Too Early To Say GTA VI Gets Delayed, Sources Say

Too Early To Say GTA VI Gets Delayed, Sources Say

Previously, Kotaku has reported from sources within Rockstar Games alleging that Grand Theft Auto VI, the studio’s most anticipated launch of the decade, may end up delayed as far back as 2026. The news coincided with Rockstar’s return-to-office orders to catch up with the development schedule, which puts questions on whether the game may launch in 2025 as promised.

Since the original report, Kotaku has provided more details on the game’s target launch date. The publication was told that early 2025 was at one point possible, but it is no longer the case; instead, the studio is currently targeting “Fall 2025” launch. However, Jason Schreier of Bloomberg has reached out to his sources from Rockstar Games, and the response was – essentially – nothing significant has changed.

Mike Straw of Insider Gaming has asked his sources regarding the matter, and the answer is similar to Schreier’s: all of them say the game was “on schedule”, and that any suggestion of GTA VI’s delay right now is “pure conjecture”.

Barring any major incidents, this means the game should be on track to launch sometime in 2025. As Schreier noted, while there is a possibility that the game may get delayed, it’s impossible to tell what will happen in the next 21 months from now. He said “thousands of people” are working on the game, with “many in their own silos where they are writing code for weather physics or recording actor performances or hunting for bugs on the streets of fake Miami.”

Pokdepinion: There certainly is a lot of weight being put on developers of GTA VI right now, as the entire gaming industry is expecting them to deliver a banger.