The gaming industry is eagerly looking forward to 2025 and the release of Grand Theft Auto 6. When the action game from Rockstar Games is released, it will certainly be the most talked-about game of the year – but a famous gaming insider believes the release could be postponed.
Who are we talking about?
- The American journalist Jason Schreier is known in the gaming industry as a well-connected insider. He works for Bloomberg magazine.
- Schreier has deep connections with many development studios and publishers, including Blizzard (WoW, Overwatch), Bungie (Destiny 2), and of course Rockstar Games (GTA).
- In November 2023, Schreier revealed that Rockstar plans to announce GTA 6 for the first time in the following December and release the first trailer for GTA 6 (via Bloomberg).
- The head of Rockstar Games allegedly considered in November 2023 delaying the announcement of GTA 6 to annoy Schreier.
In a new article on Bloomberg, Jason Schreier has now summarized his predictions for the year 2025 and shared an assessment regarding the release of GTA 6.
Insider meets prediction on the release of GTA 6
What does he say about the release of GTA 6? Jason Schreier expects that the release of GTA 6 will be postponed, and the eagerly anticipated action game from Rockstar Games will be released only in 2026.
While the publisher Take-Two Interactive claims that the game is still on track for its planned release in 2025, Schreier adds that “companies say many things.” The insider knows how great the pressure is behind the ambitious GTA 6 to deliver a great game.
Furthermore, Schreier states that Rockstar Games has “sworn” not to force extreme overtime work on employees in the final months of development. Instead of pushing the release within the timeframe, we might expect a delay.
Around the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018, the development studio faced severe criticism. Back then, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser boasted that some employees worked more than 100 hours a week several times a year to ensure the Wild West epic was released on time.
Only in September 2024, Schreier wrote that employees of Rockstar Games told him they hadn’t heard of any postponement of GTA 6. At that time, there were many rumors claiming GTA 6 wouldn’t come until 2026.
However, as early as September, Schreier emphasized that this reassurance might only have applied to the development status at that time and that it could not be ruled out that there could still be delays in the future. Should there be a delay of GTA 6, you will learn about it on MeinMMO: GTA 6: Release, trailer, and map – The most important information about the action game
