Fears that GTA 6 will likely be delayed another time proceed to linger as we had towards its launch date of November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox consoles. Ever since Rockstar Games introduced in November 2025 that Grand Theft Auto 6 could be pushed again a second time, many have frightened that the game wouldn’t make it on time and come out in 2027. We haven’t heard a lot concerning the progress on the sport for greater than 4 months since then, with the latest trailer (that’s Trailer 2) being revealed on all the way in which again in May 2025. Meanwhile, the developer has as an alternative revealed replace after replace on GTA Online whereas we look forward to extra data. So it involves little shock that some followers are uncertain about GTA 6’s supposed November launch, regardless of what number of instances Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says he’s assured that the date will stick.
Some nonetheless concern yet one more Grand Theft Auto 6 delay
As of April 1 (we swear this isn’t an April Fools joke), 28% of individuals imagine that Grand Theft Auto 6 will likely be delayed for the third time based mostly on a bet on Polymarket. Nearly $190,000 has already been positioned into the pot for the market up to now, displaying how widespread the subject of a attainable delay has been.
On an identical be aware, another Polymarket bet, which has a quantity over $19 million, has requested what occasions will occur earlier than Grand Theft Auto 6 comes out. 57% assume {that a} new Rihanna album, 49% imagine Bitcoin will hit $1 million, and one other 49% assume Jesus Christ will return earlier than the sport sees the sunshine of day.
On the flipside, there are way more folks (72%) who should not involved about GTA 6 being pushed again once more. And wanting on the historical past of the primary guess talked about, the share of people that put cash on the sport being delayed once more has decreased over the past three months. On January 9, 55% of betters agreed that GTA 6’s launch could be postponed once more, and since then this quantity has been successfully reduce in half, maybe due to a couple scraps of data we’ve discovered just lately.
One person notes that April 1 marks the primary time that we’ve entered the fiscal yr for the sport’s launch, which some see as excellent news that it received’t be delayed once more. The concept goes that Rockstar’s 2027 fiscal yr runs from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, so if the corporate needed to push the title again another time, it could have completed so already. Meanwhile, different followers have seen that Rockstar in March is hiring recreation testers on LinkedIn for its studio in Bangalore, India, suggesting that GTA 6 may very well be in its last testing section and wishes extra folks to search for bugs and efficiency points.
It’s anticipated that we’ll be taught way more concerning the destiny of Grand Theft Auto 6 in the course of May when Rockstar Games has its earnings convention name. Now that the sport is formally within the new fiscal yr, the developer might want to report on its progress and what its future plans are. If historical past serves, Rockstar tends to drop important information earlier than its convention name, so if GTA 6 isn’t delayed, we must always be taught way more details about the sport whether or not it’s pre-order data, attainable bundle offers (like one for PS5), and new trailers. Then after the convention name, we must always see the developer ramp up the advertising and marketing for the summer time. With any luck, it will embody in-depth trailers explaining the numerous gameplay techniques for GTA 6 and its enhancements over 2013’s Grand Theft Auto V, together with how its model of GTA Online will work.
