A new report from Kotaku has emerged claiming that GTA 6 will be released in spring next year, 2025, with the possibility of its date being pushed back by several months. The reason is that there are some issues that could affect the game's development process and thus delay its release a bit.

Rockstar is known for its precise timing. When it announces a specific date for the release of one of its games, it sticks to it until its last breath, and the option of delay is the last option the company can make. Therefore, the company has contented itself with announcing the release window of GTA 6 only through its only offer and has not given us. A specific date.

A few days ago, several sources confirmed that Rockstar management asked employees to return to work in their offices. The reason is to increase the pace of work on the development of the upcoming game Grand Theft Auto 6, since this mechanism will continue until April of next year 2025, a period that, according to rumors, will be… The release date of the game according to the source cited above.

GTA 6 may be delayed to 2026!

But at the same time, the game's development process began to face some obstacles and fell behind schedule. According to Kotaku, this issue would postpone the game's release to fall 2025 instead of the planned date, which is spring next year.

Finally, Kotaku sources told him that the game could be delayed to 2026 if the game continues to fall behind in the development stages, specifically in the production phase it is currently going through, and it is said Safety and quality are the main reasons behind Rockstar issuing a mandate for developers to return to the office, as their own sources have told them that game development is at a standstill.

This has left the company's management worried that the game will miss the 2025 window and slip to 2026, and this is a big reason why the company may pressure the developers to avoid the delay, as one of the developers stated, refusing to reveal his identity:

“We’re worried about going back to stress and working long hours. I’ve been on several projects and both were in crisis. The first one was really tough. I had a lot less gray hair back then and now, due to stress, my hair is completely gray… We want to continue the strides we’ve made as a company to remove this toxic culture.”

Do you expect Rockstar to delay the game until 2026?