Why are we excited for GTA 6? I know it’s going to be high quality, and while GTA 5’s story was mediocre (fight me), Red Dead Redemption 2 remains one of the best-written and performed games of all time, so sure, that’s plenty of reason to look forward to Rockstar’s next work – but what do we actually know about GTA 6?
I have plenty of hopes for GTA 6, and with RDR2 being one of my favourite video games, it makes sense to be interested in the studio’s next game – but ‘interested’ is where it ends, for me; at least until we get our hands on the game.
Now, with GTA 6 being delayed from a vague 2025 to May 26, 2026, I find myself quite happy with the decision.
2025 Will Be Just Fine Without You, GTA
Though many gamers will be upset with the news, while shareholders wipe away their tears with what few* dollar bills they still have, GTA moving to next year is honestly great news for games in 2025. Not only can everything else slated for 2025 breathe a little easier now (and I’m sure we’ll start seeing a lot of late-2025 release dates finally set in stone), but we also have a significant collection of incredible games this year already, with no more worry about being steamrolled by GTA when it comes to recognition and awards.
* ’Few’ as in ‘more than the GDP of a small country.’
-Already released games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, and the recent Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will all have the chance for their positive receptions to matter when end-of-year awards season arrives. Then we have more big names to come, like Doom: The Dark Ages, Death Stranding 2, and Ghost of Yotei. And then we have fresh standouts like South of Midnight, and indie hits like Blue Prince, alongside follow-ups to Untitled Goose Game and Getting Over It with Big Walk and Baby Steps.
Yeah, needless to say, this year is already a great year for games. The last thing it needs is for GTA to overshadow the remainder of it with mere presence alone. Let the games shine.
More Development Time Is Better Than Less
I know, it’s been long enough since the last GTA. The 13-year-olds who will be obsessively griefing us in GTA 6 Online would barely have been born when GTA 5 came around. But when one thing we can safely assume about Rockstar’s games is quality, then an extra bit of time is only going to help towards that.
In an industry plagued with crunch and mistreatment, seeing what is the biggest, most anticipated game of the generation being safely delayed to have the extra time it needs is refreshing. Even as the shareholders panic and whatever nonsense goes on with stocks in the meantime, the move was the right decision, and if nothing else, it makes me more excited for GTA 6 than I was before.
Now, Rockstar, please: don’t crunch in the lead-up to next May.
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