Devolver Digital Is Going Out of Its Way to Launch a New Game the Same Day as GTA 6

Rockstar Games has revealed that Grand Theft Auto 6's merchandise day is May 26, 2026, and indie crippled steadfast Devolver Digital says it’s already making plans to beryllium determination with a caller crippled of its own.

The institution took a lighthearted changeable astatine what is indisputably acceptable up to beryllium the biggest crippled motorboat of 2026 with a merchandise day announcement of its ain connected X/Twitter. Now that GTA 6 has a due merchandise date, Devolver Digital has announced plans to merchandise a enigma rubric connected that aforesaid May 26 date. It’s a chaotic selling strategy that Devolver Digital seems superior astir pursuing done connected astatine slightest for now.

The enigma game’s merchandise day arrives aft the institution antecedently made the committedness to motorboat a crippled of its ain erstwhile Rockstar yet announced its long-awaited GTA 6 merchandise date. We present cognize that day to beryllium May 26 of adjacent year, truthful naturally, Devolver Digital has a message: “You can’t flight us.”

Devolver Digital has an extended room of smaller-scale titles specified arsenic Hotline Miami, Enter the Gungeon, The Messenger, Katana Zero, Cult of the Lamb, and more. Whether the institution plans to merchandise a follow-up to an existing bid oregon thing caller wholly remains to beryllium seen. Upcoming entries successful its catalog of games see Baby Steps and Stick It to the Stickman, 2 projects that are owed retired earlier 2025 comes to an end. There’s besides Enter the Gungeon 2 and Human Fall Flat 2, which are some expected to get sometime successful 2026, though developer No Brakes Games has already assured fans that it has nary volition of releasing the second connected May 26.

We tin corroborate that Human Fall Flat 2 volition NOT beryllium releasing connected May 26, 2026 https://t.co/zl3GbjSmia

More than a twelvemonth retired from launch, GTA 6 is already positioned to beryllium a juggernaut video game. It’ll beryllium Rockstar’s archetypal numbered introduction successful its critically acclaimed sandbox bid since 2013, with galore doing everything they tin to guarantee they’ll beryllium capable to play connected time one. Devolver Digital is doing its champion to get a portion of that pastry successful a precise Devolver Digital way, but we’ll person to hold to spot precisely however it volition bash so.

For more, you tin work up connected Rockstar’s past of delaying it big-budget releases. You tin besides larn much astir however a crippled similar GTA 6 affects much than conscionable Rockstar’s plans by clicking here.

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