GTA VI is, without a doubt, the most important game yet to come to the current generation of consoles. It doesn’t matter what exclusives Sony and Microsoft are preparing, or the successive releases of the Call of Duty and company that nothing can compare with the success that awaits the title of Rockstar. So any news that occurs around you automatically becomes trending topic worldwide.
And until today, we all thought that what Rockstar is preparing is nothing other than a launch destined to become a reality in the fall of 2025. Taking into account what the Americans have done with GTA V in 2013 or even taking for granted what they published in the first trailer revealit was clear to the entire planet that it will be next year when we will be able to enjoy this long-awaited sandbox.
Bad news coming to GTA VI?
If that last information pointed to that GTA VI would hit stores after the summer of 2025, now it seems that we could be facing a radically different scenario because the same user who exclusively announced that the first announcement of the game would arrive in December 2023, now claims that he has confirmed from two different sources that, at least internally, Rockstar He thinks it’s impossible that his game will be released when he announced it.
Specifically, the leaker confirms on Twitter that GTA VI will be delayed to early or mid-2026, meaning at least six more months of waiting, but always before the summer. This completely changes the forecasts of the entire industry, which is now planning the release of its games to avoid coinciding with this earthquake, which will be the best-selling item once it hits stores.
EXCLUSIVE: GTA VI has been internally delayed by Rockstar Games and they’re already decided on the early to mid 2026 release window.
PC is planned for around 12 – 18 months after the console launch.
This information comes from multiple devs across two studios. https://t.co/VzwbDMLpe1
September 8, 2024 • 01:52
This user has confirmed that “EXCLUSIVE: Rockstar Games has delayed internally GTA VI and they’ve already decided on a release window of early to mid-2026,” and added information about what will happen with the PC version, which “is planned for between 12 and 18 months after the console release.” So if you had plans to spend Christmas 2025 playing this sixth installment… forget it.
The community revolts against the rumor
The curious thing about this information is that the publication on Twitter has quickly been filled with added contexts by the community, to try to combat the possibility of it becoming real, citing sources of Rockstar and other officials who continue to maintain that after the summer of 2025 as the most likely for its launch. It is obvious that this attempt to delegitimize the information of the leaker try to avoid added noise around GTA VIbut it won’t be the first time that, based on an official estimate from the developer, there is a delay without us ending up suffering any dizziness.
In the case of Rockstar and GTA VI It would be very strange, but with almost a year to go before it hits stores, it cannot be ruled out that, due to the game’s completion or for business convenience, this announced delay could become a reality. We’ll see.