Grand Theft Auto 6 (PS5) News Articles
Wednesday4th Feb 2026
News No, GTA 6 PS5 Physical Copies Won't Be Delayed
"That's not the plan"
One rumour floating around in relation to GTA 6 is that physical copies of the PS5 title will not arrive until 2027 in order to avoid leaks prior to release. That claim has now been debunked by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: "That's not the plan," he said in a new interview with Variety. As part of today's financial call, the...
News GTA 6 on Course for November 2026 Launch, Marketing Starts in Summer
At least that's what's being said
The proof will be in the pudding, but Take-Two and Rockstar Games have reaffirmed their intentions to release GTA 6 in November 2026, as part of the company's latest financial call. In a press release (via IGN), Take-Two states: "Our execution throughout Fiscal 2026 has been extraordinary and we are highly...
Thursday29th Jan 2026
News GTA 6 Fans Reportedly Attempted Using Drones, Fake IDs to Get a Glimpse at Rockstar's Game
Extreme measures
Rockstar Games is on the approach to launching GTA 6, the most hotly anticipated game since, well, GTA 5, probably. While there are still several months to go, the open world action game has been in development for a very long time, and the studio has been predictably closed off, only releasing two trailers and a handful of stills...
Monday26th Jan 2026
Rumour GTA 6 Might Not Launch Physically at First to Avoid Leaks
Could be digital only for a while
The question on everybody's lips right now is whether Grand Theft Auto 6 really will launch on 19th November, 2026, or if it'll be delayed again. Here's another question, though — how will it launch? One would presume, for a game of this magnitude, a simultaneous physical and digital release would be appropriate...
Monday19th Jan 2026
News GTA 6 Dev Rockstar North 'Open and Operational' Following Reports of Explosion
"Everyone is well"
Rockstar North, the Scottish game studio spearheading the development of Grand Theft Auto 6, has reportedly suffered an explosion. According to Edinburgh Live, police and fire and rescue teams were in attendance for several hours after the initial call, and have cordoned off the street while they carry out their investigations...
News GTA 6 Fan May Have Already Played Rockstar's Latest, But It's a Very Sad Story
An exception in exceptional circumstances
A GTA 6 fan may have been granted permission by Rockstar to play the highly anticipated game prior to its 19th November release. But this story is particularly poignant because the player is terminally ill, and it’s unlikely they’ll live long enough to see launch day. According to various reports, a...
Thursday8th Jan 2026
News Sony May Be 'Planning Its Entire Calendar' Around GTA 6, Says Jason Schreier
Apparently it's still not "content complete"
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, one of the best-known journalists covering video games, has made some interesting comments on the status of Grand Theft Auto 6. Speaking on the Ringer-Verse podcast's gaming show Button Mash, Schreier is asked how confident he is in the game's current official release...
Wednesday10th Dec 2025
News 'Deeply Concerning': GTA Dev's Alleged Union Busting Has Now Reached the UK Prime Minister
Rockstar to be officially investigated
Rockstar Games has been in the news lately, not just because it's working on the biggest game on the horizon, GTA 6, but also because it abruptly fired tens of staff members. It's a move that those affected are claiming is union busting, and it's led to protests and pleas in a bid to reinstate th
Tuesday9th Dec 2025
News Fallout Star Ella Purnell Would Rather Play Concrete Genie Than GTA 6
"It's a lovely game"
Ella Purnell, star of the Fallout TV series, has touched on the subject of 2026's biggest upcoming game, Grand Theft Auto 6. In a video interview about the impending Fallout Season 2, Purnell and co-star Kyle MacLachlan are asked whether they'll be playing Rockstar's open world blockbuster. Purnell says that she'll "give it...
Thursday27th Nov 2025
News GTA 6 Gameplay 'Leaks' Are AI-Generated Nonsense, Creator Owns Up After Backlash
Trust nothing
The hype surrounding GTA 6 is off the charts, and with about a year to go until the game is out, that leaves plenty of time for shenanigans. Recently, new, "leaked" footage of the sandbox action title started appearing online, and quickly went viral, attracting millions of views on social media. These clips came from X user...
