Is GTA 6 delayed to 2027? No. Here is the official record, 17 days out

No. Grand Theft Auto VI is not delayed to 2027. Posts saying it has slipped again have been going round this week, and none of them points to an official source. Rockstar still says November 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and pre-load is still set for November 10.

Where the claim comes from

We cannot find a starting point. IBTimes UK went looking on October 28 and found no announcement of a third delay from Rockstar or Take-Two. We checked again today, November 2: nothing new on Rockstar's Newswire since October 29, and nothing from Take-Two.

The official record

Confirmed, in date order:

• May 2, 2025: Rockstar moved GTA 6 from 2025 to May 26, 2026.
• November 6, 2025: Rockstar moved it to November 19, 2026, the date it still has.
• June 25, 2026: pre-orders opened.
• August 7, 2026: Take-Two's first-quarter results. Strauss Zelnick pointed to "excitement around the November 19th launch of Grand Theft Auto VI" and kept the company's forecast for the year.
• October 15, 2026: Rockstar's launch trailer post ends with one line: "Grand Theft Auto VI arrives November 19 to PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S."
• October 29, 2026: Rockstar's newest post, on Justice's score, sets the score album for December 11. Nothing about the game's date changed.

The full timeline, with every date Rockstar has given, is in our release date history.

What Rockstar's own people have said

Asked by Famitsu whether the date could move again, Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson said, as reported by Game Rant in September: "it will definitely be released."

In Bloomberg's October feature, Rockstar explained why the earlier dates moved: parts of the game, including its crowds of pedestrians, were not going to be ready in time. We covered that in Rockstar on GTA 6's long road. Nobody in it suggested the November date was at risk.

Why a delay now would be unusual

Our read. Both earlier delays were announced months ahead of the old date. A move now would come after pre-orders, after a fixed pre-load day and with launch 17 days away. Rockstar has not done that with this game, and nothing public points that way.

The next official word on the schedule is due on November 9, when Take-Two reports its results, ten days before launch. What that call can and cannot tell us is in our Take-Two preview. We will write it up the same evening.

What has not changed

• Release: November 19, 2026.
• Pre-load: November 10. Our pre-load guide has what to clear and check.
• Platforms: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. No PC version has been announced.

If you want the what-if anyway, what a delay would mean for your pre-order, pre-load and refund is in What if GTA 6 is delayed again? It is clearly labelled as a hypothetical, and it still is.

See the full launch guide