If you’re wondering why publishers are refusing to commit to release dates for 2025, there’s one big reason: Grand Theft Auto VI. Rockstar Games’ highly anticipated game is currently planned for release in Fall 2025 and will most likely set sales records.

As a result, it feels natural that publishers are doing their best to stay away from GTA 6’s release window. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that several competing game publishers are holding out on announcing firm release dates for the fall to do their best to avoid competition with Grand Theft Auto VI. Like the rest of us (im)patiently waiting, they wonder if GTA VI, which has already missed several internal deadlines, will be delayed to 2026.

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This would be the second Grand Theft Auto game in a row that was delayed past its original release window; Grand Theft Auto V‘s was initially slated for an early 2013 release before being delayed four months to September 17th, 2013. “GTAV is a massively ambitious and complex game,” they said at the time, “and it simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and, more importantly, you require.” Many, included myself, are expecting them to say the same thing any day now about Grand Theft Auto VI.

Where Is The New Trailer For Grand Theft Auto VI

It’s been over a year since Rockstar Games debuted the world of Grand Theft Auto VI. Many fans are rightfully asking, “Where is the next trailer? When will we learn more about the game?”

Rockstar has always been a secretive company when it comes to revealing information about its games. According to one former Rockstar dev, this strategycan work in their favor. “Specifically Rockstar, they’re very secretive about what they do,” said Mike York, who worked on Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V. “This is a really cool tactic because it creates allure and it creates mystery and it creates people talking about it without them having to do anything.”

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We’ll learn more about Grand Theft Auto VI, including its release date, one day. On that day, expect publishers to plan their games around it, a tactic already employed by GTA VI publisher Take-Two with the upcoming release of Borderlands 4.