Take-Two CEO Reconfirms GTA 6 Release Date Amid Delay Concerns

Strauss Zelnick, CEO of the company Grand Theft AutoPublisher Take-Two Interactive, says Grand Theft Auto 6 will not be delayed a third time despite rumors that it will miss its current November 19th release date. GTA 6 was first announced in a 2022 blog post, though fans wouldn't get their first look at the next entry in the open-world crime simulator until the first trailer was released in late 2023. The second trailer was released in May 2025 and fans have been waiting ever since for more footage of the highly anticipated game.

GTA 6 fans thought the 2025 release window was ambitious given the short time between the first trailer being shown and the game's expected release. At the beginning of May 2025, it was announced by Rockstar Games GTA 6 would be delayed until May 26, 2026, and quickly assuaged fans' disappointment by releasing a second trailer a few weeks later. A second delay was later announced, and while this release date change will reportedly be the last, fans are always waiting for news that Leonida Keys won't be able to tour this year.

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Grand Theft Auto 6 has now entered the final phase before release, where continued radio silence from Rockstar can still be considered normal.

GTA 6 won't be delayed again, CEO claims

Zelnick claims this in an interview with David Senra on his YouTube channel GTA 6 won't be delayed again despite rumors to the contrary and the lack of updates from Rockstar Games. When asked how the CEO deals with everyone who asks GTA 6At the release, Zelnick confidently reconfirmed the current release date, saying, “November 19th, I know. It's been announced.” Senra then questions how Zelnick can say the date with such confidence, given the previous two delays, to which Zelnick replies, “I think we're about 18 months behind the original date. [It’s] nothing more than that.” The CEO didn't promise he wouldn't hold back again, but he seems firm for now GTA 6 issue date.

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Zelnick says it GTA 6Its release scares him, given the expectations for success both from the company and the gaming industry as a whole. Nevertheless, Zelnick claims this in the interview GTA is the most successful video game of all time “depend[ing] on how you count.” Like Mario Kart and Call of Duty have more records than GTACEO is not sure if the open-world crime-adventure series has achieved the highest grossing in gaming, but is believed to be “the most valuable IP ever created”. Total revenue will not be disclosed GTA 5 but admits “it's a lot”.

From GTA 6 was delayed for the second time in November 2025, people were anxiously awaiting the news that it would not launch in 2026. Recently, there have been a lot of rumors surrounding the next game in the open-world series, with people claiming that Rockstar is going to announce another delay and also that the studio will drop a third trailer at any moment. The developer is notoriously picky about the security of its games, especially with the number of people desperate for more news on what will likely be the game's biggest release yet.

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Rockstar Games is notorious for releasing GTA 6 trailers without warning fans in advance. That's why people speculate about it GTA 6A third trailer is coming, despite no real evidence to suggest so. Some people even go live and wait for the trailer to drop, with hundreds of people tuning in to meet. Despite this, gamers will have to wait a while to find out if Zelnick is telling the truth about the release date.