September becomes a pile-up as publishers swerve to avoid GTA 6 | Opinion (opens in new tab)

Watching the impact that GTA 6 is having on the rest of the games market this year reminds me of an underwater nature documentary; specifically, the moment where startled fish scatter off to the sides as an enormous shark glides through their reef. Having originally loaded their games into the tail end of 2026 in order to avoid GTA's , the shift of GTA 6's launch to November 19 .