Grand Theft Auto VI is still on track and meeting its deadlines: rumors of a delay to 2026 are “pure conjecture,” according to development sources.
Rumors of a delay of Grand Theft Auto 6 at the end of 2025 or 2026, for now, these are simple speculations, and there is no reason to think it will happen, new sources assure, which somehow contradict or soften a previous Kotaku report.
This great Rockstar Games blockbuster that some consider “the most important game in history” is still on the way for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC in 2025.
But Kotaku sources said that internally, the plan is still to release the game in early 2025, but many believe that is increasingly “more and more likely” that the game was delayed a few months or even a year.
Officially, it has only been said that it will be released next year. But some indications say that the game is planned for the first quarter of 2025 or spring, a theory supported by Take-Two's financial expectations.
And there are fears that the development could be delayed longer than necessary, and for that reason Rockstar ordered that all employees who enjoyed teleworking or hybrid work return to the offices before April.
A decision that generated discomfort among employees and that, in turn, could cause a talent drain. But at the moment there are no reasons to think that this could happen, beyond conjecture.
GTA 6 is meeting its deadlines and delay rumors are “pure speculation”
This has been stated by Mike Straw, senior editor at Insider Gaming, who says that he has consulted with his sources, several sources, and they all told him that the game continues to progress as planned. “Any suggestion of a delay at this time is pure conjecture.”
The return to the offices is not a cause of problems in its development, but rather a preventive measure in case development stalls for any reason… and many fear that this brings back the “crunch”.
For now, the internal plan remains, according to multiple sources, early spring 2025 for him GTA 6 releasealthough officially the only date that Take-Two has committed to is next year.