GTA 6 Delayed To May 2026 (ign.com)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/05/02/1156254/gta-6-delayed-to-may-2026
- Source link: https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-delayed-to-may-2026
> In a statement, Rockstar apologized for the significant delay to the game, expected to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time.
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> "We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said. "The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game."
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> "With every game we have released, the goal has always been to try and exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception. We hope you understand that we need this extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve. We look forward to sharing more information with you soon."
[1] https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-delayed-to-may-2026
[2] https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/05/16/2043208/gta-6-release-date-narrowed-to-fall-2025-amid-questions-about-delays
Re: GTA 6 - FEMALE GIRL BOSS Edition. For fat soy (Score:3)
Before you reply to troll bait, have a quick look at their comment history over the last five years. Consider if engaging with a broken clock is worth your time.
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I don't have a problem with a strong girl protagonist, but I see your point that they are guaranteed to make it strong *and* unlikeable. Because this is the main problem. There is no problem in strong female characters. There are plenty, and interesting. But they are *well written*, *human*, *relatable*, and often *flawed*.
Take Nikita. It's a great movie with a great female protagonist that is also an unlikable killer. But why is she not "woke"? because despite her flaws, it's an interesting character. Unfo
quality (Score:5, Insightful)
This is laudable. As a gamer I would far rather have a studio put out something decent in a year or two than put out whatever it has now and patch later.
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> This is laudable. As a gamer I would far rather have a studio put out something decent in a year or two than put out whatever it has now and patch later.
This.
An attitude of "when it's ready" makes for better games. We've had too many AAA (or is it AAAAAAAA now) crapfests that have not been given enough time in development rushed out in a buggy, unfinished state to meet some MBA enforced deadline because they spent 1/3 of the budget on advertising that can't be refunded.
It's like going to a $200 a plate restaurant and expecting an expertly cooked meal to be on the table in 15 minutes or less. They can do it but it'll be inedible.
That being said, the
Re: quality (Score:2)
We're approaching DN4 status
Interesting word choice (Score:2)
> "We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said.
This implies that it's not later than they expected.
Either that, or they want to blame customers for believing them. Holy shades of Otter from Animal House.
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I heard something the other day to the effect of GTA5 is still one of the most streamed games in 2025. That at least implies people are still buying it and various DLC and expansions for it.
Maybe from a long term revenue perspective it makes more sense for them to keep 6 on the shelf a bit longer
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I didn't RTFA when that was on /. recently, but I vaguely recall seeing somewhere a good few months prior to that story that the majority of GTA V streaming is car races on courses which are player-crafted content. New content doesn't necessarily mean paid DLC if there's a thriving mod scene.
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>> "We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said.
> This implies that it's not later than they expected.
> Either that, or they want to blame customers for believing them. Holy shades of Otter from Animal House.
I think this is indicative of just how toxic the gaming community has become.
If you think that's blaming the customer (to which they haven't got one of yet because it hasn't been released) then you really need to take a look at how you deal with other people. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe that you are just reading too much into a single statement but it does show why developers are reluctant to engage with the community, unreasonable expectations and demands with no patience or under
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People expected the game to release in 2025 because Rockstar's corporate parent said it would be -- and relatively recently, at that: [1]https://www.gbnews.com/tech/gt... [gbnews.com]
Blaming that expectation on customers is a jerk move, and blaming that observation on "how toxic the gaming community has become" is projection. I don't play those games and I don't care about them, but I do care about companies trying to evade blame. Software is often hard, and schedules slip, but take responsibility when it happens rather
[1] https://www.gbnews.com/tech/gta-6-release-date-fall-2025-confirmed
Re: HOW is this news (Score:2)
Console? I boot up Caverns of Mars on my Atari 800. Cassette, not cartridge.
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Let me explain the Internet to you: Websites exist. To continue to exist they need to make money. They make money by getting paid to display ads to their users. The more eyeballs a page garners the more an advertiser will pay. Sites like this one tend to count eyeballs by measuring user interaction.
