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Writer Jokes, Concern, and a Lot of Memes — the Web Reacts to the GTA 6 Delay

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GTA 6 is delayed once more, this time from Might to November 2026. Maybe we must always have seen it coming. In spite of everything, aren’t all Rockstar video games delayed a number of occasions earlier than they ultimately come out and break gross sales data?

We’ve acquired loads of protection on the delay already, together with feedback from Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, who informed IGN in an interview he was “extremely assured” within the new launch date (I’m certain he’s mentioned that earlier than?). And, when you want a reminder, this is a whopping 89 particulars from GTA 6 Trailer 2.

However how has the web reacted to the GTA 6 delay? Followers are, as you’d count on, in tatters. And spare a thought for PC avid gamers, who now face the prospect of getting to attend to play GTA 6 in 2027 on the earliest. However online game publishers — some, publicly no less than — are having enjoyable with it, whereas some are expressing concern for any sport which may have earmarked a fall 2026 launch window. After which there are the memes. Plenty of memes.

Let’s begin with Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt, which took the chance to remind everybody that it as soon as promised no extra delays to Cyberpunk 2077, and look how that turned out when its sci-fi motion RPG got here out in December 2020. What CDPR is saying right here is belief in Rockstar to ship — it’s higher to delay the sport and guarantee it’s nice than launch it when it isn’t prepared.

Hotline Miami and Cult of the Lamb writer Devolver Digital, in the meantime, continued the bit by persevering with to vow (menace?) to launch a sport on the identical day GTA 6 comes out. Now it’s moved no matter sport it had in thoughts to GTA 6’s new launch date: November 19, 2026. Devolver received’t — can’t at this level — cease. It even cheekily requested Rockstar if it wanted assist getting GTA 6 out the door, tweeting: “DO YOU NEED A PUBLISHER TO GET THIS THING BACK ON TRACK? DMs are open. Our work on @BALLxPIT speaks for itself.” These scamps!

Talking extra critically, Christofer Sundberg, founding father of Liquid Swords and former boss of Simply Trigger developer Avalanche, referred to as the delay “a gravitational shift.” He continued: “When giants transfer, the bottom shakes. That’s not competitors. That’s alternative.”

This can be a remark about how publishers can be left scrambling to regulate their very own launch dates within the wake of GTA 6 transferring from Might to November. Some might be able to hit Might or thereabouts now GTA 6 has moved out of that window. Others already locked into fall 2026 might now be set for disaster talks. Will subsequent 12 months’s Name of Responsibility be okay, for instance? COD normally launches in November, so we’re doubtlessly set for a GTA 6 vs Name of Responsibility showdown in 2026. I do know what my cash’s on.

However the delay might even influence video games set to launch in 2027. John “Bucky” Buckley, Communications Director and Publishing Supervisor at Palworld developer Pocketpair, took to X / Twitter to say “count on to see many video games (particularly AAA ones) swerve to keep away from the 2027 awards season,” now GTA 6 is about for a November 19 launch, which places Rockstar’s sport outdoors the nominaton window for many sport awards in 2026. “Intentional or…?🤔” Bucky puzzled.

After which there are the memes. So many memes! Too many, after all, to suit right into a single article, however I wish to spotlight a BBC Sport Reside Report journalist who, whereas overlaying final evening’s spherical of soccer matches, dropped within the information of the GTA 6 delay.

Even Guinness World Data took a shot.

There are actually 376 days till GTA 6 comes out, with followers having to attend one other half a 12 months for what is anticipated to be the largest leisure launch of all time. What to do within the meantime? Play different video games! And there are lots of to select from. Hell, even GTA 5 is returning to PS Plus.

Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You’ll be able to attain Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].

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