
As fans come to terms with the GTA 6 delay – from creating countdowns “that are cheaper than therapy” to pleas to “calm ourselves” – at least one person is delighted by the news: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor, Luke Dale.
Dale, who portrayed Hans Capon in the game, took a glass-half view on the delay, writing on X/Twitter: “WE’RE IN WITH A SHOT! GOTY!”, appending the hashtag #KCD2.
You see, while players have been salivating for the next instalment of the universally-acclaimed series – so much so that Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick acknowledged the fervor for GTA 6 is “the greatest anticipation [he’s] ever seen for an entertainment property
And of course, Luke Dale is not the only person in the games industry to have puffed out a sigh of relief yesterday – he just chose to do so publicly. The silver lining now is that games that have already released in 2025 – and those that had been holding back on solidifying release dates until GTA 6’a launch was confirmed – can feel more confident about securing an accolade or two in award ceremonies or best games of 2025 lists (thanks, GamesRadar+).
We gave Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 three out of five stars, writing: “This gorgeous medieval RPG continues to be just as divisive, prickly and abrasive as its predecessor.”
Following a hugely successful launch that saw over 1m people snapping up Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 in just 24 hours, developer Warhorse Studios continues to plug away at its post-release roadmap, mostly recently adding mod support, a barber shop, and “over a thousand” fixes and improvements.
Yesterday, Rockstar announced it was delaying the launch of GTA 6 to 2026. The highly-anticipated sequel will now arrive for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 26th May 2026. Rockstar’s confirmation of a delay follows months of speculation over whether the game would still make its 2025 launch window, despite assurances from Take-Two that the game was still on track.
No other information was announced by Rockstar at the time. Rockstar released GTA 6’s first – and so far only – look at the game back in December 2023.