Grand Theft Auto VI delayed until May 2026

Rockstar Games has delayed the motorboat of Grand Theft Auto VI until 26 May, 2026. The crippled had been scheduled for merchandise this autumn, but the deficiency of a definite day was opening to rise concerns wrong the industry.

Announcing the determination via a little station connected its website, the institution said: “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. We privation to convey you for your enactment and your patience arsenic we enactment to decorativeness the game.

“With each crippled we person released, the extremity has ever been to effort and transcend your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is nary exception. We anticipation you recognize that we request this other clip to present astatine the level of prime you expect and deserve.”

It has been much than a decennary since the merchandise of Grand Theft Auto V, which has present sold 210m copies, making it the 1 of the astir palmy video games of each clip alongside Minecraft and Tetris. GTA V was itself delayed respective times earlier its eventual accomplishment successful September 2013.

Little has been revealed astir GTA VI since the merchandise of a teaser video successful December 2023. The open-world transgression thriller is acceptable to instrumentality spot successful the fictional Vice City, GTA’s mentation of Miami, and its location authorities of Leonida. The communicative is expected to travel seasoned transgression Lucia arsenic she embarks connected an ambitious heist with her antheral partner.

No different accusation connected the GTA VI hold has been given. However, Rockstar’s genitor institution Take-Two is owed to study its fiscal results connected 15 May, erstwhile questions from journalists and shareholders volition nary uncertainty predominate the session.