As fans come to terms with the GTA 6 delay – from creating countdowns “that are cheaper than therapy” to pleas to “calm ourselves” – at least one person is delighted by the news: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor, Luke Dale.
Dale, who portrayed Hans Capon in the game, took a glass-half view on the delay, writing on X/Twitter: “WE’RE IN WITH A SHOT! GOTY!”, appending the hashtag #KCD2.
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You see, while players have been salivating for the next instalment of the universally-acclaimed series – so much so that Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick acknowledged the fervor for GTA 6 is “the greatest anticipation [he’s] ever seen for an entertainment property” – developers and publishers of other games targeting a similar release window were understandably worried about accidentally butting up against GTA 6’s launch. Even Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford was forced to strenuously deny that bringing Borderlands 4’s release date forward had anything to do with GTA 6 (which turned out to be true).