Monday10th Nov 2025
Random Last Week's GTA 6 Delay Made It All the Way to the Polish Government
Called a "huge scandal" by one MP
Updates surrounding the Grand Theft Auto series are one of the very few examples of video game news that can break into the mainstream, and last week's six-month delay to GTA 6 was no different. It was so impactful, in fact, that one Polish MP felt it was noteworthy enough to bring up in parliament. On the day of...
Friday7th Nov 2025
"Rockstar can't get away with this"
Rockstar management was underfire last week after sacking approximately 30-40 employees across its UK and Canadian offices. Labour leaders alleged that the firings were related to the staffers’ attempt to unionise, but the GTA giant has hit back at the claims. In a statement to Bloomberg, the firm said it took...
News GTA 6 Delayed Again, Pushed Back to November 2026
New release date of 19th November 2026
Rockstar Games has made the decision to delay GTA 6 for a second time, pushing the PS5, Xbox Series X|S game back to 19th November 2026. This is a six-month delay, with the game originally slated for a May 2026 release. In a social media statement, the studio said: "We are sorry for adding additional time to...
Wednesday1st Oct 2025
News Don't Be Like This GTA 6 'Fan' Who Flew to Scotland Just to Harass Rockstar Staff
Come on now
Grand Theft Auto 6 is due for release on 26th May, 2026, and it's quite comfortably the most hotly anticipated game of next year — probably of the PS5's whole lifespan, even. The fervour for new information, trailers, gameplay — basically anything — is off the charts, with hungry fans begging Rockstar at all opportunities for...
Tuesday16th Sep 2025
News 'The Largest Game Launch in History': Rockstar Hypes GTA 6, and Who's Going to Argue?
All eyes on May 2026
Will Grand Theft Auto 6 enjoy the biggest launch in video game history? Let's be honest, most would be surprised if it didn't — and Rockstar knows this all too well. In a fresh job advertisement — of all things — the developer straight up calls this "the largest game launch in history". Not many companies could make such...
Tuesday9th Sep 2025
News GTA 6 Delay Caused Celebrations at Ghost of Yotei Developer Sucker Punch
Phew
The big Grand Theft Auto 6 delay of May 2025 will have caused countless developers to breathe a heavy sigh of relief. Rockstar's ridiculously anticipated open worlder was pushed into May of 2026, leaving the rest of this year relatively open. Indeed, the threat of GTA 6 was so great that even Sony's own PlayStation Studios were sweating...
Wednesday13th Aug 2025
News Will GTA 6 Be Delayed Again? CEO Plays It Safe with His Answer
Walk the walk
Another delay to Grand Theft Auto 6 would cause many to completely lose their minds, but for what it's worth, Take-Two's CEO is fairly confident that the game's 26th May 2026 launch date will stick. In a recent interview with US news channel CNBC (as caught by Kotaku), the ever-talkative Strauss Zelnick was asked if he's sure of the...
Wednesday6th Aug 2025
News GTA 6 Might Require Age Verification, as GTA Online Checks Leak
Starting in the UK, potentially elsewhere
GTA 6 might make you pass an age verification check to access its PS5 online features, if a newly leaked update for the current GTA Online client is anything to go by. Posted online by Rockstar leaker Tez2, the multiplayer portion of GTA 5 will soon ask players to verify their age. Last week, the leaker...
Sunday20th Jul 2025
Rumour Sony Engineers Allegedly Helping Rockstar Achieve 60fps in GTA 6 on PS5 Pro
So the story goes
Social media is awash with speculation that Sony engineers are helping Rockstar to achieve 60fps in GTA 6 on PS5 Pro. In the hotly anticipated sequel’s most recent trailer, the footage was running at 30fps on a bog-standard PS5. But in a widely shared X (or
Wednesday14th May 2025
News GTA 6's New Release Date Raises Concerns It Might Slip Again Beyond May 2026
Will Rockstar hit its target?
