Grand Theft Auto VI is delayed to November 19, 2026

Followers must wait a bit longer to return to Vice Metropolis. Rockstar Video games has announced that Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed as soon as once more to November 19, 2026. The open world recreation was beforehand delayed from its 2025 launch window to Might 26, 2026 earlier this year.

“We’re sorry for including extra time to what we notice has been an extended wait, however these further months will permit us to complete the sport with the extent of polish you could have come to count on and deserve,” Rockstar stated on its official X account. The brand new launch date delays the hotly anticipated recreation by a complete six months from its earlier date.

Take-Two, GTA VI’s writer, doesn’t seem significantly frightened in regards to the delay. “We stated once we set the final date, if a recreation requires extra polish to be the absolute best model of itself, then we’ll give that recreation extra time,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick stated in an interview with The Game Business. “We really feel actually good about this launch date. It’s in the identical fiscal yr, it occurs to be an amazing launch window, and naturally we’re actually supportive of Rockstar’s method.”

GTA V was originally released in 2013, and has been rereleased a number of instances within the years that adopted for two generations of consoles. The video games stays extremely well-liked, which is a part of the explanation Take-Two appears so sure in regards to the sequel. It helps that Grand Theft Auto On-line, a multiplayer mode for GTA V that may also be downloaded as a standalone recreation, is itself a success. “We proceed to provide content material to GTA On-line, and in reality we’ve had terrific outcomes there. And GTA+ continues to develop its membership. In actual fact, it’s had 20 p.c progress year-over-year. And GTA V has bought in additional than 220 million items,” Zelnick stated.

The lengthy await a brand new GTA hasn’t been with out controversy. The sport leaked extensively in 2022, revealing that it might function a feminine protagonist, a undeniable fact that was later confirmed within the first official trailer. And whereas Rockstar Video games has reportedly attempted to enhance its firm tradition since GTA V got here out, the developer is at the moment being accused of union busting within the UK.