GTA 6 Release Date: The Full Delay Timeline to November 19, 2026
by 6Charts Team Category: news 4 min readGTA 6 slipped from a Fall 2025 window to two new 2026 release dates over the course of a year. We break down every confirmed date change and what Rockstar and Take-Two have said about it.
Grand Theft Auto VI now has a firm release date: Thursday, November 19, 2026. Getting there took two separate delays and well over a year of shifting expectations. Below is the complete, confirmed timeline of how the date moved.
Where it started: Fall 2025
When Rockstar released the first GTA VI trailer in December 2023, the studio attached a public launch window of Fall 2025. That window stood as the only official target for roughly the next year and a half.
May 2, 2025: the first delay to May 2026
On May 2, 2025, Rockstar confirmed through its Newswire that GTA VI would miss Fall 2025. The new target was May 26, 2026. This was the first time the game's public date had moved.
November 6, 2025: the second delay to November 19, 2026
On November 6, 2025, Rockstar delayed the game again, this time to Thursday, November 19, 2026. The announcement came through Rockstar's official X post and the Newswire.
Rockstar addressed the wait directly in its statement:
"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."
How Take-Two framed the slip
According to reporting on Take-Two's comments, CEO Strauss Zelnick characterized the overall slip as roughly "18 months behind the original date, not much more than that." That figure is Zelnick's own framing of the change rather than a separate date announcement.
The current status
At Take-Two's earnings call on May 21, 2026, the November 19, 2026 date was reaffirmed with no further delay. As of now, that is the date Rockstar and Take-Two are standing behind.
Here is the timeline at a glance:
December 2023: Trailer 1 arrives with a Fall 2025 window.
May 2, 2025: Delayed from Fall 2025 to May 26, 2026.
November 6, 2025: Delayed again to November 19, 2026.
May 21, 2026: November 19, 2026 reaffirmed at Take-Two's earnings call.
What you can count on
The launch platforms are confirmed as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. That has not changed across either delay. With the date now reaffirmed on a recent earnings call, November 19, 2026 is the most solid target the game has had since the original announcement.
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