On September 17, 2013, Rockstar Games introduced Grand Theft Auto V on the seventh generation of video game consoles and was praised by critics.
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Now, more than 11 years later, Grand Theft Auto VI is on the horizon. After years of rumors, poorly made fan theory videos on YouTube, and leaks, Rockstar announced the game with a record-breaking trailer that gave it a 2025 window.
This confusing release date has led FanDuel Sportsbook Ontario to offer a novelty in the game’s release date. This bet cannot be placed at US bookmakers. U. S.
They are as follows:
Ratings are subject to change.
As you can see, for punters, the game will launch at the end of 2025, which is the release window announced through Take-Two (Rockstar’s parent company) this year.
That said, the game has been delayed several times, which explains why January 2026 or later has the lowest odds.
The game will be set in the Leonida estate (the Florida edition of Grand Theft Auto) and will also come with Vice City (the Miami edition of the game and the location of the third game in the series). It will feature two protagonists, adding Lucia, the game’s first female protagonist since Grand Theft Auto II.
Since the release of GTA V, the story of Franklin, Michael and Trevor has one of the most important and recognizable media.
The game generated over $1 billion in revenue in just 3 days. It is temporarily a cultural phenomenon.
Although it was originally released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, it has since been released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. That’s right, Grand Theft Auto V was available on 3 other PlayStations. consoles, while PlayStation 2 gained 3 other versions of Grand Theft Auto (III, Vice City, San Andreas).
Grand Theft Auto V also spawned Grand Theft Auto Online, a multiplayer mode that still ranks among the top online games 11 years after its release.
But all that fuss and attention didn’t result without delay in a new game. In fact, for a long time, GTA enthusiasts were left with nothing. While Rockstar released Red Dead Redemption II in 2018 (another critically acclaimed open-world game that spawned a successful online mode), there is radio silence surrounding Grand Theft Auto VI.
In 2020, video game journalism scholar Jason Schreider reported that the game was in the early stages of progression and that Rockstar planned to take its time releasing GTA VI to avoid a developer shortage.
In 2022, he added a report for Bloomberg that claimed the game in “at least” two years.
But things changed later that month when 50 minutes of the developer’s gameplay leaked online, causing the game to be delayed.
For reference, Grand Theft Auto V was officially announced on October 25, 2011 and was originally scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2013 before being delayed a few months so the developers could make a final adjustment.
So if you’re considering this market in Canada, we think it might be worth hedging your bets and releasing the game in January 2026 or later, as well as any of the months (we think it’ll release in October).
While most video games come out in the fall (largely so they can be on the market until Christmas), Rockstar has already shown that it will wait so the game can be at its best.
This new market is a little more volatile than others, like who will be named Time’s Person of the Year or whether or not Taylor Swift will attend the NFL season opener. However, it’s still a fun market if you’re a gamer. Some other explanation for why to get excited about the release of GTA VI.
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