Rockstar has announced that GTA 6, the most anticipated game of 2025, has been delayed until May 2026. In a statement posted to its social media, the company has said the game needs more time to create the game.
While no official release date had been made for the upcoming open-world game, it was widely expected to be this fall, with other games delaying their own release into next year in an attempt to avoid trying to launch against Rockstar’s behemoth. That’s all now thrown for a loop, with the game now set to be released on May 26, 2026.
“We are very sorry that this is later than you expected,” Rockstar posted to X. “The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game.”
Delays at this stage are not unusual, when teams take stock and realize that half a year isn’t going to be enough to get the game ready for launch, but given GTA 6 has been in development for over ten years, it does take on rather more significance. Not least for Rockstar owners Take Two, whose shares took a sharp pre-market dip in the last few minutes in the wake of the announcement, losing over eight percent.
“With every game we have released,” Rockstar’s statement continues, “the goal has always been to try and exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception. We hope you understand that we need this extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve.”
Take Two Interactive, via 2K, already have quite a busy fall, with Mafia: The Old Country and Borderlands 4 due, the latter this week moving its own release date ahead 11 days, fuelling much speculation that it might be moving out of the way of GTA 6. We now of course know this is definitely not the case, but could have been an early sign of the publisher rearranging things ahead of the announcement.
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