Take-Two narrows GTA VI window to fall 2025

Take-Two Interactive tightened the release window for GTA VI on May 16, 2024. Alongside its fiscal 2024 results, the company moved from calendar 2025 to fall 2025. Seen from today, that guidance is outdated, as two delays later the game is set for November 19, 2026.

What Take-Two said

CEO Strauss Zelnick said the outlook reflected a narrowing of Rockstar Games' previously established window, from calendar 2025 to fall 2025. He added that the company was highly confident Rockstar would deliver an unparalleled entertainment experience. According to Zelnick, expectations for the title's commercial impact kept rising.

The table of upcoming releases listed Grand Theft Auto VI for fall 2025 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. For fiscal 2025, Take-Two guided to net bookings of $5.55 billion to $5.65 billion. It also said it expected net bookings to grow sequentially in fiscal 2025, 2026 and 2027.

Background

Rockstar had set the frame in December 2023 with the first trailer. The accompanying Newswire post only said the game was coming in 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The May 2024 update turned that year into a specific season for the first time.

What came of it

This window did not hold either. On May 2, 2025, Rockstar pushed the launch to May 26, 2026, citing its own quality standards. A second delay followed on November 6, 2025, moving the game to Thursday, November 19, 2026.

That date still stands, and Rockstar's Launch Trailer post of October 15, 2026 repeats it. Every date and delay is laid out in our release tracker.

Sources

• Take-Two Interactive (SEC): Reports Results for Fiscal Year 2024 (opens in a new tab)

• Rockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI - Watch Trailer 1 Now (opens in a new tab)

• Rockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

• Rockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Set to Launch November 19, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

• Rockstar Newswire: Watch the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer (opens in a new tab)

Event: 16 May 2024 · Checked on 27 October 2026.