UPDATE: 2024/03/22 20:49 EST BY GLENN BUNN

RockstarINTEL.com Claims No Affiliation With Nuro

Screen Rant has since been ed by GTAonlineNews - which is part of RockstarINTEL.com - clarifying Nuro is not d with the site in any way. This has been amended in the article.

Summary

• Rockstar narrowed down GTA 6 release to 2025, with rumors suggesting an early launch in February.
• Nuro, a credible source, claims GTA 6 will launch on February 18, 2025, based on past accurate predictions.
• GTA 6's potential February launch would be a departure from traditional end-of-year releases for the series.

Over the years, there have been many rumored release dates for first official trailer, although a new claim seems to suggest the game will be launching early in the year.

Earlier this year, Rockstar asked all employees to return to the office five days a week starting in April for the "final stretch" of development, citing "security and productivity" as its main reason behind bringing development back in-house. When combined with Rockstar's owner, Take-Two's recent investor call stating that 2025's first quarter will be the most successful for the company, any release date for Grand Theft Auto 6 between January and April 2025 seems possible.

A New Rumor Claims GTA 6 Will Launch On February 18, 2025

The Claim Comes From An Accurate Source For GTA 6 News In The Past

Nuro_Citrix took to X with a claim that Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch globally on February 18, 2025. Nuro didn't cite a source, but he did claim to be part of the Rockstar Intel site in an attempt to give them some more credibility, something that has since been debunked by the GTAonlineNews X . It's also worth noting this isn't the first time Nuro has made this claim, as they posted it on February 18, 2024, before Take-Two's conference call narrowed down the potential release window to the first quarter of 2025.

Previously, Nuro correctly predicted Grand Theft Auto 6's reveal trailer would arrive in December, and was hyping it up through November before Rockstar officially announced it. Nuro has since been teasing information about the second trailer, claiming it will include a scene from one of the in-game heists, which will be based on a famous movie scene, and is on track for an April release.

How Would A February 2025 Release Compare To Other GTA Launches?

Most Mainline GTA Games Launch Later In The Year

If Nuro's claims are correct, this will be the first mainline Grand Theft Auto title to be released this early in the year. Traditionally, Grand Theft Auto games have launched towards the end of the year, targeting Black Friday and Christmas sales with predominantly October releases, although recent entries such as Grand Theft Auto 4 and Grand Theft Auto 5 have deviated from this, with the former releasing in April 2008, and the latter a month earlier than usual in September 2023.

Previous Grand Theft Auto releases are as follows:

It's possible that Grand Theft Auto 6's release so early in the year could be a result of delays, with Rockstar potentially wanting a release at the end of 2024 but having to push it back. Earlier rumors had suggested the studio might target a Holiday 2025 release, but it's possible that with the huge response to the reveal trailer, which broke viewing records on YouTube in less than 24 hours, Grand Theft Auto 6 will profit regardless of when it releases the game, so if it's on track to be finished by the first quarter of 2025, it will still have a successful launch even without the Christmas shopping rush to back it up.

For now, everything is purely speculative until Rockstar makes its official announcement, and if Grand Theft Auto 6's second trailer does drop next month, it's possible the official release date could accompany that. One thing's for certain, if Nuro's claims turn out to be correct, GTA fans are sure to be happy that they can get their hands on the game sooner rather than later after waiting for the game for over a decade.

Sources: Nuro_Citrix/X (1, 2, 3) Rockstar Intel