Friday, June 19th 2026
GTA VI Release Date Disappears From Developer Website
Despite the recent announcement of the Grand Theft Auto VI June 25 pre-order date, gamers have become concerned about the game being delayed yet again. Shortly after the pre-order announcement, all mentions of GTA VI's November 19 official launch date have been removed from the official Rockstar site for GTA VI, leading to theories that the game has been delayed, and that Rockstar will wait to announce the delay until just after pre-orders go live.
Others have pointed out that on sites like Bilibili, the official Rockstar account still reflects the November 19 launch date. A more likely explanation seems to be that Rockstar is focusing on a marketing push for the June 25 pre-orders, which will inevitably end up providing a surge of funds for the game studio. Only showing a single date across the site will also simplify things for those looking to place a pre-order. Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick previously commented that GTA VI would definitely launch on November 19, despite having previously been delayed twice.
Sources:
Rockstar Games, via GamesRadar+
Others have pointed out that on sites like Bilibili, the official Rockstar account still reflects the November 19 launch date. A more likely explanation seems to be that Rockstar is focusing on a marketing push for the June 25 pre-orders, which will inevitably end up providing a surge of funds for the game studio. Only showing a single date across the site will also simplify things for those looking to place a pre-order. Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick previously commented that GTA VI would definitely launch on November 19, despite having previously been delayed twice.

34 Comments on GTA VI Release Date Disappears From Developer Website
And for a pc gamer like me, if everything goes as it has been since gta 3. We pc gamere first get the game like half to 2 years later.
So another delay is none of my concern. I have given up waiting for this game. I dont pre order either. I bay the game when it eventually comes out and is good and runs properly on pc. Lets talk again in like a 2 year time where it might be out for pc.
The studios/publishers never say why, they just use corpspeak and say something incredibly vague like "market conditions", "to improve quality" or some other drivel to justify the postponement. They never say "if our game launches concurrently with GTA VI we will get stomped on like an ant." If I recall correctly, some games were rescheduled to not launch the same weekend as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
This is not unique to the videogame industry. Hollywood does the same.
Hollywood studios look carefully at the calendar and try to plan theatrical debuts strategically so their titles have the best shot at success. There is nothing new about this, they've been doing this for decades.
There were a few titles that postponed their debuts when Taylor Swift announced the theatrical release date of her "Eras Tour" concert film. Taylor absolutely crushed the competition that weekend. Per Box Office Mojo, no other major film dared release that weekend, just a handful of little art films with extremely limited rollouts (like less than 10 theaters in North America); her concert film averaged $24K per screen. And those numbers don't explain the whole story. She didn't partner with a film studio, she negotiated directly with the major theater chains, thus cutting out a Hollywood studio out of a percentage. She pocketed more money. And of course she was executive producer. Smartest business person in the entire entertainment industry. Smarter than every single studio head. Smarter than every single CEO of a videogame studio and/or publishing company. Smarter than every single record industry executive.
Smart videogame publishers (there are very, Very, VERY few) are going to stay away from the GTA VI launch. Regardless of whether you like the franchise or not, regardless of whether or not it actually turns out to be good game, it will steamroll everything that weekend (19-22 November 2026) and with the four-day American Thanksgiving holiday weekend following, it's going to own the top slot for a couple of weeks.
www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026
And the cover art video gets over 10m views. That's just bonkers!