GTA 6 Was Supposed to Come Out Today, May 26 — and According to Rockstar's Official Twitter Account, It Still Does

“Grand Theft Auto VI is present acceptable to merchandise connected May 26, 2026.” That was the announcement Rockstar Games issued connected May 2, 2025, confirming a hold from the game’s archetypal autumn 2025 merchandise window. Today is May 26, and fans are marking the juncture with memes, jokes, and plentifulness of anticipation for a caller update.

Let’s commencement with the singular information that Rockstar Games’ existent pinned tweet, published connected May 6, 2025, is the GTA 6 Trailer 2 video, which includes the May 26, 2026 merchandise date. So yes, according to Rockstar Games’ authoritative X / Twitter account, GTA 6 is retired today.

GTA 6 is inactive coming retired May 26, 2026, according to Rockstar's pinned Twitter post.

“I'm gonna writer them for affectional damages and mendacious advertizing oregon something,” 1 instrumentality joked. “I’m playing it rn. I’m loving it truthful far…..(pls Rockstar springiness america thing 😭)” different said. “Oh, determination volition beryllium radical that volition beryllium calling oregon searching for this successful stores,” different predicted.

THAT WAS TODAY https://t.co/pww6Qc4ptj pic.twitter.com/5mQ7GE2mfL

All jokes aside, the pinned tweet highlights the agelong hold for immoderate benignant of authoritative update connected GTA 6, the astir anticipated video crippled of each time. Fans person struggled successful the 12 months since that Trailer 2 drop, coming up with progressively outlandish theories for merchandise day news, Trailer 3, and different signs of life. Officially, GTA 6 selling kicks disconnected this summer, which we’re not into yet. Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Rockstar genitor institution Take-Two, precocious reaffirmed the November 19, 2026 merchandise day successful an interrogation with IGN. So no, bash not expect immoderate quality today.

Still, that hasn’t stopped the net from having amusive to people the occasion, with galore wondering what it mightiness person been similar had GTA 6 really travel retired contiguous arsenic planned. I’ve seen everything from fake reappraisal people roundups to AI-generated snapshots of the beforehand leafage of YouTube, which is predicted to beryllium packed to bursting with GTA 6 connected the existent motorboat day. It is an understatement to accidental fans are excited.

The world is we’re present fractional a twelvemonth from GTA 6 coming retired (for existent this time), truthful we’ll person to stay diligent a small portion longer. Perhaps erstwhile Rockstar does merchandise thing caller connected GTA 6 — pre-orders, price, caller screenshots, thing — it volition yet unpin that Trailer 2 tweet.

While you hold to find out, we’ve got plentifulness much connected GTA 6 for you to read, including Zelnick’s comments connected whether GTA 6 adjacent needs a Trailer 3, his thoughts connected the existent console instal basal (GTA 6 isn’t coming retired connected PC astatine launch), and however GTA 6 is really delayed astir 18 months, not a year.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].