Delay to 2027? Former Rockstar animator speculates, while November 19 remains official
Officially, GTA VI releases on November 19, 2026. A former Rockstar animator said in August 2026 he would not be surprised by another six-month delay, but he says he has no inside information.
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Officially, GTA VI is still coming on November 19, 2026, and talk of another delay into 2027 is unconfirmed speculation. On August 5, 2026, Dexerto reported comments by Mike York, who worked on GTA V as an animator at Rockstar Games. Speaking to Indy100 through Covers, he said he would not be shocked if the game slipped by another six months.
What York actually said
York framed his comments as a hypothetical. In his view, Rockstar would move the date again if it were not happy with the result, for example if an important mission still had bugs as November approached. Dexerto notes that he stressed he no longer works at Rockstar and has no knowledge of where development stands.
They'll push it six more months if they have to. (Mike York to Indy100, as quoted by Dexerto)
The official position
On November 6, 2025, Rockstar set the release for Thursday, November 19, 2026. According to Dexerto, the game had earlier been planned for 2025 and then for May 26, 2026.
Two days after the report, on August 7, 2026, Take-Two's quarterly results still listed GTA VI for November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
As of October 27, 2026, the official GTA VI site still gives November 19, 2026.
None of the official sources we checked points to a further delay. York's view remains a personal guess without supporting evidence.
More rumors and how we rate them are collected under Rumors, and the official date is tracked in our release tracker.
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Event: 5 August 2026 · Checked on 27 October 2026.
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