- The official GTA 6 trailer announced the game's release for the year 2025.
- Despite the release window being narrowed down to 'Fall 2025', the game was official delayed on May 2, 2025.
- GTA 6's is now scheduled to release on May 26, 2026.
The release of Rockstar Games’ GTA 6 has been eagerly anticipated for over a year now. The game’s name alone evokes visions of a neon-lit Vice City, adrenaline-pumping chases, and the expansive and complex worlds that Rockstar has so brilliantly crafted throughout its history. Despite this intense enthusiasm, there is still a nagging question, a cloud of uncertainty brought on by the unpredictability of game development. It all leads to one question: When will Grand Theft Auto 6 finally release? Keep reading as we find out if GTA 6 is delayed.
GTA 6 Has Officially Been Delayed
As announced by Rockstar on their official X account (formerly Twitter), GTA 6 has been delayed and is scheduled to release on May 26, 2026. The news came as a shock to many for multiple reasons, with a significant factor being Rockstar’s silence for months, which led fans to believe that development was on track.
Initially, the game was marked for a ‘2025’ release via its reveal trailer. The ambiguous release window was narrowed down by Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, who stood firm on a ‘Fall 2025′ window on multiple occasions. This included an interview with the company’s CEO, Strauss Zelnick, who stated that the game’s marketing cycle would commence closer to its release date. Fans took this as an explanation for the radio silence around GTA 6, assuming that new information would arrive once the Fall window draws closer.
Unfortunately, this brief reprieve was quashed by news of the delay, pushing the game’s release date by at least six months. With a new Mafia and Borderlands game ready for release, it’s possible that Take-Two could be giving both titles a bit of breathing room by delaying the meteoric impact caused by GTA 6’s eventual arrival. Of course, this is purely speculative, and the more likely reason is that the game simply wasn’t ready to release in 2025.
Could GTA 6 Be Delayed Even Further?
The simple answer is yes, GTA 6’s release being pushed back even further is a real possibility. You don’t need me to tell you that games are delayed all the time these days. Most recently, the much-anticipated Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, originally slated for November 2024, was eventually delayed to March 2025.
Before this, we have the even more relevant example of Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar’s western epic was initially announced with a Fall 2017 release date, before being pushed back to Spring 2018. Sound familiar? Well, the game suffered another delay and eventually graced our screens in October 2018. This could easily be the pattern Rockstar adopts for GTA 6 if the internal development targets aren’t met.
It’s important to keep in mind that Rockstar, more so than any other studio, operates on their own time. So, expect to see the game when it’s ready, as laid out in a comment by former Rockstar Games technical director Obbe Vermeij:
“GTA 6 will sell for 10 plus years, and there is no competition to worry about. They are not going to release the game until they’re 100% happy with it. No matter what it said in the trailer.”
That said, what are your thoughts on GTA 6 being delayed? Do you think Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming in 2026? Do tell us in the comments below.
