GTA 6 delayed to 26 November 2026 for “additional polish”

Take Two Interactive has delayed GTA 6 for a second time, moving next year’s biggest release back six months to 26th November. The news was revealed in the company’s earnings release, which said this was “giving the team some additional time to finish the game with the high level of polish players expect and deserve.”

“Rockstar has our full support of course, and we are confident they will deliver an unrivalled blockbuster entertainment experience.”

This is the second official delay to the game, which was originally announced in December 2023 for release in 2025. In May, Rockstar delayed release until 26 May 2026, with Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick telling IGN at the time that “I think historically when we set a specific date, generally speaking, we’ve been very good about reaching it.”

Assuming it hits the latest date, GTA 6 will arrive a full thirteen years after its predecessor, which launched in September 2013.

Other developers and publishers who’d previously planned to move key releases away from GTA will now have to do it again – and in the potentially much more significant Q4 period.

Gamesindustry.biz has conducted an interview with Zelnick covering the delay and other news in the company’s financial results, which will be published shortly.