Kotaku: GTA VI planned for Early 2025, could be delayed into 2026

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Grand Theft Auto VI is likely one of the most anticipated games in history, with millions of players around the world waiting for any scrap of info or screenshot of the upcoming open-world crime simulator. However, as remote workers struggle with an unwanted return-to-office mandate from Rockstar Games, Kotaku has learned from sources with knowledge of the game's development process that GTA 6 could miss its 2025 release window and slip into 2026.

Officially unveiled in December 2023 (after a massive 2022 leak) GTA 6 is the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2013's GTA V. Over a decade after that game's release—and its massive, still-growing sales numbers—Rockstar Games is hard at work on the sequel, which is set in Vice City, a fictional take on Miami, Florida. The game is set to come to PS5 and Xbox Series sometime in 2025, and internally that's still the plan. Kotaku was told by sources with knowledge of the situation that "early 2025" is currently the goal.

At the moment, I'm told that Rockstar is still "aiming" for GTA 6 to arrive in Spring 2025. While an early 2025 release is the goal, sources say they aren't sure if this will happen and a Fall 2025 launch seems more plausible and feasible. Meanwhile, delaying the game to 2026 is on the table as a sort of "fallback plan" or "emergency" option if needed.

https://kotaku.com/gta-6-development-2026-delay-rockstar-office-release-1851359831