Rockstar Games announces a delay for its highly anticipated next title, Grand Theft Auto 6. Even without having revealed a firm release date for the game, the studio felt that it needed to push the launch, and for what it feels is a very good reason.
According to Rockstar Games CEO Abe Riffle, Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed in order to avoid the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6. In an exclusive interview with Game Rant, Riffle revealed that, like the rest of the video game industry, it didn’t want to go up against GTA 6, so a delay felt warranted.
“We felt that it was too big of a risk to release Grand Theft Auto 6 so close to GTA 6, so rather than have to compete directly, we are delaying Grand Theft Auto 6 into 2026. GTA 6 can have 2025 all to itself”
Today’s news corroborates a recent report that several upcoming 2025 titles from major publishers had several release date plans that it could pivot to based on when GTA 6 is released. The claims were that releasing right before or right after Grand Theft Auto 6 would be the kiss of death for...
