GTA 6 could wreak havoc on the 2026 game release schedule

That’s what multiple publishers told The Game Business in March last year, when Grand Theft Auto 6 was still expected to launch at some undefined point in 2025. They said they would delay (or move up) their games to avoid it, with the “safe zone” considered to be three to four weeks before or after GTA 6’s release date. It wasn’t just new releases that were affected; publishers said they would consider moving updates to live-service games, too.