In a transfer certain to piss off each writer that shifted their video games into 2026 to keep away from Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar has introduced that its upcoming behemoth GTA 6 has been delayed till 2026.

The brand new launch date is Could 26, 2026.

“We’re very sorry that that is later than you anticipated. The curiosity and pleasure surrounding a brand new Grand Theft Auto has been actually humbling for our complete group. We wish to thanks in your help and your persistence as we work to complete the sport,” mentioned the announcement on Rockstar’s web site.

“With each sport we’ve launched, the objective has all the time been to attempt to exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t any exception. We hope you perceive that we want this additional time to ship on the stage of high quality you count on and deserve.”

It looks like this delay might need been find out about internally for fairly some time. Famous nosy individual and gaming journalist Jason Schreier of Bloomberg posted on BlueSky that, “No one I’ve talked to at Rockstar has believed Fall 2025 was an actual window for a really very long time now.”

No one I’ve talked to at Rockstar has believed Fall 2025 was an actual window for a really very long time now. An excessive amount of work, not sufficient time, and what seems to be an actual need from administration to keep away from brutal crunch. GTA VI slipping to 2026 has appeared inevitable for months if not longer

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2 Could 2025 at 12:40

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Based on Jason, there may be simply “An excessive amount of work, not sufficient time,” however that Rockstar’s credit score there seems to be a “actual need from administration to keep away from brutal crunch.”

He goes on to say that the discharge date slipping has appeared inevitable for “months, if not longer”.

I can solely picture that there at the moment are heaps of publishers and builders crying into their keyboards after already delaying their very own video games into 2026 in an effort to keep away from releasing wherever close to GTA 6.