Earlier this year, Hideo Kojima openly admitted to avoiding Grand Theft Auto 6 on purpose, preferring to release Death Stranding 2 ahead of Rockstar Games' upcoming sequel.

Fast forward to Gamescom 2025 and Obsidian Entertainment did the same, albeit in a jokingly manner.

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Tapping comedian Ben Schwartz, who played the role of "Mark, Head of Sequels", the 43-year-old opened the new trailer to The Outer Worlds 2 by mentioning that the game will have an actual release date "now that GTA 6 has been pushed to the spring.

This is in clear reference to the delay that hit GTA 6 , which, according to some experts, might have a catastrophic impact on the video game industry.