GTA 6 LIVE: Next official announcement date revealed

'My sleep will not exist'

A Redditor posted a screenshot in the GTA 6 Subreddit of an account asking on social media: "How many hours will you put into GTA 6 on day one?"

Ghost-428 titled the post: "My sleep will not exist."

And there have been some brilliant reactions in the comments.

jp_2101_gtx said: "Depends on the time. Downloading the game will take a while. When it finishes around or after midnight, I will wait for the next day to really enjoy it without being tired. But then it'll be 16 hours for sure."

mxforest said: "Two consoles with two hands. Different protagonist on each so 48hrs playtime on Day 1."

SeanFountain said: "First sesh will be at least twelve hours ✅"

Next Take-Two earnings call reaction

In the GTA 6 Subreddit, Redditors have been reacting to Take-Two announcing the date of its next earnings call, which is Tuesday 3 February.

Bright_Sir_8783 said: "The May conference is the most important because that's when we'll find out if it's delayed or not."

RDR2Enjoyerr said: "I think the only 'news' we'll get is that Rockstar is certain it'll hit the release date and that the expected sales figures are high and other capitalist jargon that doesn't mean anything to us. I hope the next earnings call might lead to something."

Defiant-Conflict2556 said: "Oh the 'Rockstar seems confident with its release date' event."

kristaintoth said: "Zero chance for screenshots, don't get your hopes up. We are not getting anything before May."

Filipegames2334 said: "Don't worry, in May they'll postpone it to 2027 lol."

Next official announcement date revealed

Take-Two, Rockstar Games' parent company, has revealed the date of its next earnings call and thus the latest date there will be an update on GTA 6.

The company's portfolio of studios, which also includes 2K, have a history of making announcements about their upcoming titles around the time of these calls to drive interest and investment in the company.

Just before the last earning call in November, Rockstar Games announced GTA 6 was delayed to 19 November 2026.

And the next one will be on Tuesday 3 February at 9.30pm GMT (4.30pm ET / 1.30pm PT).

At the very least, Take-Two will confirm if the rescheduled release date for GTA 6 remains on track or not.

Rockstar might release trailer 3, new screenshots, fresh artwork or open pre-orders too but this is speculation.

Insider's release date delay verdict has not convinced fans

Renowned gaming industry insider Tom Henderson predicting GTA 6 will release this year has failed to convince fans this will be the case.

Henderson said on the latest episode of Insider Gaming Weekly: "I think Rockstar is confident enough now it will release this year."

However this comes after a poll from YouTuber DarkViperAU found 80 per cent of 304k votes think GTA 6 could be delayed for a third time.

Henderson's comments were reposted into the GTA 6 Subreddit and fans are skeptical about the prediction.

OkCalligrapher7721 said: "I'll believe it when I'm playing it."

Captain-Doge958 said: "Then May 2026 comes around. 'Hi everyone...'"

FlintBeastgood said: "When a date is solidified it will become available for pre-order on consoles. I don't care about speculation."

Slyzxx78 said: "I don't believe anything, we haven't gotten trailer 3, any news, no drips."

But some are more hopeful.

deep_fried_cheese said: "I trust Tom because he predicted the delays but Rockstar said this last time."

ChaoticKiwiNZ said: "The game won't get delayed again. Rockstar knows it would be testing the patience of the player base and their investors. Too many delays will shake the confidence of their investors and then investors will end up asking questions and making demands (this is basically what happened with Cyberpunk 2077). GTA 6 will be released this year, I'm confident in that. What will most likely happen is Rockstar devs will be made to crunch like mad to make the new release date work."

ICYMI: Release date delay verdict revealed by insider

Renowned gaming industry insider Tom Henderson has given an encouraging prediction on if GTA 6 will release on 19 November 2026 or if it will be delayed for a third time.

Henderson said on the latest episode of Insider Gaming Weekly: "I think Rockstar is confident enough now it will release this year."

Mike Straw also appeared on the podcast and gave his verdict on GTA 6 pricing.

"I think $80," he said. "There will be a $100, there will be a $130 version but I think the base game will be $80. There will be a $300 collector's edition, we know that they're going to do something."

Both Henderson and Straw made it clear these are predictions and not reports.

Brand new Red Dead Redemption 2 mystery found seven years on has gamers completely stumped

Away from the world of GTA for a moment, Rockstar Games may have released Red Dead Redemption 2 more than seven years ago but it still continues to surprise players as they uncover new features.

The latest is a mystery of a spider web that has completely stumped gamers who are eagerly trying to work out what it's all about.

Read the full story here.

