Rockstar and Take-Two have introduced the Grand Theft Auto VI launch date in the end, however in case you have been hoping for the sport to be launched this yr, then you are going to be disenchanted.
As revealed in a submit on X, Grand Theft Auto VI will probably be launching on Could twenty sixth subsequent yr, which Rockstar acknowledges is “later than you anticipated”. The studio provides a reasonably normal cause for the sport’s delay; it wants time to “ship on the degree of high quality” gamers anticipate, and it desires to “try to exceed your expectations”.
Grand Theft Auto VI was first unveiled in December 2023, with the sport’s debut trailer reaching a staggering 90 million views in simply 24 hours. At that time, GTA VI was slated for a fall 2025 launch.
Since then, Rockstar and Take-Two have not launched a lot details about GTA VI in any respect; the sport nonetheless solely has one trailer, and no gameplay footage has been launched but.
Regardless of that, as late as February this yr, Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick was claiming that Grand Theft Auto VI would nonetheless be releasing within the fall, although rumors (which turned out to be appropriate) have been swirling on the time pertaining to the sport’s delay.
In fact, though this most likely is not the information Take-Two hoped to ship, it will come as a reduction to many publishers, who can now presumably breathe sighs of reduction and launch their video games in direction of the tip of 2025 with out concern.
Grand Theft Auto VI will function the sixth numbered installment (though it is from the sixth recreation general) within the Grand Theft Auto collection.
We do not know a lot in regards to the recreation for the time being; it will be set within the fictional US state of Leonida, through which could be discovered the Miami-esque Vice Metropolis, and it will function the collection’ first main feminine protagonist. Aside from that, it is all up for grabs.
Rockstar will launch Grand Theft Auto VI on Could twenty sixth, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S. Keep tuned for extra.
