GTA 6 Delayed To May 2026 (ign.com) 64
Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 to May 26, 2026. It was due out fall 2025. From a report: In a statement, Rockstar apologized for the significant delay to the game, expected to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time.
"We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said. "The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game."
"With every game we have released, the goal has always been to try and exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception. We hope you understand that we need this extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve. We look forward to sharing more information with you soon."
"We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said. "The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game."
"With every game we have released, the goal has always been to try and exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception. We hope you understand that we need this extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve. We look forward to sharing more information with you soon."
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They're adding LLM stuff..... and adverts..... and loot boxes
Most boringest collect-a-thon set of games ever so no big deal if it's delayed forever.
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shouldn't they be adding LLM stuff?
We are to the point asking players to invest serious dollars in video rendering hardware so they can have accurate lighting physics and near photo fidelity 3d models of the game world.
But we are still supposed to have NPCs and cut scenes with entirely fixed dialog? The general direction of AAA gaming is to make the experience immersive, this is an area when GenAI could go a long way to enhancing that.
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this is an area when GenAI could go a long way to enhancing that.
Sure... if that's where they're using it..
Not sure anything will solve the boring gameplay loop of "collect the things to do the things to trigger the things to collect more things and also stupidly long cutscenes with atrociously voiced scripts of the most generic nature."
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you dont like the game, we get it. move on, thanks.
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GenAI isn't ready for this yet. The last time Rockstar tried it was with GTA 3 Remaster, and we saw how that went. And yes, that was a while ago, but then there is the Quake 2 AI demo that showed what could be, but that will be years away, and the first games that do use it will most likely not being a crowning game like GTA6 that could crash and burn hard if/when it fails in real world settings. (I also don't think the newest Xbox/P
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The dialogue tells the story. Introducing the current crop of LLMs would be a terrible player experience that would overshadow any good parts of the game. Between incorrectly interpreted input, tricking the LLM to give random spoilers for future events, missed key information because the player didn't think to ask about it, and completely hallucinated random responses it would be a train wreck.
And thats before you even consider that AI voices while much improved still don't quite sound right and have the
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I say they're hoping that tariffs will be over by then. Sales are going to be weak in this market. Some people will be waiting for console price drops to buy new consoles, and they will also be waiting to buy new consoles before they buy new games. R* has a long history of pushing out games before they are ready, this is an excuse to make the game actually work properly at release.
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Most boringest collect-a-thon set of games ever so no big deal if it's delayed forever.
You don't think more interactive NPCs in a GTA game is a hugely desired upgrade in a sequel? Heh.
Re: GTA 6 - FEMALE GIRL BOSS Edition. For fat soy (Score:3)
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I don't have a problem with a strong girl protagonist, but I see your point that they are guaranteed to make it strong *and* unlikeable. Because this is the main problem. There is no problem in strong female characters. There are plenty, and interesting. But they are *well written*, *human*, *relatable*, and often *flawed*.
Take Nikita. It's a great movie with a great female protagonist that is also an unlikable killer. But why is she not "woke"? because despite her flaws, it's an interesting character. Unfo
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Or you could go the way of "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered" and change "male" and "female" to "body type 2" and "body type 1". Because, woke.
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I don't have a problem with a strong girl protagonist
Just like James Bond, who never misses a shot, is impervious to all machine gun fire, and always has a clever way out of every situation no matter how preposterous...why don't people have a problem with him as a "man boss"?
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because
1. James Bond is absolutely far from man boss. He gets into mortal danger all the time, and you don't know not if, but how he will manage to escape. He's cunning, fast thinking, suave, sexy, but not immune to be bested. His opponents are stronger than him. Jaws was terrifying. Scaramanga had him down to a final confrontation that was gripping and enduring. Girl bosses are different. Girl bosses face pathetic enemies that don't challenge them, and weak villains make for weak heroes.
2. James Bond is an
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Unfortunately modern writers have decided that they are no longer writers, but political activists. They don't create engaging characters. They create a podium, a sockpuppet from which to preach to the audience.
Hmm. I dunno about this take. Some of the greatest writers were also "political activists" by today's standards. Orwell, Swift, Huxley, for example. 1984 is certainly a very political work. Orwell had a message, he conveyed it through excellent writing and storytelling. Gulliver's Travels was Swift's satire of various peoples and institutions of the times. It's not the case that you have to be a writer or an activist and you can't be both, that would be a false dichotomy (not trying to put words in your mou
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> Some of the greatest writers were also "political activists" by today's standards.
This is a common misconception. The problem is that those were writers that used the politics to talk about a story. Modern writers are using a story to talk about the politics.
Good writers ask great questions. Lousy writers give you the answer they want you to accept.
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This is a common misconception. The problem is that those were writers that used the politics to talk about a story.
