- Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke to IGN after the latest Grand Theft Auto 6 delay
- GTA 6 will now be released on November 19, 2026
- Zelnick is “very confident” of the new date
Grand Theft Auto 6 has received another delay, pushing the long-awaited blockbuster title from May 2026 to November 19, 2026. This is the second delay after the initial release window of Fall 2025.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke with IGN before the company released its latest earnings call. When asked how confident he felt about the new release date of November 19, 2026, Zelnick replied that he was “very confident”.
Zelnick went on to explain the reasoning behind the latest push: “And at the same time, there have been limited circumstances where more time was required to polish a title and make sure it was spectacular, and that time has been well spent, when our competitors go to market before something was ready, bad things happen.”
As the IGN article notes, Zelnick expressed similar sentiments before an earlier delay when GTA 6 was moved from autumn 2025 to 26 May 2026.
On the question of the prospect of GTA 6 when it was delayed from its initial fall 2025 date, Zelnick responded “Look, there’s always a risk of slippage, and I think as soon as you say words like absolute, you’re jinxing things,” adding “So we feel really good about that”.
Rockstar announced the news of the latest GTA 6 delay on X, explaining that the “extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you’ve come to expect and deserve.”
Hey everyone, Grand Theft Auto VI is now out on Thursday, November 19, 2026. We’re sorry to have added extra 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’ve come to expect and… pic.twitter.com/yLX9KIiDzXNovember 6, 2025
The studio recently fired more than 30 employees at its UK and Canadian offices, which parent company Take-Two said was “for gross misconduct,” according to Bloomberg. Rockstar Games claims this was due to former employees ‘distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum’.
GTA 6 will now launch on November 19, 2025 for PS5 and Xbox Series X. A PC version has yet to be announced.
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