- Fans mourn death Grand Theft Auto 6‘s original release date
- The game was originally scheduled to launch today, May 26, 2026
- Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that the game is locked until November 19, 2026
Today is May 26, 2026, the original release date of Grand Theft Auto 6 before it was delayed to November 19, and fans are mourning what could have been.
Last week, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick suggested that GTA 6 is more than a year late. When asked about meeting a target release date in an interview with David Senra, the CEO seemed to confirm that the game was originally slated for an early 2025 launch.
“I think we’re about 18 months past the original date. Not much more than that,” Zelnick said.
That’s an earlier release date than the public was aware of. The first officially scheduled date of May 26 was announced along with the second trailer, which was released over a year ago now.
However, shortly after it dropped, Rockstar released a statement confirming that it had delayed the game again, this time to November 19th.
There’s still about six months to go, but if the stars had aligned, we’d be playing the much-anticipated game today.
“Where is everyone…? I’m waiting in front of GameStop until it opens because they said the game is coming out today but I’m the only one here,” joked one Reddit user. “I don’t get it. I thought everyone was excited about this game…”
“Yeah man that’s weird because I checked the Rockstar Games site on X and it said the game is coming out today since it’s in their pinned post!” said another.
One fan also shared that his girlfriend “surprised me with $100 today and thought GTA 6 come out tomorrow.”
Some fans are convinced that Rockstar may soon drop the third trailer, following comments from Take-Two’s CEO that marketing will start “soon”. It’s been over a year since trailer two and it’s almost time for summer’s annual gaming event, so who knows?
“Tomorrow is May 26, which means we should have played GTA 6 right now if the original plan worked out instead of staring at nothing,” said one Redditor. “I see a ton of people who can handle thinking that rockstar will drop trailer 3 or some screenshots tomorrow to compensate, but honestly no chance. They’re not going to remind everyone that the game was delayed, it’s just asking for a roast in the comments.”
Rockstar’s latest investor meeting also confirmed that GTA 6 will not be delayed again and is still on track for its new release date. Fingers crossed nothing changes between now and then!
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