Sucker Punch director Nate Fox has revealed that the day Rockstar confirmed GTA 6 was delayed till 2026 was a “nice” one for the Ghost of Yotei crew.
Grand Theft Auto 6 was due out in fall 2025, however over the summer time, Rockstar confirmed a delay to Could 26, 2026, saying it wanted “this further time to ship on the degree of high quality [players] count on and deserve.” And whereas the delay could have been disappointing information for gamers determined to expertise a brand new GTA recreation, Sucker Punch was delighted that Rockstar’s upcoming recreation would not conflict with the October launch of Ghost of Yotei.
In an interview with MinnMax (thanks, GR+), co-creative director Fox stated the information resulted in a celebration, joking: “We’re all nonetheless hungover, multi-month hangover. That was an important day.”
Very like how the shadow-dropped announcement of Hole Knight: Silksong’s launch date of September 4, 2025, was a less-than-celebratory day for the builders of round 10 different video video games with present advertising plans to launch round that very same time, studios have additionally been shuffling launch schedules to make sure their titles do not bump up in opposition to GTA 6 and take in the time, cash, and curiosity of potential gamers.
As we summarized on the time, Hole Knight: Silksong’s debut affected the discharge of video games like Demonschool, Aeterna Lucis, Little Witch within the Woods, CloverPit, Megabonk, Child Steps, Faeland, Starbirds, and Moros Protocol. Even Stomp and the Sword of Miracles, an indie recreation with no launch date plans wherever in sight, elected to delay its Kickstarter launch and demo launch on account of Silksong.
Couple that uncertainty with Hole Knight: Silksong crashing Steam, the Nintendo eShop, and the digital shops on Xbox and PlayStation, we marvel how GTA 6 will influence the broader business, too.
Nigel Lowrie, co-founder of Devolver Digital, instructed IGN: “There are AAA video games after which there’s AAAA video games and I would argue that Grand Theft Auto is doubtlessly the AAAAA recreation, it is simply greater than anything each within the scope and scale of the sport and the form of cultural influence that it has and the eye it calls for.”
Adam Lieb, CEO of selling platform Gamesight, added: “I’d say that GTA for the final yr and a half has been part of virtually each dialog round launch dates I’ve heard.”
Not less than Ghost of Yotei’s launch date appears sure: October 2, 2025. The follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima, Yotei is about within the lands surrounding Mount Yotei, and takes place greater than 300 years after the occasions of the primary recreation.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with a number of the world’s greatest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.