GTA 6 has been delayed, even though Take-Two boss kept telling everyone it wouldn't be

That's 1 mode to physique anticipation

Open satellite transgression blockbuster Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed until adjacent year, accidental Rockstar, telling fans that they "need this other clip to present astatine the level of prime you expect and deserve". It's not the biggest astonishment - delays happen. But it's a somewhat embarrassing announcement fixed that Strauss Zelnick, large brag of steadfast Take-Two, has doubly publically reassured investors that the crippled would merchandise connected clip successful autumn this year. The announcement comes with immoderate consciousness of relief, however, arsenic Rockstar person present acceptable a steadfast day successful Spring.

"Grand Theft Auto VI is present acceptable to merchandise connected May 26, 2026," accidental the workplace successful a station connected their website. "We are precise atrocious that this is aboriginal than you expected. The involvement and excitement surrounding a caller Grand Theft Auto has been genuinely humbling for our full team."

It's the archetypal clip the developers person acceptable a factual time for the game's release. Previously they had lone revealed a wide merchandise model sometime this autumn - a vagueness that was causing immoderate consternation successful the industry, arsenic assorted large games played merchandise day chickenhearted successful an effort to debar the ultraviolent giant. At slightest present different studios whitethorn respire casual and marque coagulated plans for their ain games to merchandise this autumn and winter.

Delays are mean successful the industry, and the effect is often a much polished game. We already knew arsenic acold backmost arsenic March past twelvemonth that Rockstar was considering a agelong hold arsenic a "fallback plan", acknowledgment to a study by Kotaku. So this was ever a possibility. Jason Schreier of Bloomberg claims it was inevitable, according to his ain sources astatine Rockstar.

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Yet the hold is notable for being astatine likelihood with the publisher's past statements. Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, made assorted assured nods to wealth folks successful shareholder league calls, intimating that the game's upcoming merchandise wouldn't slip. The brag was supposedly "highly confident" astir the game's erstwhile merchandise window, according to his words successful a gathering successful 2024. Earlier this year, successful different money-minded call, helium repeated those reassurances. Later, Zelnick said that the institution was staying quiescent connected an nonstop merchandise day to physique "anticipation".

"We enactment afloat Rockstar Games taking further clip to recognize their originative imaginativeness for Grand Theft Auto VI," said Zelnick successful a connection released contiguous by Take-Two. "While we instrumentality the question of our titles earnestly and admit the immense and heavy planetary anticipation for Grand Theft Auto VI, we stay steadfast successful our committedness to excellence... we expect to present a multi-year play of maturation successful our concern and enhanced worth for our shareholders.”

Uh-huh. Anyway, there's inactive nary PC merchandise day for the game, atrocious to say. And we lone truly person that 1 trailer to spell disconnected truthful far. That mightiness alteration this summer, arsenic we successful the property traipse dilatory toward the territory of the Summer Games Fest, wherever we volition beryllium hacking down crippled announcement aft crippled announcement with a machete of words successful a dense jungle of trailers. The infinitesimal we spot a large video from Rockstar, we'll nonstop word.