It’s the delay heard around the world—Rockstar Games just pulled the rug out from under MILLIONS.
Grand Theft Auto VI, the long-awaited crown jewel of gaming, won’t see the light of day in 2025 after all. Nope. According to official word from Rockstar, the release date has been shoved to May 2026—and fans are absolutely LOSING IT.
The announcement hit like a brick. Twitter, TikTok, Reddit—total chaos. Furious gamers are calling it the “greatest betrayal since Red Dead Online got abandoned.” Others are joking (barely) that they’ll be married with kids by the time GTA VI actually drops.
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And this isn’t just fan drama. The financial fallout was immediate and brutal. As first reported by the Financial Times, Take-Two Interactive’s stock nosedived more than 15% in pre-market trading. That’s a market freakout that even Michael from GTA V would struggle to launder.
Let’s be clear: fans were already hanging by a thread. The first trailer dropped back in December 2023, giving us a mind-blowing glimpse of the sun-soaked chaos in fictional Leonida (aka Rockstar’s take on Florida).
We met Lucia, the series’ first-ever female protagonist, and her outlaw partner. The Bonnie and Clyde energy was OFF the charts. Neon-lit Vice City. Gators in gas stations. Twerking on rooftops. Pure Rockstar insanity.
It shattered YouTube records with 93 million views in 24 hours, outpacing even K-pop debuts and Super Bowl halftime shows. The hype was REAL.
But now? That hype has turned to heartbreak.
“Rockstar has let us down again,” one gamer posted. Another wrote, “At this point, my kids will be playing GTA VI before I do.”
And while Rockstar claims the delay is to “deliver the experience fans deserve,” many aren’t buying it. After over a decade since GTA V, patience is wearing thin.
No official gameplay footage. No new trailers. Just silence… and now, a delay.
Insiders claim the development has been plagued by internal changes and mounting pressure to top previous games. But fans aren’t interested in excuses—they want action.
In the meantime, the memes are flying. Rockstar is trending. GTA VI is trending. And the collective rage of a global fanbase is very, very real.
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