AAA Slate, GTA6 Leaks, PlayStation Plus Delay

The gaming industry is gearing up for a wave of high-profile AAA releases across 2025–26. Grand Theft Auto 6 remains a major draw; recent leaks and teases suggest a return to Vice City, a vast map, the franchise’s first female protagonist paired with a male co-lead in a Bonnie-and-Clyde–style story, and possible accessibility additions like player-selectable difficulty, while firm release timing remains unconfirmed. October 2025 is shaping up as a busy month for retail releases, with Battlefield 6, Little Nightmares 3, Digimon Story: Time Stranger and numerous indie and AAA titles arriving. PlayStation Plus’s October 2025 free-game rotation was delayed to Oct. 7 and will include Alan Wake 2, Cocoon and Goat Simulator 3. Industry chatter about a PlayStation 6 continues as developers target next-gen hardware for ambitious, long-in-development projects such as Kojima’s Physint.