The rumor mill has been swirling all sorts of speculations around the highly anticipated sequel to Rockstar Games' hit action-adventure video game, GTA 5. However, the game developer has neither confirmed nor denied rumors about the imminent GTA 6 release date.

While multiple reports claim GTA 6 release date is set for Dec. 2017, some fatalistic gamers suggest a next year release for GTA 6 is out of the question. Mounting shreds of evidence further uphold these claims; Rockstar Games is currently focusing on Red Dead Redemption 2 and the studio's money cow, GTA 5, if rumors doing rounds online are anything to go by.

Moreover, considering Rockstar Games' release pattern, a GTA 6 release date is highly unlikely to come anytime soon. For instance, the gap between GTA 4 and GTA 5 release date was quite long. Similarly, the years between the release of GTA 3 and GTA 4 have been long as well. In addition to reports about an impending GTA 6 release date, rumors about a Beta version release for GTA 6 have been running rampant on the internet.

Furthermore, rumors are rife about GTA 6 being the best Grand Theft Auto players will have so far.

Interestingly, Rockstar Games recently diverted its focus to an older GTA game, GTA 4, after a long time --- six years to be exact. The game received its first patch with a slew of things checked on the patch list, which Attack Of The Fanboy featured late last month.

Nevertheless, rumors are rife about GTA 6 being the best Grand Theft Auto players will have so far. Packed with an array of awe-inspiring upgrades such as a female protagonist and new map locations, a GTA 6 release date definitely seems worth the long wait, according to a report from GameNGuide.

Another reason why a GTA 6 release date is not likely to arrive in the near future is because it will boast a Virtual Reality (VR) component, something the game developer is rumored to be working on.