Followers must wait a bit longer to return to Vice Metropolis. Rockstar Video games has introduced that Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed as soon as once more to November 19, 2026. The open world sport was beforehand delayed from its 2025 launch window to Could 26, 2026 earlier this 12 months.
“We’re sorry for including extra time to what we notice has been a protracted wait, however these further months will permit us to complete the sport with the extent of polish you’ve gotten come to anticipate and deserve,” Rockstar mentioned on its official X account. The brand new launch date delays the hotly anticipated sport by an entire six months from its earlier date.
Take-Two, GTA VI’s writer, doesn’t seem significantly frightened in regards to the delay. “We mentioned once we set the final date, if a sport requires extra polish to be the absolute best model of itself, then we are going to give that sport extra time,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioned in an interview with The Recreation Enterprise. “We really feel actually good about this launch date. It’s in the identical fiscal 12 months, it occurs to be an excellent launch window, and naturally we’re actually supportive of Rockstar’s strategy.”
GTA V was initially launched in 2013, and has been rereleased a number of instances within the years that adopted for 2 generations of consoles. The video games stays extremely standard, 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 will also be downloaded as a standalone sport, is itself successful. “We proceed to produce content material to GTA On-line, and actually we’ve had terrific outcomes there. And GTA+ continues to develop its membership. The truth is, it’s had 20 % progress year-over-year. And GTA V has offered in additional than 220 million items,” Zelnick mentioned.
The lengthy await a brand new GTA hasn’t been with out controversy. The sport leaked extensively in 2022, revealing that it could function a feminine protagonist, a incontrovertible fact that was later confirmed within the first official trailer. And whereas Rockstar Video games has reportedly tried to enhance its firm tradition since GTA V got here out, the developer is presently being accused of union busting within the UK.