GTA 7 location 'revealed' by former Rockstar dev

While we're still waiting for the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, which if all goes to plan will finally be available on 19 November 2026, a former Rockstar Games developer has already given his verdict on the settings of future GTA games.

And it's not that surprising in the slightest.

The vast majority of GTA games take place in fictional versions of real-life US locations - think Liberty City with New York City and Los Santos with Los Angeles. GTA 6 will be set in Leonida, a fictional take on Florida, including Vice City with Miami.

The only exception to this is GTA: London but that released in 1999 and every single GTA since then, including all the 3D and HD titles, has been set in fictional versions of the US.

And Obbe Vermeij, who spent 14 years at Rockstar as a technical director, working on Grand Theft Auto projects such as Vice City, San Andreas and IV before leaving in 2009, predicts that trend is highly likely to continue beyond GTA 6, reports GamesHub.

Read the full story here.

Updated GTA 6 speculative map

A new version of GTA 6's Mapping Project has released and the biggest change is that the panhandle has been removed.

The Mapping Project is an online community that's piecing together the speculated in-game map in GTA 6 using co-ordinates from the official information Rockstar Games has posted so far, along with that from leaks and widespread speculation.

The community did this with the GTA 5 map and got it 90 per cent accurate by the time the game launched.

Previous versions of the map speculated that Leonida would feature a panhandle like Florida however this has now been removed.

Other changes include to Port Gellhorn and The Keys with a number of tweaks to other areas too.

Release date delay verdict revealed by insider

Renowned gaming industry insider Tom Henderson has given an encouraging prediction on if GTA 6 will release on 19 November 2026 or if it will be delayed for a third time.

Henderson said on the latest episode of Insider Gaming Weekly: "I think Rockstar is confident enough now it will release this year."

Mike Straw also appeared on the podcast and gave his verdict on GTA 6 pricing.

"I think $80," he said. "There will be a $100, there will be a $130 version but I think the base game will be $80. There will be a $300 collector's edition, we know that they're going to do something."

Both Henderson and Straw made it clear these are predictions and not reports.

Former Rockstar developer's verdict on GTA 6 release date

Mike York, a former Rockstar Games and GTA 5 animator, recently told Esports Insider he thinks the game will release on 19 November 2026 as planned and warned if it doesn't, people will stop caring about it.

"If I know Rockstar Games, and I know the guys over there, one of the reasons for the delay in releasing GTA 6 is because they're trying to make it look as best as it can possibly be," he said.

"They're polishing stuff. I don't think they're completely finished with the game, given how much is on the line and how big everyone's expectations are for it.

"They're trying to hit those expectations. Internally they might not have hit those expectations yet, they will be saying we can't release it yet as we need to make it better.

"I think the game will be released in November 2026 as it's a good time for the game to come out for Rockstar for multiple reasons to sell video games. If you want to sell a big amount of video games then that's the perfect time for GTA 6 to come out with it being a month before Christmas.

"It gives people the perfect amount of time to order the game before Christmas. I think GTA 6 will be ready for release in November, usually companies only delay these things once or twice when they need to, so I think it will come out around that time."

York also said Rockstar cannot afford to delay GTA 6 any further because it runs the risk of killing some of the hype around it.

He said: "It's definitely in Rockstar's interests to hit its scheduled November 2026 release date target and get the game out to avoid the hype dying down. There's a point to where you delay something so much that you start to make people angry."

Reaction to third release date delay being feared by vast majority of gamers

Redditors in the GTA 6 Subreddit have been reacting to YouTuber DarkViperAU's poll revealing 80 per cent of 302k votes believe the game will be delayed again.

MisunderstoodBadger1 said: "A mixture of pessimism, memes, setting lower expectations."

Str33tJustus said: "Expect the worst and hope for the best."

Least_Stand_2707 said: "If they delay it to 2027 then people will start saying they'll delay into 2028."

surplus_steve said: "It's simple. Most of us have no confidence in Rockstar to deliver on time."

darkfaro said: "I just don't care anymore to be honest there are a lot of good games coming in 2026 so we are good."

Third release date delay feared by vast majority of gamers

A vast majority of gamers are fearful that Rockstar Games may delay GTA 6 beyond its 19 November 2026 release date.

The game was due to release in Autumn 2025 before Rockstar postponed it to 26 May 2026 and then again to 19 November 2026.

YouTuber DarkViperAU posted a poll on his YouTube channel asking people if they think GTA 6 will release as planned on 19 November 2026 or it will be delayed yet again.

At the time of writing, there have been 302k votes and 80 per cent think the game will be delayed for a third time.