Take-Two, the corporate that owns Rockstar Video games, has clarified when precisely Grand Theft Auto VI started improvement, and it could be later than you thought.
In (*6*), Take-Two stated the sport started improvement “in earnest” in 2020 after Purple Lifeless Redemption II got here out in 2018. A key clarifier here’s what Take-Two means by “in earnest.” We do not know for positive, nevertheless it’s seemingly that is in reference to full manufacturing versus early-stage improvement. Oftentimes in recreation improvement, smaller groups map out tasks earlier than ramping up.
GTA V was launched in September 2013 for PS3 and Xbox 360 and the sport grew considerably through the years with increasingly more content material and options for the uber-popular GTA On-line mode. Moreover, Rockstar’s groups introduced GTA V to PS4 and Xbox One in November 2014 and the PC in April 2015. Variations of the sport for PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S got here out in 2022. In whole, GTA V has bought greater than 215 million copies.
One other key factor to know is that for the previous 10+ years, Rockstar’s groups the world over have labored in tandem on regardless of the studio is making subsequent, and this seemingly applies to GTA 6 as properly.
Additionally in the course of the earnings briefing, Take-Two stated the “ambition and complexity” of GTA 6 is larger than any previous Rockstar launch. CEO Strauss Zelnick stated GTA 6 was delayed from Fall 2025 to Might 2026 due partly to a necessity for extra polish as a part of Rockstar’s effort to attain “perfection.”
“On this case there was a possibility with a small quantity of incremental time, we thought, to verify Rockstar Video games achieves its artistic imaginative and prescient with no limitations. And I supported after all that method,” he stated. “Whereas after all, delays ache me–how may they not?–the most essential factor to do is to help your groups of their seek for perfection.”
Addressing the lengthy look forward to GTA 6, Zelnick informed The Game Business that whereas followers have been ready greater than a decade for the subsequent entry within the numbered collection, he believes Rockstar’s groups have been giving followers what quantities to “a brand new Grand Theft Auto launch” a number of instances per yr by way of GTA On-line.
“Rockstar has been supplying content material to Grand Theft Auto On-line, a few of which is so sturdy that for those who return 15 years, it could have counted as a standalone title,” he stated. “One may actually argue that Rockstar has been placing out a brand new Grand Theft Auto launch a few instances a yr. Similar factor holds true for Purple Lifeless On-line, which has been on-going. And in the newest quarter, Grand Theft Auto On-line and Purple Lifeless On-line has exceeded expectations.”
GTA 6 launches on Might 26, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S. In different Rockstar information, it has been reported that the studio is bringing Purple Lifeless Redemption 2 to Swap 2.