GTA 6 was supposed to be 2025’s GOTY — here’s what happened instead

This wasn’t the original plan. We were supposed to be playing Grand Theft Auto 6 right now, ripping through Vice City on a sun-drenched Bonnie-and-Clyde-style crime spree. GTA 6’s first trailer promised back in December 2023 that we’d get the long-awaited follow-up to Grand Theft Auto 5 sometime in 2025.