Grand Theft Auto 6 Delay Rumor Debunked

Rockstar Video games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 remains to be far off, launching subsequent yr for Xbox Collection X/S and PS5. Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two Interactive has indicated in any other case, however a rumor started circulating that the open-world title was delayed internally to 2026.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier addressed the identical on Twitter, noting that he spoke to 6 Rockstar staff who had not heard of a delay. After all, there’s a caveat. “It’s an enormous, bold recreation and will very properly slip! An excessive amount of time left to say something definitive.”

After all, it’s at all times potential that the studio’s higher-ups may have deliberate for a similar with out informing anybody. Since there’s been no inside announcement, Schreier famous the most recent rumor to be “nonsense.” Lengthy story brief, till Rockstar Video games formally pronounces a delay for Grand Theft Auto 6, you may nonetheless count on it in Fall 2025.

For what it’s value, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick beforehand mentioned each the developer and mother or father firm are “extremely assured” within the present launch window. PC gamers might have to attend longer – head right here for extra particulars.

The web (and my DMs) blew up this weekend over a rumor that GTA VI is delayed. Excellent news is that six Rockstar staff all instructed me they haven’t heard of any delay. Unhealthy information: it’s an enormous, bold recreation and will very properly slip! An excessive amount of time left to say something definitive

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 9, 2024

I need to be very clear: Six workers instructed me they weren’t *knowledgeable* of a delay. For all I do know, Rockstar’s govt crew may have determined months in the past to delay GTA VI with out telling the corporate. However the lack of inside announcement means that the Twitter rumor was nonsense

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) September 9, 2024