GTA 6 LIVE: Official release date update imminent

Red Dead Online update

Away from Grand Theft Auto for a moment, Rockstar Games has shared the monthly update for Red Dead Online.

An update from Rockstar said: "November brings an increasing chill and the bounty of Thanksgiving to the frontier. Prepare for the holiday feast by hunting for turkeys and other wildlife, making plenty selling Perfect Carcasses, completing Trader Sales and more in Red Dead Online.

"In the spirit of Thanksgiving generosity, all Saloons are offering free food, drink and provisions from 25 November through 1 December. Persistent Posse Setup Fees are also waived, so rustle up some friendly faces and mosey up to the bar."

Read the full link on Rockstar's newswire by clicking the link here.

Could this clear the way for an announcement on GTA 6? We shall see...

Announcement speculation

Redditors in the GTA 6 Subreddit have been giving their thoughts on speculation there could be an announcement from Rockstar Games about the upcoming game today.

Klutzy_Reindeer608 posted a screenshot of claims there could be an announcement with the caption: "What do you guys think?"

And others have been sharing their thoughts in the comments.

Conscious_Register75 said: "Rockstar just needs to put 100 per cent focus and power on GTA 6 and f*** GTA 5 and RDR2."

ToppleToes said: "People in the comments saying they don't care etc. Like this is the time we should be excited and hyped about announcements. The game is just six months away and after that we won't get to live this experience again for at least 10 years."

1stvedant said: "Trailer 3 today."

SonicTheHedgehog99 said: "I'm not getting my hopes up."

brian_vill said: "Let's be honest, if we are anticipating it then it's not happening. They're gonna drop trailer 3 on a random day in December or January."

Reaction to GTA 6 PS Store page update

Redditors in the GTA 6 Subreddit have been reacting to the GTA 6 PS Store page being updated.

ZOoNeR_ said: "Could mean something, could mean nothing 🤷"

Emotional_Site_7952 said: "Doesn't look like trailer 3 tho."

Johnny0230 said: "The creators are well aware that fans scrutinise every single detail, I imagine. It wouldn't be the first time they've gone to the trouble of checking out every hidden corner of the posters. Trailer and pre-orders coming soon?"

ricoimf said: "I think today is the day."

Nicholas7907 said: "It's new but it should be a surprise to see GTA+ as a part of new Online coming with GTA 6."

GTA 6 PS Store page updated

GTA 6's PS Store page has been updated with an advert for Rockstar Games' GTA+ subscription service.

After it was first spotted on Reddit, @videotechuk_ posted on X / Twitter: "Probably means nothing but a GTA+ ad was placed at the GTA 6 store page. Timing is weird though, that's all I'll say. Could literally be nothing tho."

Brilliant GTA Online mod goes viral

We had to share this - Blurbs, an ex-software engineer turned creator who regularly streams content of and makes mods for Rockstar games, has brilliantly "modded insurance fraud into GTA 5".

Whenever Blurbs is in a car and a pedestrian collides with his vehicle, with pedestrians going out of their way to dive in front of him, the game cuts to a trial where the paperwork and trial itself are entirely scripted by his Twitch Chat.

And the results are hilariously chaotic.

Ridiculous incident report questions include "s**g marry avoid Trevor Philips, Arthur Morgan and Lester" and "weight divided by seven rounded to the nearest 10th".

The pedestrians state the effect the collision has had on them in a courtroom with a judge giving their thoughts on the case, alongside a jury who brilliantly comment.

There's even a shark as a jury member later on in the video. It's simply brilliant.

GTA 6 release date on track claims dataminer, hints at previews

Renowned GTA and Rockstar Games dataminer Tez2 claims fans should not worry about delays and hinted that previews could actually be on the way soon.

On a GTA Forums post, Tez2 said: "Instead of worrying about delays, some of you better start translating once the French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese etc previews drop."

The game's release date remains scheduled for 26 May 2026 at the time of writing.

ICYMI: Official release date update imminent

Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two is hosting an earnings call this week and that means there will be an update on GTA 6.

Every quarter, Take-Two hosts an earnings call to give shareholders and stakeholders an update on the performance of the company to drive interest and investment and the next one is scheduled for Thursday (6 November) at 9.30pm GMT / 4.30pm ET / 1.30pm PT.

Usually, announcements are made by Rockstar ahead of such earnings calls if anything has changed - for example, the studio announced the GTA 6 delay and shared trailer 2 and new screenshots before a scheduled earnings call in May earlier this year.

So news could be shared before Thursday.

If not, since GTA 6 trailer 1 released in December 2023, there has been at the very least a mention in every call about the release date of the most anticipated game of all time.

So either way, there will be news about GTA 6, even if it's just the release date currently remains on track around six months ahead of its release.

As always, indy100 will be covering all things GTA 6 live and the earnings call itself, so stay tuned for all the very latest as it happens.

Lester actor 'confirms' how long Rockstar has been working on GTA 6

Jay Klaitz, who plays Lester in GTA 5 and GTA Online, has seemingly confirmed how long Rockstar Games has been working on GTA 6.

Speaking to The Escapist, when asked if GTA 6 deserves to be the first $100 game, he said: "Yeah dude. I mean, GTA 5 was so heavy on the mocap. I assume that GTA 6 will be the same way and these games take so long to make.

"Years and years and years. It's not like they've just been hanging out, chilling and then just started doing the work last year.

"They finished GTA 5 and then started on GTA 6 more or less immediately thereafter."

Dan Houser thinks GTA 6 launch will be even bigger than GTA 5

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser said he thinks GTA 6 will have a much bigger launch than GTA 5, which is currently the game with the highest grossing launch ever, generating $800m in its first 24 hours and more than $1billion in its first three days.

Speaking with Lex Fridman, when asked if GTA 6 will have a bigger launch, Houser said: "I assume it will because it's so anticipated and anticipation is the best driver of early sales as we saw with GTA 4 compared to Red Dead Redemption 1.

"So I assume it will sell really well. That was never my definition of success but you certainly wanted to make money."

When asked why there's so much anticipation around Grand Theft Auto titles, Houser added: "Because they don't come out that regularly and I think [when Houser was at Rockstar] we did a really good job of innovating within what the IP was."

Official release date update imminent

Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two is hosting an earnings call this week and that means there will be an update on GTA 6.

Every quarter, Take-Two hosts an earnings call to give shareholders and stakeholders an update on the performance of the company to drive interest and investment and the next one is scheduled for Thursday (6 November) at 9.30pm GMT / 4.30pm ET / 1.30pm PT.

Usually, announcements are made by Rockstar ahead of such earnings calls if anything has changed - for example, the studio announced the GTA 6 delay and shared trailer 2 and new screenshots before a scheduled earnings call in May earlier this year.

So news could be shared before Thursday.

If not, since GTA 6 trailer 1 released in December 2023, there has been at the very least a mention in every call about the release date of the most anticipated game of all time.

So either way, there will be news about GTA 6, even if it's just the release date currently remains on track around six months ahead of its release.

As always, indy100 will be covering all things GTA 6 live and the earnings call itself, so stay tuned for all the very latest as it happens.