Grand Theft Auto VI Launch โDelayed too 2025
New York, NY – Rockstar Games announced today that Grand Theft โคAuto VI โwill not meet its previously anticipated 2024 release window, pushing theโข launch toโค 2025.โฃ The highly anticipated title, first teased in December โฃ2023,โฃ isโฃ facing delays as โdevelopers continue to refine and โคpolish โคthe game.
The postponement arrives amid aโ challenging climate for the studio. Sharesโข of Take-Two Interactive,Rockstar’s parent company,experienced a downturn following the announcement.โฃ The delay follows years of anticipation and criticism regarding the development timeline, with some players โattributing the extended wait to the โongoing success of GTA Online and a perceived shift in Rockstar’s priorities. Simultaneously, a workers’ protest is โunderway at Rockstarโฃ North in Edinburgh, Scotland, sparked by the recent dismissalโ of overโฃ 30 employees. The companyโ cites a leak of confidential projectโฃ information via Discord as theโ reason for the terminations, while workers allege the cuts areโ in response to unionization efforts. โ
Rockstar Games stated they are โฃcommitted to delivering an experience that truly exceeds player expectations.The studio acknowledged the disappointmentโ the delay will โคcause but emphasized the need to โขensure theโ final product meets their standards.โ Further details regarding a specific releaseโฃ date within 2025 have not yet been disclosed.