According to reports, Grand Theft Auto VI‘s release being pushed back to November is set to cost Rockstar around $60 million in development costs. What has been the series of setbacks? The most anticipated game of the decade will be facing more challenges in its release, which is now set for November 19, 2026.
While there is no clear indication of why Rockstar has pushed the release back for another 6 months, reports suggest that this time will be utilised by the developers to fix all bugs to avoid a “Cyberpunk” situation on release, and the development of the main content is complete. Given that this has been the most ambitious project by them, Rockstar would very much like to have the game running without issues at launch.
“I got a number from a developer on this, and they think this is going to cost Take-Two $10 million a month extra now. So, we’re talking an extra $60 million,” said Tom Henderson on Insider Gaming’s November 8 podcast. “I imagine you’re close to $100 million.”
This $60 million excludes Rockstar’s operational expenses, which can add a figure just north of $100 million on top of an already head-turning $2 billion development cost, as indicated by Henderson.
Despite Take-Two previously asserting that the game would not be delayed beyond May 2026, Henderson believed that the deadline did not “make sense”, which he never spoke out about officially. Now that we have another official release date, only time will tell if Rockstar can stand firm on this.