When Will Grand Theft Auto 6 Be Released?

Rockstar’s first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer provided us with a vague release window for the highly anticipated game. So when will the GTA 6 release date drop? Here’s what we know right now.

In December, Rockstar released the first Grand Theft Auto VI teaser. It confirmed the game’s setting, supported platforms, and a release window that might be a little further away than some were expecting.

The GTA 6 release date will land in 2025 for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PlayStation 5. It doesn’t have a release date or even a release window for PC and the game won’t come to Xbox One or PS4.

So when in 2025 will GTA 5 arrive? Let’s take a look at every credible piece of information we’ve seen thus far.

According to the game’s publisher Take-Two, the game should arrive sometime between April 2024 and March 2025. The company says FY 2025 is a “highly anticipated year.”

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reiterated this stance in comments to VentureBeat. Zelnick says Take-Two is positioning its “business for a significant inflection point in fiscal 2025.”

He expects “record levels of operating performance” in fiscal 2025 which, again, stretches from April 2024 to March 2025.

In other words, Take-Two and Rockstar appear to be targeting the spring of 2025 for the GTA 6 release date. This also lines up with information from a notorious leaker.

Back in late 2023, Tez2, a well-known source for Grand Theft Auto news, claimed some “devs expect the release window” to come in 2025.

They believe a spring release is currently “expected” for the game, but that it could get pushed into the fall given what happened with Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5. Both titles were delayed beyond their original release windows.

A report from Kotaku, citing sources familiar with Rockstar’s plans, echoes this. The site says Rockstar is currently aiming for spring, but that a release in the fall seems “more plausible and feasible.”

Tez2 also claimed the game’s release for Windows would lag behind the release date for consoles. Rockstar didn’t mention the PC in the trailer or in any of its announcements so it looks like this will indeed be the case.

This has unfortunately become a trend in recent years and it wouldn’t be the first Grand Theft Auto to see a delayed release on Windows.

While GTA 5 was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on September 17th, 2013, but it didn’t arrive on Windows until April 14th, 2015.

For more about the GTA 6 release date for Windows, head over to our guide. And if you’re curious about GTA 6 pre-orders, head to our outlook for more.