Will GTA 6 be delayed again?

How many times has GTA 6 been delayed, and what did Rockstar say?

Twice, and Rockstar announced both moves itself. On May 2, 2025, it moved the game from the fall 2025 window to May 26, 2026, apologizing that the date was later than players expected, according to Video Games Chronicle. Take-Two backed the move in a statement the same day.

The second came on November 6, 2025, when Rockstar said the game would now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026. It said sorry for adding time to “a long wait” and said the extra months would let it finish the game with the polish players expect, per VGC’s report. Our write-up of the November 2025 delay has the detail.

Neither announcement said what work was left.

What have Take-Two and Rockstar said about November 19 since?

Take-Two’s August 7, 2026 earnings release listed Grand Theft Auto VI for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19, 2026, and kept the full-year net bookings forecast at $8.0 to $8.2 billion. CEO Strauss Zelnick referred to “the November 19th launch” in it. Our report on that reaffirmation has more.

Take-Two’s November 9, 2026 results, the latest statement we have verified, did the same. The release again lists the game for November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and Zelnick said “We are reiterating our outlook for Fiscal 2027 Net Bookings of $8 to $8.2 billion”. He called the launch “ten days away”, which states the plan rather than guaranteeing the date.

That forecast covers the whole company, so it isn’t a promise about the game alone. After the second delay, Zelnick told The Game Business the new date stayed in the same fiscal year and called it “a great release window”, as VGC relayed.

Rockstar’s September 17, 2026 post announcing the official album says the album launches on November 19 alongside the game, and its Grand Theft Auto VI page still read “Coming November 19, 2026” when we checked on November 3.

Do pre-orders and the November 10 pre-load mean the date is safe?

They show the date is the plan, not that it can’t move. Pre-orders opened on June 25, 2026, at $79.99 for the Standard Edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition, and Rockstar and PlayStation say digital pre-orders can pre-load from November 10 (Take-Two’s June announcement gave November 12).

Our view: a date is probably harder to move once downloads and shipments are lined up. That is our reading, not something either company has said, and both earlier delays came before pre-orders opened. If you’re planning around the launch, the release date page stays current.

Has GTA 6 gone gold, and when do reviews land?

Development is finished, by Take-Two’s account. “Gone gold” means the game is finished and sent for manufacturing. On Take-Two’s November 9 earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick said that “right now, Rockstar has completed the development of GTA VI”, according to The Motley Fool’s transcript. He did not use the term “gone gold”, and Rockstar’s November 10 Newswire post doesn’t mention it. Neither company has announced a review embargo, so any review date you see elsewhere is unofficial. Our page on when GTA 6 reviews come out tracks it.

Rockstar has moved a big release more than once before. Its newswire titles for Red Dead Redemption 2 went from “Coming Fall 2017” to “Now Coming Spring 2018” to October 26, 2018, and the game shipped on that last date. That is history, and it tells us nothing about GTA 6.

What we don’t know yet

Take-Two’s November 9 report left the date alone. Any claim that GTA 6 will slip again, or that it definitely won’t, is a prediction unless it comes from Rockstar or Take-Two.

We also don’t know whether a day-one update is planned. If any of those get an official answer, we will label it and date it.