Rockstar expects its next game after GTA 6 to take less than eight years to make

Rockstar Games says the technology and team assembled for Grand Theft Auto VI should help it make its next release faster. In a wide-ranging Bloomberg interview, studio head Phil Hooker said, “The engine, the tools and the team we’ve built during this project will allow us to do things more quickly.”

Fellow studio head Aaron Garbut said Rockstar made foundational changes while developing GTA VI and does not plan to tear them apart afterward. The company expects to build on that work instead of starting over for its next project.

The timeline provides the context for that promise. When GTA VI launches on November 19, 2026, it will be Rockstar’s first major new single-player release since Red Dead Redemption 2 arrived in October 2018. Bloomberg compares the potential reuse of technology to the transition from Grand Theft Auto III to Vice City, which took less than a year because much of the groundwork was already in place.

That comparison is not a release window. VGC notes that Rockstar has not suggested its next title will arrive nearly that quickly. The studio has not announced what the project will be or given it a date.