Rockstar and Take-Two have announced the Grand Theft Auto VI release date at long last, but if you were hoping for the game to be released this year, then you’re going to be disappointed.
As revealed in a post on X, Grand Theft Auto VI will be launching on May 26th next year, which Rockstar acknowledges is “later than you expected”. The studio gives a pretty standard reason for the game’s delay; it needs time to “deliver at the level of quality” players expect, and it wants to “try and exceed your expectations”.
Grand Theft Auto VI was first unveiled in December 2023, with the game’s debut trailer achieving a staggering 90 million views in just 24 hours. At that point, GTA VI was slated for a fall 2025 release.
Since then, Rockstar and Take-Two haven’t released much information about GTA VI at all; the game still only has one trailer, and no gameplay footage has been released yet.
Despite that, as late as February this year, Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick was claiming that Grand Theft Auto VI would still be releasing in the fall, despite the fact that rumors (which turned out to be correct) were swirling at the time pertaining to the game’s delay.
Of course, although this probably isn’t the news Take-Two was hoping to deliver, it’ll come as a relief to many publishers, who can now presumably breathe sighs of relief and release their games towards the end of 2025 without fear.
Grand Theft Auto VI will serve as the sixth numbered installment (although it’s far from the sixth game overall) in the Grand Theft Auto series.
We don’t know much about the game at the moment; it’ll be set in the fictional US state of Leonida, in which can be found the Miami-esque Vice City, and it’ll feature the series’ first major female protagonist. Other than that, it’s all up for grabs.
Rockstar will release Grand Theft Auto VI on May 26th, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Stay tuned for more.