Developers Announce Official Release Date for Video Game GTA VI.

The Rockstar company has postponed the release of the new Grand Theft Auto to next year. The video game will be released on May 26, 2026, for PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.

The developers emphasized in a post that they need additional Time to 'ensure the level of quality that users deserve.' 'We are very sorry that this has happened later than you expected,' they wrote.

'With every game we have released, we have always strived to exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception. We hope you understand that we need this additional time to release the game at the level of quality that you expect and deserve,' the message states.

Grand Theft Auto - an Iconic Video Game Series

Grand Theft Auto is an adventure video game series by Rockstar, considered one of the most successful franchises in the history of the gaming industry.

GTA offers the player the role of a criminal in a large city, who initially has a low status in the criminal world, but as the plot develops, advances to the heights of organized crime. Games in this series have become sales hits, with the latest installment - GTA V - released in 2013.

It should be noted that Rockstar released the trailer for the new Grand Theft Auto VI, the next installment of the popular adventure video game. The long-awaited trailer garnered over 65 million views within the first few hours on YouTube. At the end of the trailer, it revealed that GTA VI will come out in 2025.

The events of GTA VI will take place in a modern version of Vice City - a prototype of American Miami. In the new installment, players will be able to explore both the city itself and the surrounding areas, including swamps and tropical islands shown in the trailer.

The main characters of the game are Lucia, the first female lead in the franchise, and her boyfriend. Lucia is a bandit who served time in prison, got out and returned to crime.

In the United Kingdom, there was a trial against 18-year-old cybercriminal Arion Kourtaj, who hacked into the servers of Rockstar Games and leaked gameplay of the new Grand Theft Auto online.

It is also worth noting that the video game Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl from the Ukrainian company GSC Game World has become very popular and was purchased a million times just two days after its release.

The release of the new Grand Theft Auto has been postponed to next year. The developers stated that this is due to the need to ensure a high level of quality demanded by the users themselves. Additionally, Rockstar presented the trailer for the new game, which gathered millions of views. The main characters of GTA VI are Lucia and her boyfriend, and the events will take place in Vice City. In the United Kingdom, there was a trial against a hacker who hacked into the company’s servers and spread the gameplay of the game, and the popular video game Stalker 2 became a sales hit for the Ukrainian company.