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Development History - 31 revisions
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Added the October 15, 2026 Launch Trailer and the remaining final age ratings to the history and timeline
Marked Aaron Garbut's research trip remarks as reported
Added a section on the autumn 2026 developer interviews (research trips, eight-week milestones) and the final age ratings, added timeline rows through the November 9 results date, and re-dated the no-PC statement
Added the Extended Look premiere, the official album and the September 17, 2026 annual meeting; corrected the Trailer 1 date; converted unverified quotes to paraphrase and dropped a PC speculation; fixed a garbled leak sentence
Rephrased the announcement-channel reference in the second delay section
Added August 2026 gameplay-leak period and Rockstar's public statement to the development timeline
Restored missing separators in linked term lists and unlinked two mid-word links
Added the August 6, 2026 showcase announcement to the marketing section and timeline
Pointed internal links at their correct existing pages and removed links to prior-series topics (2026-07-22)
Fixed missing separators where wikilinks abutted following text (2026-07-12)
Updated the 2026 marketing section: pre-orders opened June 25 (Standard $79.99, Ultimate $99.99) and cover art revealed June 18; added a June 2026 timeline row
Refreshed the pre-order and pricing status note to June 2026
Accuracy update (2026-05-27): restored connective text between adjacent bolded terms
Accuracy update (2026-05-27): cleaned up sentence fragments left from outlet-reference removal
Accuracy update (2026-05-27): removed pre-release leak attributions.
Added May 21, 2026 earnings call reconfirmation
Updated the timeline-summary table to the Newswire post date convention (December 5, 2023) for Trailer 1
Rewrote broken sentence into neutral framing, updated dateline to May 2026, corrected second-delay timeline date
Generalized industry-reporter attribution and replaced forum name
Cleaned punctuation and AI-style phrasing (2026-04-27)
Fixed 1 verified inaccuracy: Fix: trailer was scheduled for December 5, not December 4 (previous batch over-corrected)
Fixed 3 verified inaccuracies: Fix timeline: 4 days between delay and Trailer 2, not 5; Add 'across all platforms' qualifier to 475M views in development-history; Fix PS5 capture quote: "Captured on PS5" is the on-screen text
Fixed 5 verified inaccuracies: Arion Kurtaj was 17, not 18, at time of the September 2022 leak; Delay announced on May 2, 2025, not May 1; Fix May 1 -> May 2 in timeline table; Clarify Trailer 1 leaked Dec 4, officially released early same day; Fix Trailer 1 date in timeline table
Added second delay to November 2026, marketing campaign timeline, Take-Two earnings details
Title case fix: "Development history" → "Development History"
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