Will Rockstar delay GTA 6 out of 2025 and into 2026? It’s one of many burning questions players, publishers, and analysts have of what to anticipate from subsequent 12 months. In reality, solely Rockstar can reply that query, however one former developer on the studio has urged such a choice may are available in fairly sizzling.
Former Rockstar Games technical director Obbe Vermeij, who IGN has reported on earlier than after he make clear Rockstar’s lengthy misplaced sport Agent’s improvement troubles, tweeted to offer some context on any hypothesis in regards to the destiny of GTA 6’s present fall 2025 launch window on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.
While stressing he has no inside data, Vermeij pointed to Rockstar’s choice to delay GTA 4 from 2007 into 2008, a choice, he stated, that was made simply 4 months earlier than the unique launch date. GTA 4 initially had an October 2007 launch date, however the delay was introduced in August 2007, simply two months beforehand. According to Vermeij, the choice to delay may have been made round June.
And so, making use of that logic to GTA 6, a choice on whether or not to delay the sport could possibly be made round May 2025, round 4 months earlier than its fall 2025 launch window, if September 2025 is certainly the focused launch month. If that’s true, then we received’t know if the sport is delayed or not for no less than half a 12 months.
“The decision to delay GTA 4 was made four months or so before the original release date,” Vermeij stated. “Any further and it's hard to make the call. Rockstar is probably not in a position to determine whether they will hit 2025 until May-ish.”
Vermeij added that Rockstar might be conscious of GTA 6’s influence and its potential to make billions of {dollars} for years to come back, probably even over a decade. And so, the studio received’t rush the sport out to hit a launch date.
“GTA 6 will sell for 10 plus years and there is no competition to worry about,” Vermeij stated. “They are not going to release the game until they're 100% happy with it. No matter what it said in the trailer.”
Rockstar Games formally revealed GTA 6 final December, with the primary official trailer changing into the most-viewed online game reveal on YouTube inside 24 hours. Set in modern-day Leonida, a fictionalized model of Florida, GTA 6 sees gamers management Lucia and an unnamed male that some followers speculate is called Jason.
Questions have swirled round GTA 6's launch date ever because the preliminary reveal, with followers going feral over particulars like web site updates. Internal conflicts over Rockstar's return to workplace coverage has led to questions over whether or not GTA 6 will finally be delayed into 2026. However, as of proper now, it seems like mum or dad firm Take-Two and Rockstar are set on getting it out by its meant launch window.
In May, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick advised IGN: “We do feel highly confident that we'll deliver [GTA 6] in fall of 2025.”
For more on GTA 6, check out how musical artists Schoolboy Q and T-Pain are involved, as well as our roundup recapping everything we so know far about the next entry in Rockstars' beloved franchise. Additionally, check out our analysis piece on how GTA 6 could be one of the most important video games ever released.
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