PlayStation has shared a list of what it believes to be the most anticipated games confirmed to launch on PS5 throughout 2026. The thing is, one of the most interesting things about the list is its most notable omission – GTA 6.
The article published on the PlayStation website includes both first-party and third-party games, so it isn’t the fact that GTA 6 is being developed by Rockstar, a studio that isn’t owned by PlayStation, that’s keeping it out of contention. Lego Batman: The Legacy of the Dark Knight, Nioh 3, and Resident Evil Requiem are all on there.
PlayStation’s Isn’t Highly-Anticipating The Release Of GTA 6
They’re joined by PlayStation exclusives such as Saros and Wolverine, and even Halo: Campaign Evolved, the remake of the original game that will mark Master Chief’s arrival on Xbox’s rival console, gets a mention. No love for GTA 6 whatsoever, though, which is incredibly surprising as it comes just days after reports suggested Rockstar’s upcoming juggernaut is being treated like an exclusive internally by PlayStation.
That potent combination has some GTA fans fearing the worst when it comes to the next game in the series hitting its latest release date. GTA 6 was originally supposed to be here by now, but was pushed to May 2026. Rockstar followed up with another delay, which now leaves GTA with a November 19, 2026, release date.
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GTA 6’s delay is bound to send some games scrambling, but Wolverine isn’t one of them.
Is It Possible We Aren’t Playing GTA 6 Until 2027?
Rockstar’s track record when it comes to delays and that final date falling so late in the year already had a lot of people skeptical that we’re going to be playing a new GTA game before the end of 2026. Now that even PlayStation isn’t convinced enough to put the game on its own most anticipated list, despite its close relationship with Rockstar, some are taking that as confirmation – almost – that GTA 6 won’t be here by this time next year.
PlayStation choosing to skip GTA 6 when listing its most anticipated games of 2026 isn’t confirmation of another delay, of course. Far from it. That won’t be official until Rockstar says so, and there might not be a delay at all. PlayStation might have even been thinking the complete opposite when it published this article and wanted to avoid putting pressure on Rockstar by putting it on a list like this and “confirming” it won’t be delayed again.
With that in mind, there isn’t much on PlayStation’s list that has much chance of slipping out of 2026. Wolverine could, but its inclusion implies PlayStation is very confident that won’t happen. Halo could also end up being a 2026 game, but between how much we’ve already been shown and Xbox likely being keen to get the remake out during its 25th anniversary year, that, too, seems almost nailed on for a 2026 release.
