GTA VI Release Pushed Back Months as New Trailer Debuts
Here we are yet again, bleary-eyed and cranky, digesting the latest letdown from the gaming overlords at Rockstar Games. After rumours of a Spring 2025 launch circulated wildly, Rockstar quietly announced on April 4, 2024 via its official website that Grand Theft Auto VI won’t hit shelves until Fall 2025—a full season longer than we were promised. To soften the blow (or maybe just to remind us hope still hurts), they dropped a sleek new trailer showing off neon-drenched streets of Vice City, shadowy protagonists, and gameplay snippets that look as glossy as ever.
Rockstar’s statement cited the usual “additional polish and quality assurance” spiel, which sounds a lot like “we’ll take your money later, trust us.” IGN confirmed the delay with an interview snippet from a Rockstar developer who admitted they’d underestimated the scope of their own ambition. Meanwhile, YouTube views on the 1-minute-30-second trailer have already crossed 10 million—proof that excitement survives even when release dates don’t.
New York Post’s entertainment desk corroborates that the original roadmap was always precarious. Industry watchers at Eurogamer point out this is not the first time Rockstar has stretched a timeline (we’re looking at you, Red Dead Redemption 2). If anything, these chronic schedule shifts underscore the paradox at play: the bigger the hype, the more devastating the letdown.
Fans on social media are oscillating between furious memes and resigned sighs. Pre-orders can’t be canceled without a fee, wallets are still quivering, and corporate stockholders are no doubt drafting lawyerly letters as we speak. It’s the same old script—grandiose promises followed by months of silence, then a shiny teaser to remind us what we stand to lose.
And let’s not forget the broader impact: every delay sends ripples through pop culture, forcing streams of fake leaks and rumor mills to spin into overdrive. Meanwhile, impatient gamers are left with nothing but old titles to replay and bitter threads on Reddit to comb through.
At least the trailer’s short and punchy, offering exactly enough content to confirm our worst fears: the wait just got longer, and nobody really knows how much longer we’ll be hanging on. This feels painfully predictable, yet somehow we keep refreshing Rockstar’s blog like caffeine-starved insomniacs.
Let’s all pretend to be shocked when another delay announcement inevitably rolls around. Bookmark this for the next “I told you so” season.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and Rockstar Games official website
New York Post
IGN
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