I think you should go back and re-read / re-study Swift's Gulliver's Travels (as a singular example) if you think that. The idea that he used political happenings of the time to enhance his story, as opposed to using a story to critique the political happenings of the time, is simply mistaken.
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This is laudable. As a gamer I would far rather have a studio put out something decent in a year or two than put out whatever it has now and patch later.
This.
An attitude of "when it's ready" makes for better games. We've had too many AAA (or is it AAAAAAAA now) crapfests that have not been given enough time in development rushed out in a buggy, unfinished state to meet some MBA enforced deadline because they spent 1/3 of the budget on advertising that can't be refunded.
It's like going to a $200 a plate restaurant and expecting an expertly cooked meal to be on the table in 15 minutes or less. They can do it but it'll be inedible.
That being said, the
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Interesting word choice (Score:2)
"We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said.
This implies that it's not later than they expected.
Either that, or they want to blame customers for believing them. Holy shades of Otter from Animal House.
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I heard something the other day to the effect of GTA5 is still one of the most streamed games in 2025. That at least implies people are still buying it and various DLC and expansions for it.
Maybe from a long term revenue perspective it makes more sense for them to keep 6 on the shelf a bit longer
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I didn't RTFA when that was on /. recently, but I vaguely recall seeing somewhere a good few months prior to that story that the majority of GTA V streaming is car races on courses which are player-crafted content. New content doesn't necessarily mean paid DLC if there's a thriving mod scene.
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GTAO's biggest problem right now is that to access player created content, including races, is way too much a PITA. You have to use an outside app or browser, create a playlist, and then boot up the game and access that playlist.
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"We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said.
This implies that it's not later than they expected.
Either that, or they want to blame customers for believing them. Holy shades of Otter from Animal House.
I think this is indicative of just how toxic the gaming community has become.
If you think that's blaming the customer (to which they haven't got one of yet because it hasn't been released) then you really need to take a look at how you deal with other people. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe that you are just reading too much into a single statement but it does show why developers are reluctant to engage with the community, unreasonable expectations and demands with no patience or under
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People expected the game to release in 2025 because Rockstar's corporate parent said it would be -- and relatively recently, at that: https://www.gbnews.com/tech/gt... [gbnews.com]
Blaming that expectation on customers is a jerk move, and blaming that observation on "how toxic the gaming community has become" is projection. I don't play those games and I don't care about them, but I do care about companies trying to evade blame. Software is often hard, and schedules slip, but take responsibility when it happens rather
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Blaming that expectation on customers is a jerk move,
You are straw man building here. No where is Rockstar blaming the customers. It's you reading too much into the statement and making that illogical leap.
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I am very sorry that English is too hard for you to understand, but I am sure you will not make the illogical leap of thinking that I am blaming anything on you.
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Re: HOW is this news (Score:2)
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How is this news
Because you read the headline, clicked on it, presumably read the summary, probably saw an ad, then came down here to whine about "why is this in Slashdot".
So to directly answer your question: You. You are the re
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Come on now... you think Slashdot has an algorithm for stories?!
Re: HOW is this news (Score:2)
"Why is a video game in any way /. material?"
Welcome to slashdot, YMBNH.
gta (Score:2)
Now you kids know how we felt (Score:4, Insightful)
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LOL, came here to point out the same thing. Could this be the next Duke Nukem Forever? Hope not, because when it finally arrived it was a shit-show of a game.
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Nah. I'm not a fan of GTA, but I'm sure the concept of random crime and hijacking cars ages a hell of a lot better than edgy 90's macho-man toilet humor.
GTA 5 cash cow (Score:2)
Probably busy working on something else ... (Score:2)
With the current tariffs and many to most auto parts being imported, "GTA Parts" might be a more popular game now. :-)
Just a reminder (Score:1)
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"based off of these decade old games, i *KNOW* that security is going to be terrible in the new one so ill skip it!"
cool story, bro.
GTA5 Online for PC has been a thing for 10 years. Within the past year, Rockstar finally pushed out an anti-cheat solution for it, BattlEye. The main speculation is that they're testing it out for GTA 6. And while the BattlEye did break most if not all of the existing mods and injectors, new ones have already been released.
Re: Just a reminder (Score:2)
Side note (Score:2)
And I can't even use literally because that now means something else.
No âzHow do I exit GTA VI?âoe jokes? (Score:1)
Credit where credit is due (Score:2)
It's a sad day when we have to give a studio kudos for doing the r
somebody should make a cartoon (Score:2)
Translation (Score:2)
"Rockstar and associates would like to continue milking GTA Online for one more Christmas season before possibly seeing a drop in revenue. We understand it's been over a decade since a new GTA release and it's true, we could have been working on this game much sooner than now, but we decided it was better to do nothing and watch the cash come in from GTA Online instead."