{"id":87649,"date":"2026-05-18T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bisedoshqip.de\/gta-6-about-18-months-behind-the-original-date-take-two-boss-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:15:51","slug":"gta-6-about-18-months-behind-the-original-date-take-two-boss-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bisedoshqip.de\/sq\/gta-6-about-18-months-behind-the-original-date-take-two-boss-says\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 &#8216;About 18 Months Behind the Original Date,&#8217; Take-Two Boss Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto-vi\">GTA 6<\/a> is due out November 19, 2026, but as we all know it\u2019s suffered a number of delays. It was officially announced for a fall 2025 release, but was then delayed to May 2026, and then, again officially, to this November. But in a new interview, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick suggested GTA 6 was internally targeting an even earlier release window \u2014 around spring 2025 \u2014 before it was announced for fall 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1ZgUcrR0K7I?si=C9amxKgzBkibuJEq\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to David Senra in a new video interview about his career<\/a>, Zelnick said GTA 6 was \u201cabout 18 months behind the original date\u2026 not much more than that.\u201d That suggests the original plan, even if it wasn\u2019t announced publicly, was to have GTA 6 out spring 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Assuming that\u2019s correct, GTA 6 is significantly behind schedule, but Zelnick has gone on the record to say he\u2019s keen to give developer Rockstar Games everything it needs to achieve \u201cperfection.\u201d And there is of course pressure on the game to deliver just that and break every sales record going.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">GTA 6 Real Dimez Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/strauss-zelnick-take-two-ceo-grand-theft-auto-gta-6-2026-5\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Business Insider<\/u><\/a> reported that Take-Two is estimated to have spent $1-1.5 billion so far on GTA 6. In an interview with the publication, Zelnick wouldn\u2019t say how much exactly, but did admit \u201cit was expensive.\u201d To put GTA 6 into context, most of the triple-A video game budgets that make headlines do so for being in the hundreds of millions of dollars range. <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/marathon-reportedly-had-a-budget-of-over-200-million-and-while-the-pressure-is-on-bungie-to-gain-more-players-it-is-not-facing-an-imminent-concord-style-shutdown\"><u>Bungie&#8217;s recently released extraction shooter reportedly had a budget of over $250 million<\/u><\/a>, for example. Last year, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/call-of-dutys-astronomical-development-budgets-revealed-activision-pumped-700-million-into-black-ops-cold-war-alone\"><u>the astronomical development budgets of the Call of Duty games were revealed for the first time<\/u><\/a> after a court document confirmed Activision pumped $700 million into <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war\"><u>Black Ops Cold War<\/u><\/a> alone, although that was over the shooter&#8217;s life cycle. GTA 6, clearly, surpasses them all.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Given the expectation that GTA 6 will be the biggest entertainment launch of all time, it comes as no surprise to hear of astronomical development costs for Rockstar\u2019s game. And it has been in the works for some time; according to Business Insider, some of the thousands of staff at Rockstar have been working on GTA 6 for over a decade now. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-04\/take-two-ceo-says-grand-theft-auto-vi-expectations-are-terrifying\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Bloomberg<\/u><\/a>, Zelnick said development costs have risen over the years, but Take-Two tries to give its teams \u201cunlimited financial, creative human resources and then they aim to deliver perfection.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Zelnick has said GTA 6 marketing will kick into gear in the summer, ahead of the planned November release date. Fans are anxiously awaiting the release of Trailer 3, as well as the launch of preorders, and there are <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/gta-6-fans-go-into-overdrive-once-again-amid-potential-leaked-pre-order-date-and-more-trailer-3-rumors\">all sorts<\/a> of <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/gta-6-fan-spends-3-months-charting-the-planetary-positions-for-every-rockstar-trailer-drop-since-2007-to-predict-trailer-3-release-date\">theories<\/a> doing the rounds that will no doubt turn out to be nonsense. Such is the intense scrutiny GTA 6 is under, that even the innocuous becomes the big online talking point.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Zelnick, though, sounds pretty confident. In the interview with Senra, he said that \u201cmost people believe\u201d GTA is the most valuable entertainment IP ever created, and while he wouldn\u2019t say how much money the series has made over time, he did say, with a smile, \u201cit\u2019s a lot.\u201d GTA 6 will surely be no different.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And Zelnick sounds really, really confident that GTA 6 won&#8217;t be delayed yet again and will actually come out on November 19. He was asked how he deals with not knowing when the game will come out, given his committment to giving the developers all the time they need, and he replied, firmly: &#8220;November 19th, I do know. It\u2019s been announced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. 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