> How is this news
Because you read the headline, clicked on it, presumably read the summary, probably saw an ad, then came down here to whine about "why is this in Slashdot".
So to directly answer your question: You. You are the re
gta (Score:2)
Apparently the AII bot coders dont work as fast as they through they would.
Now you kids know how we felt (Score:3)
With Duke Nukem Forever.
GTA 5 cash cow (Score:2)
When the previous game that was released 12 years ago is still raking in money - why hurry to release the next iteration?
Probably busy working on something else ... (Score:2)
With the current tariffs and many to most auto parts being imported, "GTA Parts" might be a more popular game now. :-)
Just a reminder (Score:1)
Everyone seems to be forgetting that the PC version is already confirmed to be 1 year later than the console date, no matter when that ends up being. Also, based on online for Red Dead 2 and GTA5, it's going to make Fallout 76 looks secure and stable with no cheaters by comparison, not to mention a mobile-style manipulative pay to win hellhole. So I'm just going to ignore it.
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To be honest, it's a fair bet.
Re: Just a reminder (Score:2)
When did they announce that there will be an Online GTA6?
Side note (Score:2)
Humbling has somehow taken on a new meaning that has nothing to do with its original meaning. Annoying.
And I can't even use literally because that now means something else.
No âzHow do I exit GTA VI?âoe jokes? (Score:1)
Missed opportunity. :wq
Credit where credit is due (Score:2)
Regardless of how you feel about GTA as whole - whether you like it, love it, or hate it - we have to give props to a studio willing to delay a release by 6-8 months so they can release a more polished product. Especially one with as much hype as GTA 6 has. Far too often the studios just drop whatever they've got at release date and then patch the hell out of it for the next year fixing issues that should've been ironed out before release.
It's a sad day when we have to give a studio kudos for doing the r
somebody should make a cartoon (Score:2)
starting with Vice City, gta3, San Andreus, gta4 & gta5 all rolled into a serial adult cartoon giving each GTA protagonist a 15 to 30 minute cartoon, like HeavyMetal 1980 style sortof, i bet it would be a solid gold hit
Predicto-Bot says (Score:3)
They're adding LLM stuff..... and adverts..... and loot boxes
Most boringest collect-a-thon set of games ever so no big deal if it's delayed forever.
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shouldn't they be adding LLM stuff?
We are to the point asking players to invest serious dollars in video rendering hardware so they can have accurate lighting physics and near photo fidelity 3d models of the game world.
But we are still supposed to have NPCs and cut scenes with entirely fixed dialog? The general direction of AAA gaming is to make the experience immersive, this is an area when GenAI could go a long way to enhancing that.
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> this is an area when GenAI could go a long way to enhancing that.
Sure... if that's where they're using it..
Not sure anything will solve the boring gameplay loop of "collect the things to do the things to trigger the things to collect more things and also stupidly long cutscenes with atrociously voiced scripts of the most generic nature."
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you dont like the game, we get it. move on, thanks.
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this is an area when GenAI could go a long way to enhancing that.
GenAI isn't ready for this yet. The last time Rockstar tried it was with GTA 3 Remaster, and we saw how that went. And yes, that was a while ago, but then there is the Quake 2 AI demo that showed what could be, but that will be years away, and the first games that do use it will most likely not being a crowning game like GTA6 that could crash and burn hard if/when it fails in real world settings. (I also don't think the newest Xbox/P
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The dialogue tells the story. Introducing the current crop of LLMs would be a terrible player experience that would overshadow any good parts of the game. Between incorrectly interpreted input, tricking the LLM to give random spoilers for future events, missed key information because the player didn't think to ask about it, and completely hallucinated random responses it would be a train wreck.
And thats before you even consider that AI voices while much improved still don't quite sound right and have the
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I say they're hoping that tariffs will be over by then. Sales are going to be weak in this market. Some people will be waiting for console price drops to buy new consoles, and they will also be waiting to buy new consoles before they buy new games. R* has a long history of pushing out games before they are ready, this is an excuse to make the game actually work properly at release.