Next year will mark a decade since the release of the last GTA major title, and we are nowhere close to GTA 6’s official announcement. But thanks to recent announcements and speculations, then we can get a fair estimate of the potential GTA 6 release date. Even though there is no way to be sure, we can try out best to answer the ever-brewing question of when is GTA 6 coming out. And it might be further away than you are expecting. Let’s find out how!
At the moment, there is no official release date for Grand Theft Auto VI. But based on several patterns and leaks, we have narrowed down the speculations. Use the table below to understand how we reached the conclusion or simply skip to the potential release date.
- Rockstar Games Release TimelineWhen Does GTA 6 Come OutGTA 6 Might Release on TuesdayPotential GTA 6 Release Delay by Massive LeakMicrosoft Expects GTA 6 Release in 2024
Rockstar Games Release Timeline
To get a realistic idea of GTA 6’s release date, let’s go over the release dates of other major gaming titles by Rockstar Games.
TitleRelease DateGrand Theft Auto IIIOctober 22, 2001Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityOctober 29, 2002Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasOctober 26, 2004Grand Theft Auto IVApril 29, 2008GTA IV PCDecember 2, 2008Grand Theft Auto VSeptember 17, 2013GTA V PCNovember 18, 2014Red Dead Redemption 2October 26, 2018RDR 2 PCNovember 5, 2019GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive EditionNovember 11, 2021
At the moment, the most reliable idea of GTA VI’s release date we have is from Chris Klippel, a popular GTA leaker. Back in March, Klippel claimed that GTA 6 won’t release before the last months of 2024. This was later backed by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier in a separate Twitter thread, who expects a release date of late 2024 or early 2025.
Since the release of GTA Vice City, every GTA title has been released on a Tuesday. There is no reason to break the pattern with GTA 6 as well. Moreover, as reported in our overall GTA 6 guide, the game is supposedly based on Vice City. One of the most important Tuesdays of 2024 is the 22nd anniversary of GTA Vice City. But again, there is no way to know if that event can lead to a specific release date or just an unrelated announcement.
On September 18th, 2022, a leaker posted 90+ videos and lines from the source code of GTA 6. This huge GTA 6 leak is highly devastating to the game developer and investors. Even though leaks hype up the game among the players, they can also end up delaying their release by a good few months or a year or two.
Microsoft Expects GTA 6 Release in 2024
In a recent response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the company mentioned the release window of GTA 6. They brought up the success of Take-Two Interactive and others to clarify that Microsoft’s takeover of Activision won’t affect the competition.
