Publisher Take-Two said in a statement in connection with a quarterly report that it wants to give developer Rockstar Games "some additional time to complete the game with the level of refinement that players expect and deserve."
The game was originally scheduled to be released this fall, but was pushed back earlier this year to May of next year. Now that it's been delayed again - to November 19, 2026 - it means the cost of the game is going up.
"Grand Theft Auto VI," set in a fictional Miami, is expected to be one of the highest-grossing games to date. Its predecessor, "Grand Theft Auto V" from 2013, has sold over 220 million copies in various editions, making it the second best-selling game of all time after "Minecraft."
A total of 16 games have been released in the “GTA” series.
Take-Two's stock plunged 10 percent in after-hours trading on Wall Street following the announcement. It then recovered a couple of percentage points.
