Grand Theft Auto 6 Delayed Again Until November 2026 (kotaku.com)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/147245/grand-theft-auto-6-delayed-again-until-november-2026
- Source link: https://kotaku.com/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-vi-delayed-november-rockstar-games-2000641787
> The highly anticipated sequel is now [2]set to arrive in November 2026 . On Thursday, Rockstar announced on social media that the long-awaited next entry in its open-world blockbuster franchise would need a bit more time, delaying the game an additional six months from May to November 19, 2026.
Rockstar said "these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve."
[1] https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/05/02/1156254/gta-6-delayed-to-may-2026
[2] https://kotaku.com/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-vi-delayed-november-rockstar-games-2000641787
Re:Does anyone else worry... (Score:5, Insightful)
I know this is just anecdotal, but I watched a lot of The Three Stooges when I was a kid. I never once gouged anyone's eyes out, threw a pie in anyone's face, nor instructed anyone to remind me to murder them later, despite the fact that I was surrounded by idiots.
Re: Does anyone else worry... (Score:2)
That is because humans are smart enough to recognise fiction when they see it, whereas in my house it is constant chaos with a mouse living in my skirting board constantly hitting the cat with a frying pan and the cat retaliating with shotguns and dynamite.
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False (I think) - Can you remember when the baby from Dinosaurs was responsible for causing a kid to wack someone in the head with a frying pan in real life? It was in the news back in the 90s... Most people can tease out fiction, but half of us have IQ's below 100 and can't.
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And WWF wrestling as well. My cousins would destroy each other playing WWF. Where'd they get THAT idea? Oh right... TV.
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You never had any brothers or cousins doing double suplexes to each other after watching WWF? Your anecdotal evidence is discounted by mine. And since mine is real I think I have a case.
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Snoop Dog actually says that he [1]regretted doing gangster rap [rollingout.com] after his murder charge was beaten. "[I] lost a lot of fans. I lost a lot of homies because they wanted me to keep it gangsta after beating the murder case. They wanted me to glamorize and glorify, but I was like, somebody’s life was lost."
[1] https://rollingout.com/2021/02/02/snoop-dogg-explains-why-he-quit-rapping-about-death-and-violence/
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> That glamorizing this sort of game is directly responsible for the recent phenomenon of crime in US cities? Street take overs, rampant looting during peaceful protests and even sports team wins(or losses), shoplifting, carjacking, etc?
No. As someone who has killed many a demon with a chainsaw starting 30 years ago as a youth, I have yet to buy a chainsaw in my adult age for any reason or even to hunt down demons. Also I have not captured any magical creatures with an orb and made them fight other magical creatures. As an adult that has had to fix my own plumbing, I find that skill does not require hitting boxes marked with "?" and strangely my pipes are not inhabited by turtles. Games glamorizing violence ignores the fact that before tha
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I don't think people go around idolizing Nikko Bellic, Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips, Franklin Clinton and other past GTA characters.
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I bet a lot of kids idolize Franklin. He's the 'every man' protagonist as far as I can tell.
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no.
Re:Does anyone else worry... (Score:4, Informative)
FBI Crime Stats - Trending down since the '90s.
[1]https://www.brennancenter.org/... [brennancenter.org]
Don't confuse 24/7 reporting with actual crime.
[1] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/us-crime-rates-and-trends-analysis-fbi-crime-statistics
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Crime stats look great when big cities don't report them.
[1]https://www.npr.org/2022/10/05... [npr.org]
It is a fact, undeniable, that cities are inundated with crime. Also a fact that democrat cities don't report it.
[1] https://www.npr.org/2022/10/05/1127047811/the-fbis-new-crime-report-is-in-but-its-incomplete
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> That glamorizing this sort of game is directly responsible for the recent phenomenon of crime in US cities?
No.
People keep trying to prove a link between any type of video games and crime and failing.
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> That glamorizing this sort of game is directly responsible for the recent phenomenon of crime in US cities?
No
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No, that is obviously caused by Dungeons & Dragons and Rock & Roll.
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D&D players usually role play as heroes... Rock and Roll, i don't think is as degenerate as your average rap music but I can see your point. And I DO think RAP is where this brand of degeneracy began back in the 90's.
Which platform? (Score:2)
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S are what show as platforms for this game.
If I were going to buy one so that I can play this game, which is the better choice? Which one is newer?
FWIW, it is unlikely that I would buy any other games for it anytime soon, other than something for my 9 year old, so I can give him the whole thing as a Christmas present. Are the old Baulder's Gate games available for these platforms, either in the old format or redesigned for these platforms?
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> If I were going to buy one so that I can play this game, which is the better choice? Which one is newer?
Out of the box, the Xbox Series X is slightly better hardware than the regular PS5. it's not really enough to matter, especially on a mutliplatform game, but since you asked...
That said, Sony offers the PS5 Pro, a higher spec version of the console that Microsoft does not offer an equivalent of. So if price is no object, the PS5 Pro is expected to be the best platform to play it on.
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Ok. PS5 Pro it is.
Thanks!
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Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 is fantastic btw.
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> Out of the box, the Xbox Series X is slightly better hardware than the regular PS5. it's not really enough to matter, especially on a mutliplatform game, but since you asked...
The problem for Microsoft this generation is their own policies have hampered games on the X. Microsoft requires any games developed for the X must have feature parity with games on the S. However, the S has weaker hardware than the PS5. In some cases like Baldur's Gate 3, the Xbox launch was delayed as they had development issues on the S that was only alleviated when Microsoft waived that specific requirement. Many other game developers simply optimized their games for the S instead of optimizing for bot
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Good to know! Thanks for posting.
So, I think I've convinced myself to go ahead and do this as a Christmas present. Kid will be pleased. Researching it:
PS5 Pro
Disc drive for it
GTA6
Baulder's Gate: Dark Alliance
We have a dual sense controller that we bought for the AppleTV, so that gives us a second one. And I've got a 98" 4K TV to connect this thing to.
It would be nice to connect it to our second TV instead of the main one, but that's not a 4K TV so I don't think I want to do that, as convenient as it would b
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PS5 if only for the incredible controller.
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Just wait for it to come to PC. You've already waited this long.
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Then I would have to buy a PC, which is not something I'm interest in. Among other things, that would add a lot of clutter in the TV room, which wouldn't be very nice.
Which will take longer to produce... (Score:3)
Grand Theft Auto 6, or Duke Nukem Forever? At this point, I'm wondering if Rockstar is trying to take the crown for the most delayed PC game of all time.
Complete statement (Score:4, Insightful)
Rockstar said "these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve."
"...and to counteract our loss of productivity as we fire anyone who was trying to unionize."
A rename seems in order (Score:2)
"Grand Theft Auto Forever"
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That's going to be the name of the new GTA6-associated online mode! Encompassing Liberty City, Vice City, and San Andreas.
Cyberpunk 2077 It! (Score:2)
Release it early, test in prod, patch at leisure.
like no penis at all, at all (Score:1)
since this happens with every one of their releases, and for that matter with everyone's releases these days (at least everyone "too big to fail") this is p much just par for the course... they'll delay it a third time as well much closer to launch, but not likely to delay a fourth time. It's probably literally part of their marketing cycle at this point, they'd be fools not to include it because it's so predictable and reliable.
It's kinda just building hype the littledick way.
What did you expect? (Score:2)
When you fire a bunch of your employees to union bust (under the guise of "leaking" info) of course your product is going to be delayed.
I wish (Score:1)
I wish this game were available for AppleTV.
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Staring George Clooney and Tom Hanks?
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Are they in GTA VI?