
The 2019 Pastebin leak seems to have mixed information about GTA 6's release date, claiming first 'mid-to-late 2020' (which we know is false. Both executives have now seemingly set up new studios, with Houser's Absurd Ventures in Games appearing last week, and Benzies' Build a Rocket Boy hard at work on its deeply mysterious debut game, Everywhere. Rumor: GTA 6 will be released in late 2021 or 2022.

Whatever it turns out to be, GTA 6 will be the first in the series' history as 3D games not to include Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser or GTA's unseen mastermind Leslie Benzies as part of the development team. That anniversary arrives on October 22, but Rockstar hasn't made clear what the anniversary content might be. Rockstar has also been promising "surprises" related to the 20th anniversary of the release of GTA 3 – including some related to GTA Online. The long wait for GTA 6 is starting to frustrate the fanbase. Rockstar Games are in an extremely precarious position with the GTA franchise at the moment. Henderson warned that 'GTA 6' might take even longer to release, possibly arriving as late as 2025. The long wait for GTA 6 is starting to frustrate the fanbase.


It remains to be seen if Rockstar will have any other new games to fill that gap, but we do know that GTA Online and GTA 5 will be coming as "expanded and enhanced" new-gen console versions on November 11 this year. Industry insiders place the GTA 6 release date in 2025 or 2026. If the game did arrive in 2024, that would create a potential 6 year gap in mainline Rockstar releases, following 2018's Red Dead Redemption 2 (although Red Dead Online was released in 2019). GTA 6 Release Date Probably Isn't In 2021 - GameSpot GTA 6 Release Date Probably Isn't In 2021 Take-Two's full-year financial results indicate that the publisher plans to release many games this.
