Is GTA 6 delayed? The release date, every rumor and what Rockstar has confirmed

Rockstar announced GTA 6 with a 2025 release window when it released the first trailer in December 2023. It has moved twice since:

• May 2, 2025: Rockstar moved the game from fall 2025 to May 26, 2026, saying it was “very sorry that this is later than you expected.”
• November 6, 2025: Rockstar moved it six months, to Thursday, November 19, 2026. The extra months, it said, would let the team finish the game with the polish players expect.

Both were posted by Rockstar on its own channels, and the second went out on the same day as Take-Two’s quarterly results. That is the pattern to look for: a real delay comes from Rockstar or Take-Two, not from an anonymous post.

In a Bloomberg feature on October 14, 2026, Rockstar’s development leads explained the move to November:

• The size of the cast: Rob Nelson called the early estimates of how many non-player characters had to be written and animated “horrifying”. Rockstar set up a Los Angeles studio just for that work.
• The quality bar: Phil Hooker said the team could have hit the earlier date, but it would not have been the game they wanted to make.
• Where it stands now: Aaron Garbut said the big changes are done and the team is not going to tear the game apart again.

These are rumors. Each one was spread by an anonymous account and none was confirmed:

• May 2026, 4chan: a post claimed a delay to February 2027, with PC in May 2027, to be announced on Take-Two’s earnings call. On that call, on May 21, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the company had been “really clear” the game launches on November 19.
• June 9, 2026, X: an account claimed a delay to 2027 and the post went viral. Take-Two’s filings and the leaker NateTheHate both pointed to November 19, and nothing changed.
• Late October 2026: new posts claim a 2027 delay. They name no source, and as of October 28 neither Rockstar nor Take-Two has announced a change.

• Rockstar’s store: lists November 19, 2026, with pre-orders open on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
• Preload: Rockstar Support says preloading starts at midnight local time on November 12, including for codes redeemed before launch.
• Physical copies: ship and can be collected from November 12. The box holds a download code, not a disc (prices and editions).
• Age rating: in early October the US PlayStation Store and Xbox Store replaced “rating pending” with the final ESRB rating, Mature 17+.
• Take-Two: its August 7 results list GTA 6 for November 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
• Rockstar’s developers: asked by Famitsu about the November date, Rob Nelson said the game “will definitely be released.”

• Check where it comes from: Rockstar announces dates on its Newswire and its official X account, and Take-Two repeats them in its results. Anything else is a claim, not news.
• Check the account: edited screenshots of “official” posts and store pages go around with every rumor.
• Count the misses: anonymous accounts on 4chan and X have announced at least three GTA 6 delays that never happened.
• The next date to watch: Take-Two’s next quarterly results, usually published in early November, are the last before launch.

Reported, not confirmed by Rockstar. We will update this page when it is.

• Gone gold: one fan site reported on October 1 that the final build was finished. A Notebookcheck report on October 17, based on the Bloomberg feature, said the team was still polishing it. Rockstar has not announced it either way.
• Review date: insiders claim reviews go live on November 18, the day before launch. Rockstar has not announced a review date.
• Review copies: the leaker NateTheHate claimed copies would reach outlets by the end of October. Unconfirmed.
• A third delay: possible until launch day, as with any game, but nothing official points to one.