Summary
Grand Theft Auto 6is one of the most highly anticipated games out there right now, and therefore, its release date has been the topic of much speculation among fans. Unfortunately, there is currently only an official window for the game’s launch, which went from the vague “2025” at the end of therecord-breaking reveal trailerto a slightly more narrowed down “Fall 2025” thanks to comments and documentation from publisher Take-Two Interactive.
Earlier this year,Rockstar asked all employees to return to the office five days a week starting in April for the “final stretch” of development, citing “security and productivity” as its main reason behind bringing development back in-house. The former of these reasons certainly makes sense considering the sheer number of leaks surrounding the title, which has had a huge amount of development videos shared online in 2023, and even thefirst trailer was uploaded early by Rockstardue to a leaked version being shared hours before the intended reveal, but this final push hopefully means Rockstar is on track to meet the intended Fall 2025 window.
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IMDb Briefly Showed An June 22, 2025 Release Date For GTA 6
But This Has Since Been Taken Down
Recently, some believed that despite Rockstar’s silence on the matter, the specific date may have beenstealth-dropped on IMDbas a screenshot was shared ofGrand Theft Auto6’s listing on the site being slated for August 21, 2025.While this would align with the Fall 2025 window, it is unlike a studio like Rockstar not to have an official release date announcement, potentially alongside another trailer for the game, especially with a title as high profile asGTA 6, and it should come as no surprise thatthe date has been removed fromIMDbas of the time of writing.
It should also be noted that while there are some checks in place,IMDb can be edited by anyone with an IMDb Pro account, and therefore, the listedGTA 6release date may not have come from an official source at all.Until there is an official announcement from Take-Two or Rockstar to confirm its accuracy, fans will just have to continue to speculate as to whether this was a legitimate accident or a troll looking to mess with the eager fanbase.
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How Does The Rumored GTA 6 Release Date Align With Past Titles?
It’s Not Too Far Off Most Releases In The Series
While the recentTake-Two Interactive earnings reportand Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick reiterated thatGTA 6is on track to be released in Fall 2025 in a conference with the company’s shareholders, stating that “momentum continues to build ahead of the launch,” this report also didn’t narrow it down further, which it likely could have done had the company been preparing for a release date announcement so soon after. It’s worth noting that several other titles were shown on the report with release windows, despite no previous launch date announcements.
Looking at pastGrand Theft Autorelease dates, the IMDb one would align nicely with the majority so far.Traditionally,Grand Theft Autogames have launched towards the end of the year, targeting Black Friday and Christmas sales with predominantly late October releases. However, recent entries such asGrand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars,and Grand Theft Auto 5have deviated from this, with the former releasing in April 2008,Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Warsreleasing in March 2009, and the latter a month earlier than usual, in September 2023.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2025
Therefore,there’s a possibility that an August 11, 2025, release date forGrand Theft Auto 6could be accurate, as it would align strongly with the series' past practices, even though it falls on a Monday likeGrand Theft Auto 3andGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and not a Tuesday like the majority of other games in the series. Regardless, such a date would certainly target a major shopping window as people will likely flock to purchase the game as a gift for the holidays, even though it seems inevitable that it will sell extremely well regardless, based on the sheer hype for the title and past games in the franchise’s impressive sales.
Alternatively, it’s possible that if the release date shared to IMDb was uploaded by someone who isn’t part of Take-Two Interactive or Rockstar,they might have looked at past release dates in the series in a bid to make it seem more credible when aligning it with the more official statementssurrounding the launch window. Unfortunately, until the announcement comes directly from either Rockstar or Take-Two, any release date rumors regardingGrand Theft Auto 6should be taken with a massive pinch of salt, and it seems unlikely that the company will have such a reveal without another trailer to accompany it, especially with the success of the first one.
Grand Theft Auto 6
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