Rockstar Games broke the internet this month when it revealed it would delay the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 until 2026. For some fans it’s been tough news to swallow, but Rockstar at least made up for this with a new trailer. So, will it make its new launch window? Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, who has a...
Monday12th May 2025
News GTA 6 Fans Debating Whether Trailer 2 Teases Bonus Liberty City Map
A license plate, a hat, and a bit of hope
As one of the biggest franchises in all of entertainment, the newest GTA 6 trailer has received an overwhelming amount of attention, and now fans are going through it with a fine-tooth comb to try and find hints and secrets for the full game. One theory that has come to the forefront is the idea that GTA 6...
News GTA 6 May Not Have Been in Dev As Long As You Think
But still pretty long
There’s a common school of thought that GTA 6 has been in development for approximately 12 years, since GTA 5 shipped in 2013. But a new video published by David O’Reilly, a former Rockstar North environment artist, suggests the project may not have entered full-scale production until 2018. In the video – where he...
Thursday8th May 2025
News GTA 6's New PS5 Trailer Attracted Almost Half a Billion Views in One Day
Bigger than your local Cluckin' Bell's list of hygiene violations
Need a reminder of how big GTA 6 is going to be? The game’s mind-blowing Trailer 2, which released roughly 12 hours ago, has already been watched over 45 million times on maker Rockstar’s official YouTube channel. This, of course, excludes mirrors on various other channels, like...
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There’s a sentiment among some fans that GTA 6’s recent trailer may simply be too good to be true. We’ve played some amazing looking software on the PS5 this generation, but Rockstar’s latest looks lightyears beyond practically everything else out there. It seems the legendary developer has heard your scepticism, and it’s moved to...
Wednesday7th May 2025
Random GTA 6's Jason and Lucia Have a Fake PS5 in Their Apartment
EXsorbeo strikes back
There are so many tiny details in the new GTA 6 trailer that you’re inevitably going to be inundated with painstakingly researched analysis videos for the next month. However, one thing that stuck out to us was the presence of a PS5-shaped system next to Jason and Lucia’s television. In the scene where Jason is watching a...
News GTA 6's PS5 Open World Looks Like Rockstar's Best Ever
City stories
No one does open worlds quite like Rockstar. If you go back and boot up GTA 5 right now, you’ll find its sandbox is denser and more dynamic than practically everything that’s followed since. And let’s not even get started on Red Dead Redemption 2, which is an extraordinary technical accomplishment. But it looks like GTA 6 will...
News GTA 6 Can Now Be Added to Your PS5 Wishlist
385 days to go
If you want to be prepared a whole year and 20 days ahead of time, you can now add GTA 6 to your PS Store wishlist. It has a concept page that allows you to wishlist the game in the absence of any pre-order details. Today saw Rockstar Games drop GTA 6 Trailer 2 along with a gigantic batch of official screenshots, all of which look...
Tuesday6th May 2025
News GTA 6's Trailer Was Captured on Standard PS5, Sony Likely Has Marketing Rights
Big
In a move that’s probably going to give PS5 the last blast of momentum it needs to top 100 million units, Sony looks like it has marketing rights to GTA 6. That shouldn’t be a huge surprise given PlayStation’s overwhelming popularity and historical allegiance with the Rockstar series, but it’s noteworthy because this is going to be a...
News Meet the Cast of GTA 6, PS5's Craziest Group of Criminal Misfits Yet
Never seen such a mad group of ne'er-do-wells
Rockstar has revealed the ragtag group of characters you’ll encounter in GTA 6, many of which you may have already glimpsed in the game’s jaw-dropping Trailer 2. We already knew about horny protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, of course, who are both hotter than the Leonida sun. But now...
News GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
Gorgeous Theft Auto
Rockstar's finally delivered a brand new trailer for GTA 6. Honestly, given the title's recent delay all the way into May 2026, we didn't think we'd be seeing anything of the game for a while — but here we are. The trailer's stuffed with your typical Rockstar style; a cinematic look at the characters and world, while giving...
