GTA 6 Release Date Rumors

By Punit Raj Gautam 

There is a rumor floating around the internet that Grand Theft Auto (GTA 6) could be released in 2018.

Sticking to the five-year cycle-->

In between GTA IV and GTA V, there was a five year waiting period. That seems to be the whole basis of this rumor. If GTA IV was 2008, and GTA V was 2013, then it follows that GTA 6 must be in 2018..

Sounds like a like a child completing a ‘what’s the next number in the sequence puzzle

GTA V was the last version, so people have naturally looked at that time difference, but GTA III was released in 2001, and if my elementary math is what it once was after years of abuse, that means the gap between that and GTA IV was seven years.

Seven years, that would put the schedule for the latest game back to 2020. Although we should note in that seven-year period, there was GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas.

Back when it was a two dimensional world, new versions were released every two years, but as we are already at three years since the last version, we can let that one go…

My prediction is that it will be ready when it is ready. If Rockstar (the producers and distributors) need more time, they need more time. Following the huge commercial and critical success of GTA V, they won’t want to release a dud which could taint a legacy.

GTA 6 Timed to be released with new console?

Also, a lot of these big releases are coincided with other events. When a new console is launching, the developers love to overlap this with the release of a popular new game. GTA certainly fits that bill, and both Sony and Microsoft are rumored to be releasing a new console around then.

Some form of tie-in would make perfect sense, as both would benefit from the others success and publicity. Sony have the PS5 and Microsoft have the Xbox 2, both of which are expected to be available somewhere between late 2017 and 2019. We will see, but there is plenty of smart money going on a dual, console and game, launch.