'Spring Looks Really Good' — 007 First Light Dev Sounds Pretty Happy With the GTA 6 Delay

If there’s a large victor successful the aftermath of the hold of Grand Theft Auto 6 from May 26, 2026 to November 19, 2026, it’s 007 First Light.

In September past twelvemonth IO Interactive, the Danish developer of the Hitman games, had slapped James Bond enactment escapade 007 First Light with a March 27, 2026 merchandise day — conscionable 2 months up of the merchandise of GTA 6 earlier Rockstar announced its hold to November.

Two months would be, nether mean circumstances, plentifulness of country for 2 video games to breathe, but this is GTA 6 we’re talking about. It looks acceptable to go not lone the biggest video crippled motorboat of each time, but the biggest… anything motorboat of each time. You could spot a concern wherever the wider gaming nationalist mightiness prevention their hard-earned currency for GTA 6, adjacent if they rather similar the look of the promising 007 First Light — particularly with speculation that Rockstar could extremity up charging adjacent much than $70 for it.

And so, 2 months was surely adjacent capable for 007 to beryllium caught up successful the gravitational propulsion of Rockstar’s behemoth, truthful monolithic an interaction it volition surely person connected the video crippled space. Not adjacent James Bond successful a souped-up Aston Martin would person overmuch of a accidental of breaking free.

And it sounds similar the developers astatine IO Interactive knew that each excessively well. In an interrogation with GamesIndustry.biz, CEO Hakan Abrak was asked astir GTA 6 kindly getting retired of 007’s way.

“It would beryllium a prevarication not to accidental that evidently outpouring looks truly good,” helium replied. “I privation to accidental successful the aforesaid enactment that GTA 6 is simply a invited happening for the industry. I bash judge a batch of gamers who possibly haven't played for a portion volition get into things again, and mostly for the manufacture arsenic a whole, I deliberation that volition beryllium amazing.”

Abrak’s comments astir the affirmative interaction of GTA 6 echo those of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, who has suggested the game’s merchandise connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S (sorry PC gamers, nary motorboat for you… for now) volition spark a surge successful console sales. Such is the mightiness of GTA 6 that it volition nary uncertainty person an service of gamers to yet upgrade from the PlayStation 4 oregon Xbox One to the current-gen, oregon propulsion PC gamers implicit the borderline truthful they tin get successful connected the amusive astatine launch.

And let’s not hide Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu, which was acceptable to travel retired successful the aforesaid week arsenic GTA 6. Yes, GTA 6 volition astir apt deed each forms of amusement hard arsenic the satellite dives into the adjacent iteration of Vice City. The Force beryllium damned.

But portion determination are winners successful each this, determination are losers, excessively — thing we astatine IGN person looked into pursuing the GTA 6 delay. Microsoft has a raft of games owed retired adjacent twelvemonth that whitethorn extremity up deed hard by GTA 6, specified arsenic the adjacent Fable, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War E-Day, and adjacent 2026’s Call of Duty. But Sony is astir apt shifting nervously astatine the imaginable of Insomniac’s PlayStation 5 exclusive, Marvel’s Wolverine, getting absorbed by the GTA 6 effect, too.

All the while, James Bond himself is disconnected having a celebratory vodka martini, "shaken, not stirred" of course. With GTA 6 retired the picture, the satellite celebrated concealed cause has a wide tally to success.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].