{"id":352126,"date":"2025-11-07T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=401349"},"modified":"2025-11-07T07:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:45:58","slug":"the-release-of-grand-theft-auto-vi-is-delayed-again-and-christmas-is-the-targeted-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-release-of-grand-theft-auto-vi-is-delayed-again-and-christmas-is-the-targeted-date\/","title":{"rendered":"The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is delayed again and Christmas is the targeted date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The release date of Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed again, moving from the anticipated 2025 to November 2026<\/strong>. This announcement has generated a mix of reactions within the gaming community and investors, testing the patience of fans of the successful saga.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, expressed his confidence in this new date in a recent statement to IGN, stating that the additional time will allow for a more careful and ambitious development of the title.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Zelnick, the Rockstar Games team aims to achieve a level of perfection in the game that satisfies players.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi everyone,<br><br>Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026.<br><br>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\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yLX9KIiDzX\">pic.twitter.com\/yLX9KIiDzX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockstarGames\/status\/1986540361011880167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A necessary delay to make a 10 out of 10 game<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this defense, <strong>the announcement of the delay negatively affected Take-Two&#8217;s shares, which fell by almost 10%. <\/strong>However, during a call with investors, prices began to recover, leading some to speculate about the long-term impact of this delay on market perception.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The community on Reddit, particularly in the r\/GTA6 subreddit, has expressed their anxiety over the prolonged wait, mentioning the possibility that the release could occur at a time when most of them might be managing retirement plans.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rockstar&#39;s history of multiple delays continues.<br><br>RDR2: Delayed from 2017 -&gt; Spring 2018 -&gt; Fall 2018<br><br>GTA 6: Delayed from 2025 -&gt; Spring 2026 -&gt; Fall 2026<br><br>If history repeats itself, then this should be the final delay IMO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JoT5OaZXu1\">pic.twitter.com\/JoT5OaZXu1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; KAMI (@Okami13_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Okami13_\/status\/1986548953408794675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users have made it clear that they expect a bug-free product at the time of its launch, emphasizing the importance of a stable release.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Rockstar has taken drastic measures against information leaks, firing a small number of employees. The company has stated that these actions are not related to union issues, which may provide some relief amid concerns about the work environment at the developer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release date of Grand Theft Auto VI has been postponed again, moving from the anticipated 2025 to November 2026. This announcement has generated a mix of reactions within the gaming community and investors, testing the patience of fans of the successful saga. Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, expressed his confidence in this new date in a recent statement to IGN, stating that the additional time will allow for a more careful and ambitious development of the title. According to Zelnick, the Rockstar Games team aims to achieve a level of perfection in the game that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":352141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4243],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-352126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gta-6","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352145,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352126\/revisions\/352145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352126"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=352126"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=352126"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=352126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}