Grand Theft Auto 6 Delayed Again Until November 2026

Rockstar Games has announced that Grand Theft Auto VI won’t launch in May of next year as planned. The highly anticipated sequel is now set to arrive in November 2026.

On Thursday, Rockstar announced on social media that the long-awaited next entry in its open-world blockbuster franchise would need a bit more time, delaying the game an additional six months from May to November 19, 2026.

Hi everyone,

Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and… pic.twitter.com/yLX9KIiDzX

— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) November 6, 2025

“We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve,” posted Rockstar Games. “We want to thank you again for your patience and support. While the wait is a little longer, we are incredibly excited for players to experience the sprawling state of Leonida and a return to modern day Vice City.”

This is the second delay GTA 6 has suffered in 2025. Back in May, the game was delayed from launching sometime in 2025 to May 26, 2026.

Grand Theft Auto 6 was first revealed, officially at least, in December 2023. That followed a massive leak in 2022 that showed off early, in-development gameplay footage of the upcoming sequel. Since its official reveal three years ago, GTA fans have been busy looking for clues everywhere that a new trailer was coming, piecing together the open-world game’s map, and combing through every screenshot to find as many details as possible about GTA 6, which is likely to set sales records and be one of the biggest video game launches in history.

In August, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, the guy in charge of Rockstar’s parent company, seemed confident that Grand Theft Auto 6 wouldn’t be delayed again. When asked what his “level of conviction” was that GTA 6 would avoid further delay, Zelnick replied that his level of conviction was “very, very high, obviously.” Welp. But this time…