The news jumped by surprise this Friday: GTA VI says goodbye to 2025. Rockstar games has decided to delay the release of the game for a year, specifically Until next May 26, 2026. Rockstar delays are usual, it is enough to analyze the launches of the past to discover that it is a repeated practice.
Most rockstar games are delayed
Let’s go to the time of GTA IV. Rockstar Games announced that the title would not leave in October 2007 as planned, but its launch would take months, until April 29, 2008. At that time, the study blamed this situation to PlayStation 3.
GTA V was not originally provided on the date either. The company thought it would arrive on time for May 2013, but the reality was another. In the statement, very similar to that they have shared with the sixth delivery, they admitted that some would feel disappointed, While they promised that the wait would be worth it. And so it was.
It is a different saga, but Red Dead Redemption 2 It was not delayed one, but twice: Autumn from 2017 to spring of 2018, and from there to October 26 of that same year.
Now that the launch date of GTA 6 has already been set – there will be necessary to see if there are no new delays – the companies that planned to market their games at the end of this year They can breathe calm and choose any date on the calendar.
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