We won’t know if ‘GTA 6’ is delayed until next year, says former developer

Don’t get disappointed just yet A former Rockstar Games developer has debunked rumours of Grand Theft Auto 6 being delayed until 2026. READ MORE: How Chrissy Costanza became video games’ go-to soundtrack queen After a lot of speculation, Rockstar officially confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 with a record-breaking teaser trailer at the end of last year. The company hasn’t shared many more details about the game since though.

So far, we know it’ll see characters return to Vice City and is scheduled for a 2025 release date. However, the lack of updates has seen fans start to speculate that Grand Theft Auto 6 is due to be delayed. Former developer Obbe Vermeij has taken to social media to tell fans not to worry about a delay just yet though.

Vermeij, who worked at Rockstar while they shipped Grand Theft Auto 3 , Vice City , San Andreas and GTA 4 , explained to fans that the studio won’t be in a position to know if it needs to delay the game until early next year, so all talk of delay is pure speculation at this point. “Rockstar is probably not in a position to determine whether they will hit 2025 until May-ish,” he wrote. “The decision to delay GTA 4 was made 4 months or so before the original release date.

Any further and it’s hard to make the call.” Vermeij added: “ Grand Theft Auto 6 will sell for 10+ years and there is no competition to worry about. They are not going to release the game until they’re 100 per cent happy with it.

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