The video game industry's weatherman, Michael Pachter, was in some ways correct with the predictions he made earlier this week. Rockstar has confirmed the release date for GTA 5, but to everyone's shock and horror it has been delayed until September 17 2013!
Yup, it's official. Grand Theft Auto V has been delayed.
Rockstar broke the news on its blog and put the delay down to needing more time to polish and finish up its flagship title...
We know this is about four months later than originally planned and we know that this short delay will come as a disappointment to many of you, but, trust us, it will be worth the extra time. GTAV is a massively ambitious and complex game and it simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and, more importantly, you require.
Gamers everywhere are (of course) everything from disappointed, to abusive, to straight up pissed. Some are even spreading conspiracy theories blaming the delay on the recent gun violence in the United States (which Rockstar has denied as utter nonsense).
So, the bottom line things are going to drag on for a bit more... Nothing you can do but suck it up and take it (that's right, cancelling your preorder in protest won't do jack). We still think that GTA V will be worth the wait!
