Overview
- The release moves six months from the previously targeted May 26, 2026 date after an earlier shift from an initial 2025 window.
- Rockstar apologized to fans and said the added months will help deliver the expected polish, highlighting the Leonida setting and a return to modern-day Vice City.
- CEO Strauss Zelnick expressed confidence in the new timeline and noted the launch remains within the same fiscal year, though he stopped short of guaranteeing no further delay in one interview.
- Take-Two shares fell sharply following the announcement, with one report noting an intraday drop of about 8 percent.
- Reports of recent staff dismissals at Rockstar’s U.K. studios drew a union’s ‘union‑busting’ allegation that the company denies, and both Take‑Two and Rockstar said the firings are unrelated to the delay as fans continue unconfirmed Trailer 3 speculation tied to site changes and timing patterns.