 Grand Theft Auto V did not meet its original projected release date of March – May 2013 . By 30 October 2012 , promotional posters had spread to the Internet and a listing by the retailer Game had leaked the projected release date . Rockstar announced that day that the game 's release was scheduled for Q2 2013 , and the company began accepting pre @-@ orders on 5 November 2012 . On 31 January 2013 , the company announced the game 's release date had been postponed until 17 September of that year . " It simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and , more importantly , you require " , Rockstar stated in a press release . It was released in Japan on 10 October 2013 . The Microsoft Windows version , initially announced at E3 2014 as scheduled for simultaneous release with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions , was delayed three times : first to 27 January 2015 , later to 24 March 2015 , and again to 14 April 2015 . According to Rockstar , the game required extra development time for " polishing " . 
