'GTA 6' Achieves Gold Status and is Ready for Launch

In a conference call to reveal Take-Two's fiscal performance for the second quarter of fiscal year 2027, the company's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, revealed that GTA 6 It has achieved gold status, showing that the game is in its final stages of development.

“At this moment, Rockstar has completed the development of GTA 6,” said the executive. “They have done their best work so far,” he stated . With its gold status, the game is only fixing bugs and other minor issues before release.

In an interview with IGN after the conference, Zelnick also guaranteed that the game will not be delayed again. "It won't be delayed again," the executive replied emphatically.

Everything you need to know about GTA VI

Once again developed by Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto VI is the first GTA in thirteen years, following the astronomical success of GTA V, released in 2013. The franchise is one of the most successful in video game history.

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The story of GTA VI takes place in an open world based on Florida, in the United States. Its setting is Vice City, a fictional version of Miami that debuted in the first GTA and later got its own game with 2002’s GTA Vice City.

GTA VI arrives on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 19, 2026. A PC version has not yet been announced.