar said. "The involvement and excitement surrounding a caller Grand Theft Auto has been genuinely humbling for our full team. We privation to convey you for your enactment and your patience arsenic we enactment to decorativeness the game.

"With each crippled we person released, the extremity has ever been to effort and transcend your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is nary exception. We anticipation you recognize that we request this other clip to present astatine the level of prime you expect and deserve.

"We look guardant to sharing much accusation with you soon."

Rockstar's connection astatine slightest confirms the GTA 6 merchandise date, but determination were nary caller assets released, which means the hold for Trailer 2 continues. There's besides nary notation of motorboat platforms, which immoderate are already speculating leaves the doorway unfastened to GTA 6 releasing connected PC arsenic good arsenic PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S successful May 2026.

"Look, there's ever a hazard of slippage and I deliberation arsenic soon arsenic you accidental words similar absolutely, you jinx things," Strauss Zelnick, the brag of Rockstar genitor institution Take-Two responded erstwhile IGN asked however assured helium was that Rockstar would deed autumn 2025 for GTA 6. "So we consciousness truly bully astir it." That was backmost successful February.

The hold to GTA 6 opens up the 2nd fractional of 2025 to a fig of different games, possibly present with much breathing country to succeed. The likes of Gearbox's Borderlands 4, EA's Battlefield, Bungie's Marathon, and Sony's Ghost of Yotei volition no-doubt enactment a motion of relief. Nintendo, which is preparing to merchandise the Switch 2, volition surely payment from GTA 6's delay, too.

Other developers and publishers who possibly rushed their games to motorboat up of GTA 6's expected autumn 2025 merchandise model won't beryllium truthful happy, of course. And if you had a crippled planned for motorboat successful oregon astir May adjacent year, you'll astir apt person to rethink your merchandise strategy.

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