Highlights
- Fans of Grand Theft Auto 6 may have to wait until spring 2025 for the game's release.
- Rockstar Games has not provided official updates or confirmed any leaked details about GTA 6, leaving fans hungry for more information.
While some have predicted a 2024 release date for Grand Theft Auto 6, it seems that the highly-anticipated open world game may very well slip to spring 2025. It's been over a decade since Grand Theft Auto 5's release, and so fans have had to wait an incredibly long time for GTA 6. Unfortunately for GTA fans, official updates on Grand Theft Auto 6 have been few and far between.
Rockstar Games has confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 is in development, but hasn't revealed anything else about the project. A massive leak has revealed other details that will potentially be featured in the final product, like the game being set in Vice City and one of the protagonists being female, but Rockstar itself hasn't confirmed any of those details. Unfortunately for fans who have been waiting for more info from Rockstar itself, the company has yet to drop a GTA 6 teaser or trailer.
Grand Theft Auto 6 Patent Hints at Major Changes to Animations
Take-Two Interactive's newest patent reveals an advanced system for controlling the animation and movement of in-game objects.
According to Rockstar Games insider Tez2 on the GTA Forums, "several devs" believe that the Grand Theft Auto 6 release window will be spring 2025. However, Tez2 pointed out that Rockstar had spring release windows in mind for both Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 back in the day before ultimately pushing both of those back. As far as when a proper reveal for GTA 6 may take place, Tez2 said, "I predict an announcement coinciding with the celebration of Rockstar's anniversary somewhere between late Nov and early Dec. And if not that, then a Feb announcement."
Grand Theft Auto 6 Reveal and Release Date Predictions
- November/December 2023 or February 2024 reveal
- Spring 2025 or Fall 2025 release date
The spring 2025 release window would fit within the previously-teased April 2024 - March 2025 GTA 6 release window, though just barely. Regardless, it sounds like Grand Theft Auto fans shouldn't hold their breath for the game to release in 2024, and that the more likely scenario is that it will drop in 2025. Whether that's spring 2025 or fall 2025 remains to be seen, however.
Even if Grand Theft Auto 6 is that far off, fans may still be able to expect a GTA 6 reveal to happen soon. Rockstar's previous games received trailers well in advance of their release dates, and history could repeat itself here. The Rockstar anniversary Tez2 is referring to in their post is the anniversary of the company's formation in December 1998. The Game Awards happens to take place in December, and while that would normally be a great place to announce a new game, fans shouldn't tune in expecting to see Rockstar's next big title. Rockstar tends to do its own thing with announcements, so while it's certainly possible Grand Theft Auto 6 will get its reveal trailer at The Game Awards, the more likely possibility is that it will drop independent of any big gaming industry events.
