Grand Theft Auto 6 obtained one other delay on Thursday, in response to a submit from writer Rockstar Video games. The extremely anticipated open-world sport will now launch Nov. 19, 2026.
Within the submit, Rockstar Video games apologized for the wait and mentioned the sport wants extra time for sprucing.
“These further months will permit us to complete the sport with the extent of polish you have got come to count on and deserve,” the corporate mentioned. “Whereas the wait is slightly longer, we’re extremely excited for gamers to expertise the sprawling state of Leonida and a return to modern-day Vice Metropolis.”
GTA 6’s earlier launch date was Might 26, 2026, after getting bumped from a 2025 launch earlier this yr. The sport has reportedly been in growth since 2018, following the discharge of Purple Useless Redemption 2 that yr.
Why is GTA 6 taking so lengthy to develop?
Avid gamers have been ready patiently for a brand new GTA sport since GTA 5 got here out in 2013. The event workforce for the sport, Rockstar North, has but to supply a lot data on the event course of.
One difficulty that surfaced final month was the firing of dozens of staff on the studio. Between 30 to 40 employees members have been laid off abruptly, as reported by Bloomberg. The terminated staff have been reportedly trying to arrange a union inside the firm, in response to a consultant of a commerce union. Rockstar instructed Bloomberg on Wednesday that the staff have been fired for allegedly discussing confidential data on a public discussion board.
On Thursday, fired staff protested exterior the places of work of Rockstar North and its mother or father firm, Take-Two Interactive. The protesters say that Rockstar is conducting union-busting techniques in opposition to these trying to arrange a union inside the firm.
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It’s unclear if the layoffs are accountable for the delay. The information of the GTA 6 launch date got here shortly earlier than Take-Two Interactive introduced its quarterly earnings report.
What’s new in GTA 6?
After the announcement of a 2026 launch, Rockstar launched a sizeable quantity of content material about GTA 6, which included a brand new trailer.
On this entry, gamers will tackle the roles of the 2 leads of the sport, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. The couple might be playable all through the sport, with Lucia being the primary feminine protagonist for a GTA sport.
Whereas the sport’s focus is Vice Metropolis, a parody of Miami, GTA 6 takes place within the state of Leonida, the sport’s model of Florida. Gamers will discover completely different elements of the state based mostly on notable Florida locales similar to Key West, the Everglades, and different cities. As in earlier video games, characters will assign the protagonists missions to finish, which usually contain committing main crimes.
Other than these particulars launched again in Might, Rockstar continues to be holding quiet about the remainder of the sport, together with its price.
There’s been hypothesis that GTA 6 may very well be the primary sport to be priced at $100. The usual value of a brand new AAA sport is $70, however Nintendo hiked up the value of a brand new sport to $80 with the discharge of Mario Kart World for the Swap 2. Different firms tried to repeat that technique, similar to Obsidian Leisure’s The Outer Worlds 2 and Gearbox Software program’s Borderlands 4, however each firms in the end backed off the thought and reverted costs to $70.
GTA 6 is predicted to be launched for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X and S consoles.
