Summary
- The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer confirmed the Vice City setting and a new crime-filled storyline starring a Bonnie and Clyde-like couple in the fictional state of Leonida.
- Fans speculate about the GTA 6 release date, with one Reddit user theorizing it could be April 1, 2025, based on numbers on a GTA Online t-shirt.
- Some users are skeptical of the theory due to the April Fools' Day release date and formatting inconsistencies, but a release sometime in 2025 is expected by Rockstar Games.
There has been plenty of wild speculation about Grand Theft Auto 6, and one fan thinks they figured out the game’s exact release date based on a t-shirt. After years of rumors and unanswered questions, Rockstar finally gave eager gamers their first official look at Grand Theft Auto 6 with a new trailer earlier this month. This trailer confirmed that the game will be set in the popular Vice City for a new crime-filled storyline starring a Bonnie and Clyde-like couple looking to make a name for themselves in the fictional state of Leonida.
The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer still left much to be revealed in the future, including its eventual release date. All fans know officially is that Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch sometime in 2025, and there has been a lot of speculation about the exact day and month the next GTA will finally be released. Even before the highly-viewed GTA 6 trailer, fans were studying everything from Rockstar social media posts to the phases of the Moon for clues about the next entry’s street date.
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One particularly dedicated Reddit user by the handle of Cpyto_Man recently devised an elaborate new theory about Grand Theft Auto 6’s release date, revealing that they think the game could release on April 1, 2025. This theory is centered around a gray GTA Online avatar t-shirt that features a series of numbers running along the diamond in the center. Cpyto_Man thinks some of these could be connected to Grand Theft Auto 6, starting with the number “1252309” running along the upper right side. According to Cpyto_Man, this matches up with “12/5/23, 9 AM,” the original day and time that the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer was meant to be posted.
The second part of Cpyto_Man’s Grand Theft Auto 6 release date theory is based on the upper left side of the t-shirt pattern, which contains the number strand “040125.” This could be read as the date of April 1, 2025, which Cpyto_Man believes could be the release date for Grand Theft Auto 6. However, several users in the comment section of the Reddit post Cpyto_Man remain skeptical. For starters, the date in question is April Fools' Day - which isn’t exactly a day that a major game company like Rockstar would launch a highly anticipated title like Grand Theft Auto 6.
Additionally, some users have pointed out that the supposed hidden dates in Cpyto_Man’s theory aren’t formatted the same, with the “release date” containing zeroes for its single-digit numbers while the trailer date doesn’t. All that is known for sure is that Rockstar Games plans to release Grand Theft Auto 6 at some point in the year 2025, assuming the game doesn’t get delayed between now and then. In the meantime, fans will probably continue to devise interesting theories about the currently unknown release date for Grand Theft Auto 6.
OpenCritic Reviews
- Released
- November 19, 2026
- ESRB
- Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar Games
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.
Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
