Grand Theft Auto VI launch delayed until November 2026

Grand Theft Auto VI is being delayed again: it volition present motorboat connected November 19th, 2026.

“We are atrocious for adding further clip to what we recognize has been a agelong wait, but these other months volition let america to decorativeness the crippled with the level of polish you person travel to expect and deserve,” Rockstar Games says. “We privation to convey you again for your patience and support. While the hold is simply a small longer, we are incredibly excited for players to acquisition the sprawling authorities of Leonida and a instrumentality to modern time Vice City.”

Previously, GTA VI was acceptable to motorboat on May 26th, 2026. Before that, Rockstar planned to merchandise the crippled in 2025. It volition beryllium released connected PS5 and Xbox Series X / S.

“When we acceptable a date, we truly bash judge successful it,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick tells The Game Business. “We said erstwhile we acceptable the past date, if a crippled requires much polish to beryllium the champion imaginable mentation of itself, past we volition springiness that crippled much time. And that’s precisely what happened. We consciousness truly bully astir this merchandise date. It’s successful the aforesaid fiscal year, it happens to beryllium a large merchandise window, and people we’re truly supportive of Rockstar’s approach.”

GTA VI volition instrumentality spot successful Vice City and stars 2 protagonists, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. “Jason and Lucia person ever known the platform is stacked against them,” according to Rockstar’s statement of the 2nd trailer for the game, which was released successful May. “But erstwhile an casual people goes wrong, they find themselves connected the darkest broadside of the sunniest spot successful America, successful the mediate of a transgression conspiracy stretching crossed the authorities of Leonida — forced to trust connected each different much than ever if they privation to marque it retired alive.” Rockstar’s archetypal GTA VI trailer debuted in precocious 2023.

Last week, Rockstar was accused of national busting after firing 30 to 40 employees. A Rockstar spokesperson told Bloomberg that it took enactment against a “small fig of individuals who were recovered to beryllium distributing and discussing confidential accusation successful a nationalist forum” and that “this was successful nary mode related to people’s close to articulation a national oregon prosecute successful national activities.”