With a strong launch date introduced, it lastly felt like we may let a Take-Two earnings name come and go with out listening to the phrase ‘GTA 6 delayed’ ever once more. How unsuitable we have been. Rockstar’s mother or father firm has simply pushed again the GTA 6 launch date as soon as extra. Initially set for Might 26 subsequent yr, it felt inside attain, however now we now have greater than a yr to attend yet again. A brand new date has been set for Thursday, November 19, 2026.
GTA 6 is, with out query, probably the most anticipated new sport within the pipeline. Nonetheless, that is now the second main delay the sport has confronted. Initially billed to launch in 2025, Rockstar and Take-Two confirmed its first delay with the discharge of its second trailer. This pushed it to Might – an admittedly uncommon time of yr for such an enormous sport to drop, however with an actual date given, I actually felt assured that it was firmly locked in. Nonetheless, it is now been delayed as soon as once more.
“We’re sorry for including extra time to what we notice has been an extended wait, however these additional months will enable us to complete the sport with the extent of polish you might have come to anticipate and deserve,” Rockstar says in a social media submit asserting the brand new launch date. “We wish to thanks once more on your endurance and help. Whereas the wait is a little bit longer, we’re extremely excited for gamers to expertise the sprawling state of Leonida and a return to modern-day Vice Metropolis.”
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has additionally commented on the delay forward of the corporate’s quarterly earnings name at this time. “Once we set a date, we actually do consider in it,” he tells The Video games Enterprise. “We mentioned after we set the final date, if a sport requires extra polish to be the absolute best model of itself, then we’ll give that sport extra time. And that is precisely what occurred. We really feel actually good about this launch date. It is in the identical fiscal yr, it occurs to be a terrific launch window, and naturally we’re actually supportive of Rockstar’s method.”
Throughout Take-Two’s earnings name, Zelnick voiced his confidence within the new launch date, and says that it’s essential to satisfy and exceed followers’ “extraordinary expectations.” In response to a query from an investor consultant, he admits that it is painful to shift a launch date, however notes that Take-Two has “by no means regretted” doing so prior to now. Zelnick additionally factors to “opponents” that had the choice to delay their video games to enhance the product, however as an alternative launched in a poor state “at their peril.”
I’ve to say, I am fairly gutted about this newest pushback, and I really feel just like the Might date Take-Two beforehand set was both overly formidable or a bit disingenuous. I will give the good thing about doubt and say it is the previous, however all this does is make me much less assured that it will even be capable of hit this new November date. Sooner or later, people. Sooner or later.
