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Grand Theft Auto 6has been delayed until 2026. After months of speculation, Rockstar Games has confirmed that the highly anticipated title won’t be ready in time forits original 2025 release window, with the developer needing more time to deliver an experience capable of exceeding the expectations of series fans.
Grand Theft Auto 6was officially announced back in December of 2023, with its now record-breaking trailer revealing that the game would be arriving at some point during 2025. However, after more than twelve months of radio silence, Rockstar took to Twitter just a short while ago to reveal that the game would no longer be coming out this year.
The new release date forGrand Theft Auto 6is July 20, 2025, meaning fans will have to wait another twelve months to finally get their hands on the game. According to the tweet, the developer needs extra time to deliver at the level of quality that series fans have come to expect from thepopular open-world franchise. In addition to apologizing for the delay, Rockstar thanked fans for their support and patience and revealed that more information aboutGTA 6will be coming soon.
Grand Theft Auto 6 Has Been Delayed Until May 2026
Although some fans were left disappointed by the announcement, many offered their support to the developer, with the tweet garnering thousands of positive responses shortly after going live. Most seem to accept that additional development time will lead to a better end product, while others are happy to finally have a concrete release date for the game.
Assuming there aren’t any more delays,Grand Theft Auto 6will arrive 4,638 days after its predecessor, which works out to around twelve years and eight months. This number is made all the more astonishing by the fact thatthe first sixGTAgames were released over the course of just eleven years, and shows just how much more time-consuming video game development has become over the past few decades.
In light of the spiralling development costs of AAA video games likeGTA 6, Nintendo and Microsoft have recently announced thatthe price of their first-party games will be increasing to $80 later this year. Many have speculated that some publishers will follow suit, although Rockstar’s tweet makes no mention of how muchGrand Theft Auto 6will cost when it does finally arrive. Hopefully, fans won’t have to wait too much longer to find out.
