Rockstar delays GTA 6 to avoid a Cyberpunk-like fiasco

The release of GTA 6 is now scheduled for thefall of 2025. Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar had initially planned to launch the game earlier. But thestate ofprogress of the development has led them to revise their calendar.

At the end of the first trailer, Rockstar has revealed that GTA 6 would make its debut in 2025. Since then, fans speculated with emphasis on a release date closer. A few days ago, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that the successor of GTA V would be released in thefall of 2025.

The development ofa video game of this scale is often strewn with difficulties and dcontingencies. They often make the respect of the deadlines to be very difficult. This is especially true for GTA 6, including the development titanic sextends over many years. According to the leaker Tez2, generally well informed on the games, Rockstar. The studio decided to delay the launch in order toavoid take out a title technically sloppy.

GTA 6 : towards a release in the fall of 2025

Theexperience of Cyberpunk 2077 seems to have influenced Rockstar. As a reminder, RPG, futuristic, had been severely criticized for its many bugs on PS4 and Xbox One, causing a wave ofindignation, and many problems to CD Projekt. According to Tez2 on GTAForums, Take-Two had hoped to initially released at the end of 2024, but thisproved unrealistic, dwhere the report.

Subsequently, theamerican company aimed to launch in the spring of 2025, before finally see the output in thefall. Except major unforeseen events, this new date should be maintained. It is difficult toimagine Rockstar to announce a new extension to 2026 after being promised a release in 2025, which will certainly make a huge wave of frustration among the players already impatient.