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Why Grand Theft Auto VI has been delayed again and how it'll affect other games
The release of Grand Theft Auto VI, expected to be one of the best-selling games of all time, is delayed once again.
The sequel to the 2013 blockbuster Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V was originally supposed to be released this autumn but was pushed back earlier this year by developers Rockstar Games. Now, it has been delayed once again, pushed to November 2026.
Why is it being delayed again? Rockstar says the delay will give them extra time to "finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve". That's not a surprise to George Osborn, games industry commentator and author of the Games Industry Memo.
"For something that is as enormous, as big budget, as high production value as this, and given Rockstar's history as a company of delaying stuff until it's absolutely ready, it's not hugely unexpected," he told Sky News. The expectations around GTA VI are high.
While other recent releases seem to have decided "less is more.
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