GTA 6 Delay Rumors May Not Be True, But Is A 2025 Release Still Possible?

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Some recent rumors have questioned whether will meet its targeted 2025 release date. Players eagerly waited years for any official news about, so when its first trailer finally dropped at the end of 2023, players were excited to finally get at least a year for when the game was meant to come out. Of course, anyone familiar with gaming release dates likely knows that just because one has been announced doesn’t mean it won’t change.

As disappointing as it is for a game to get delayed, especially one as highly anticipated as , it can sometimes be for the best. One need only look at disastrous launches like to understand why trying too hard to meet a deadline can hurt a game in the long run. Hopefully, will be able to meet its release date and be ready to go. For now, checking the validity of the delay rumors is the best way to know if the game is still on track for later this year.

As recently as January 7, 2025, Rockstar still seems to be planning a 2025 release date for. This is backed up by a LinkedIn post by one of the company’s talent acquisition specialists, promoting open positions on the developer’s Technical Art team. The post was accompanied by an image declaring that would be released in 2025. While this would seem to damper some of the rumors of a delay, it might not be enough to say for certain that one isn’t happening.

Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most anticipated games on the horizon, but fans are worried the game could be delayed to 2026.

is easily Rockstar’s biggest project in years, so promoting it alongside job openings is a good way to attract new talent to the studio. The image is very similar to one used in other promotional material for the game, so it may not have been made just for the sake of this LinkedIn post. It seems somewhat unlikely that Rockstar would try to attract new employees with a banner image that read “.” If the game were delayed, the announcement would likely come from a different source, like ’s official