Cease me if you happen to’ve heard this one earlier than: Somebody made a speculative comment on a podcast and inside a pair days it had someway morphed into a giant scary “rumor,” on this case that one other Grand Theft Auto 6 delay is incoming, regardless of there being no new info on the subject a technique or one other.
At the moment’s sport of web phone began when Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier stated on a current episode of The Ringer’s Button Mash podcast that GTA 6 may comply with the identical delay sample as Pink Lifeless Redemption 2, which was delayed twice earlier than launch. If it does prove that approach, GTA 6’s present November 19, 2026 console launch date shall be its precise launch date, as a result of it is already been delayed twice, however a information outlet misinterpreted the remark as a prediction of one other delay.
It is unattainable to overstate how silly that is
— @jasonschreier.bsky.social (@jasonschreier.bsky.social.bsky.social) 2026-01-09T02:17:01.208Z
That momentary misunderstanding (the RPS article in query has since been up to date) was not an enormous deal from my perspective, however whether or not it was the set off or one thing else was, the web finally managed to twist that little bit of podcast chit-chat into a fantastic prophecy. A Screenrant headline at present claims “GTA 6 Third Delay Has Avid gamers Kissing Goodbye To Their November Goals” regardless of no such delay having been introduced, and even ‘rumored’ in any significant approach. Social media platforms and the GTA 6 subreddit have in fact additionally been vibrating with debate over the veracity of the supposed rumor.
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It is a complete lot of fuss over nothing. The one nugget of insider info in play is Schreier commenting: “The final I heard, [GTA 6] was nonetheless not content material full.”
Until the arrow of time has inexplicably turned itself round, GTA 6 would additionally not have been content material full when the final delay was introduced a pair months in the past, in order that info does not inform us loads about the potential for one other delay, and Schreier did not declare that it did. He stated on the podcast that it is “onerous to say” whether or not or not GTA 6 will make its present November 2026 launch date, however that it “feels a bit of bit extra actual than fall 2025 did.”
That is it! Regardless of there being nothing right here however a little bit of informal dialog and the commentary that each one unreleased video games exist in a state of possibly being delayed and possibly not being delayed, Schreier identified that bets on a 3rd GTA 6 delay spiked at this time on prediction market Polymarket.
“It is unattainable to overstate how silly that is,” the reporter wrote. Agreed!
My prediction is that, whether or not GTA 6 is delayed once more or not, one thing like it will in all probability occur a pair extra occasions this 12 months. There is no such thing as a sport extra anticipated than GTA 6, not simply by potential gamers, however by the trade as a complete—and, apparently, by your entire inventory market and the web playing sphere that surrounds it. Even the tiniest hints of insider info are going to be blown out of proportion.
