Following the delay of Grand Theft Auto 6 to November 2026, Take-Two Interactive's stock on the NASDAQ stock exchange took a nosedive during after-hours trading, resulting in a loss of nearly 10% for the company. While Take-Two's stock began climbing back up slightly, the hit happened within minutes of the Grand Theft Auto 6 delay announcement on social media by Rockstar Games.
It's no secret that GTA 6 has had a tumultuous development cycle, as the game had already been delayed a few times before the November 6 announcement. GTA 6 will take place in Vice City, a Miami-based metropolis that first appeared in 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as players experience the criminal escapades of protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. During Take-Two Interactive's Q2 2026 financial results meeting, Rockstar Games confirmed that GTA 6 would be delayed to November 19, 2026. The developer clarified that this would allow for more development time and some extra polish on the final product.
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Take-Two Interactive Stocks Down Nearly 10% Following GTA 6 Delay
With Rockstar Games no longer committing to its May 26 launch window for GTA 6, its parent company is now facing some financial headwinds on Wall Street. According to the NASDAQ market reports, Take-Two Interactive, Inc. (TTWO) common stock dropped by around 10%, from $252.50 a share to as low as $219.87, immediately after GTA 6's delay was confirmed. The stock price drop happened at 4:06 PM Eastern, exactly one minute after Rockstar Games posted about the delay on social media. The stock drop also happened during after-hours trading, as the stock exchange closed for the day at 4:00 PM Eastern.
Since the drop, Take-Two's stock has slightly gone back up to $234.88 as of this writing, but still remains down by 17.52 points, or 6.94%, from the previous close. For comparison, the stock of Take-Two Interactive hit a high of $258.10 a share on September 26, which then increased to $262.29 on October 20. With GTA 6 now pushed back to the latter months of 2026, Take-Two's stock has tumbled by a margin of $42.42 between its highest and lowest points in a one-month span.
Despite the stock hit and the six-month release delay, Grand Theft Auto 6 remains one of 2026's most anticipated games. Although the latest move back is a major difference from the previously established launch window, only time will tell how many adjustments Rockstar Games will make to GTA 6 before its anticipated arrival late next year.
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.
- Prequel(s)
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 19, 2026
- PS5 Release Date
- November 19, 2026
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
