Rockstar Games history and GTAtimeline to GTA 6

Rockstar Games has released seven mainline Grand Theft Auto games since 1997, and GTA 6 will be the eighth, on November 19, 2026. Confirmed The last numbered game, GTA 5, came out on September 17, 2013, which is a 13-year gap. Confirmed

Where Rockstar came from

Wikipedia says Rockstar Games was set up in December 1998 and announced January 22, 1999, built on assets Take-Two bought from BMG Interactive in March 1998. Unconfirmed The original Grand Theft Auto, from 1997, was made by DMA Design, later Rockstar North. Unconfirmed Take-Two's annual report today describes Rockstar as its wholly owned label behind GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne and L.A. Noire. Confirmed

The GTA timeline

Game	First release	Launch platforms
Grand Theft Auto	1997	MS-DOS, Windows, PlayStation
Grand Theft Auto 2	October 22, 1999	PlayStation, Windows
Grand Theft Auto III	October 23, 2001 (North America)	PlayStation 2
Vice City	October 29, 2002 (North America)	PlayStation 2
San Andreas	October 26, 2004 (North America)	PlayStation 2
Grand Theft Auto IV	April 29, 2008	PS3, Xbox 360
Grand Theft Auto V	September 17, 2013	PS3, Xbox 360
Red Dead Redemption 2	October 26, 2018	PS4, Xbox One
Grand Theft Auto VI	November 19, 2026	PS5, Xbox Series X/S

Dates for older games come from Wikipedia and refer to first release; PC and Xbox versions of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas followed on later dates. Unconfirmed GTA 5 reached PS4 and Xbox One on November 18, 2014, Windows on April 14, 2015, and PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on March 15, 2022. Unconfirmed Red Dead Redemption 2 reached Windows in November 2019. Unconfirmed GTA 6's date and consoles come from Rockstar and Take-Two. Confirmed

Sales, from Take-Two

Take-Two's annual filing says GTA 5 has sold in over 225 million units and Red Dead Redemption 2 more than 80 million. Confirmed "Sold-in" means shipped to retailers, not necessarily bought by players. Later press has cited higher numbers, which we have not matched to a filing.

How it leads to GTA 6

Take-Two's filing says the first GTA 6 trailer came in December 2023 and the second in May 2025. Confirmed The game was set for fall 2025, moved to May 2026, then to November 19, 2026. Confirmed Rockstar said the extra months would let it finish with "polish you have come to expect." Confirmed For the full run of dates see the delay history and the long wait, date by date.

Related

• The long wait, date by date
• GTA 6 delay history
• Release date and unlock times
• Everything confirmed about the trailers
• Platforms and PC status