Ex-Rockstar North developer David O’Reilly has revealed in a YouTube video that he joined up to work on Grand Theft Auto VI in 2018, which indicates the game may not have entered full production until that date. Many people have widely assumed that the game had been in development for a longer period of time given that GTA V shipped in 2013, although an exact time frame isn’t known.
Speaking in reaction to the various screenshots and new trailer doing the rounds, O’Reilly commented that he “worked on GTA 6 from 2018 – 2023,” having “went onto it after we wrapped up on Red Dead Redemption 2.”
The key thing here is that O’Reilly only confirmed that he started working on the game in 2018; there’s a chance it could have been in full production ahead that date, before he joined the project. At the very least it seems a lot of Rockstar’s team were busy with Red Dead Redemption 2 until that point, however.
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Rockstar announced recently that Grand Theft Auto VI is no longer coming out in Fall 2025, and is instead set to arrive on May 26, 2026. The company also released a new trailer for the game, and provided a range of new screenshots for GTA VI that highlights various new characters.
[Source – YouTube via PushSquare]