Crucial reference to launch window by Borderlands 4?

With the announcement of the publication date of Borderland 4, the possible period for the release of GTA 6 shrinks considerably. In the context of past statements by those responsible, a relatively narrow window can be determined.

Date for Borderlands 4 provides information

Last week Sony stopped his first State of Play this year. During the event, on which news games to be presented, Publisher Take Two also showed a new video trailer for Borderlands 4 and revealed the shooter’s release date. Accordingly, the game will be available from September 23. This could provide direct information on the start of GTA 6. Because the sixth part of the Grand Theft Auto series is also sold by Take Two. Usually publisher plan the publication of their own games at a good distance to each other so that fans have enough time to play the games and do not have to choose one due to parallel publications. Title should not ‘cannibalize’ each other.

GTA out of competition

If one considers that experts at GTA 6 expect pre-orders in almost absurd amount, the publication of the mega blockbuster should be released at some distance from Borderland’s 4. After all, the looter shooter by developer Gearbox should also have a chance on the market and not be buried by Rockstar’s game. For fear of this scenario, even other publishers are planning their upcoming games around GTA 6.

At the same time, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick had only emphasized a few days ago that you would continue to be on course for a release in “Autumn” 2025. It is expressly not spoken of the fourth quarter. Based on this various information, a relatively tight time window can be determined for the start of sales of GTA 6. Infographic Statistics shows: GTA series has a large part of Take-Two’s success

Theoretical release window for GTA 6

If one assumes that Borderlands 4 will receive at least two to three weeks of exclusive time with players, and according to December, according to Take Two and Rockstar, December will no longer be part of the “autumn”, there will be about six weeks from mid-October to the end of November The launch of GTA 6. Of course, this is only a acceptance derived from the available information and not a confirmed fact. Perhaps winter for Strauss Zelnick will only start in January. Maybe Take Two doesn’t care if Borderlands 4 goes down. But that seems very unlikely.

Possible delay

Of course, a lot can happen until mid -October. Some industry experts have long been expecting that GTA 6 will be late despite the renewed assertions of those responsible and only appeared in 2026. So far there has not even been a second trailer. However, this is probably pure marketing calculus to further fuel the hype, even if it can hardly get bigger than it already is.