GTA 6 official release date and trailers

For months, Grand Theft Auto 6 was set for a 2025 release. While Rockstar hadn’t announced an exact date, that’s changed as of May 2, 2025. Unfortunately, there’s some bad news for anyone looking to play in 2025.

When is GTA 6 releasing?

Rockstar confirmed GTA 6 will launch on May 26, 2026. While Rockstar previously planned for a Fall 2025 release window, it has since delayed the game’s launch to nearly halfway through next year.

This confirmation originated from an official news article released on Rockstar’s site. It immediately sets the tone by stating that GTA 6 will launch on May 26, 2026. They didn’t divulge the cause of the delay, but it can range from wanting to fine-tune its quality to unknown complications.
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The original window for GTA 6’s Fall 2025 launch date came from Take-Two Interactive’s 2Q25 earnings report. Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar Games, explicitly mentioned this was the release window for the game. With that in mind, the original expectation for GTA 6’s launch was sometime between September 22 and December 21, 2025. It even had high odds of releasing in late October or early November based on past Take-Two release dates and other major releases like Borderlands 4, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and Call of Duty coming out at similar times.

GTA 6’s second trailer has officially arrived

Days after Rockstar announced GTA 6’s delay, they fueled hype again by releasing an official second trailer. The delay announcement didn’t initially include any additional images or gameplay information, making this a surprise update for the entire community.

This almost three-minute trailer mainly focuses on cinematic, movie-like scenes of GTA 6’s characters interacting with one another. We immediately get to know Jason and his daily life before pivoting to his reunion with Lucia, the game’s second protagonist. Things get violent and even a little steamy afterwards, all while introducing us to more important characters and conflicts.

This trailer arrived alongside a complete revamp to Rockstar’s website. We now have an updated release date for GTA 6, more details about the game’s characters, and an overview of Leonida. If you want to see people fighting and partying, this is the place to be.

GTA 6’s first trailer initially arrived in December 2023, separating the two videos by over a year. There were trailer two rumors and predictions circulating the web for ages, with most involving theories about why it’s coming out “in the next two weeks.” Now that we have it, we can either lay the rumors to rest or wait for questions on when and if trailer 3 is coming out.

At the time of writing, there’s no word on whether any subsequent delays or cancellations will occur. We’ll keep this story updated with official information based on Take-Two’s and Rockstar’s announcements.