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+
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34 Comments on GTA VI Release Date Disappears From Developer Website

#26
John of Doe
Don't care for GTA VI or the series in general, but it's funny to see how unhinged and deranged some of its fans are. They make for good entertainment.
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#27
u2knetwork
dinmasterI would pre order if i knew what i was getting at the very least....
A GTA love story , Young and the restless GTA. Nothing interests me in GTA 6 at all, neither did GTA 5. Both are terrible games.
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#28
HOkay
u2knetworkA GTA love story , Young and the restless GTA. Nothing interests me in GTA 6 at all, neither did GTA 5. Both are terrible games.
Nothing interests you in a game that's...not released yet which you can't therefore know the content of, or be able to judge whether it's any good. Sure, we all expect it to be GTA V again basically, but we don't know yet, which means we can't judge it yet.
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#29
Tomgang
At this time with this game what does another potential delay hornestly do.......its been so long since gta 5 came out back in 2013.

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.
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#30
cvaldes
Lol, it'll probably be 2030 when it comes out on PC. Heck, there's a chance it'll come out on Switch 2 before PC.
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#31
chrcoluk
Will we see a chain reaction on games that have been delayed because of GTA6?
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#32
cvaldes
chrcolukWill we see a chain reaction on games that have been delayed because of GTA6?
There are already a few games that have been delayed or rescheduled. The videogame news sites cover this pretty well, you just have to pay attention.

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.
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#33
remixedcat
TBH I think by the time they release it'll be no1curr at that point.
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