Take-Two is “highly confident” that Grand Theft Auto 6 will release in autumn 2025
“Rockstar Games seeks perfection in what they do”
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Grand Theft Auto 6publisher Take-Two Interactive is “highly-confident” in the game’s autumn 2025 release window.
Last week (May 17), it was revealed in Take-Two’s most recent financial report that the next majorGrand Theft Autotitle will belaunching in late 2025despite earlierreportsof delays as Rockstar Games urged staff to return to the office.
Speaking in recent interview CNCB that was spotted byEurogamer, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has reaffirmed the game’s 2025 release date, but acknowledges that there is “slippage in the industry”.
“We are not immune from that,” Zelnick said, “However, we narrowed the timing because we are highly confident in that time.”
When asked what determines a game’s release date, the CEO explained that it generally comes down to things like “the number of bugs” but forGTA 6, it’s also about “creating an experience that no one has seen before”.
Strauss Zelnick (Take-Two CEO) was interviewed by CNBC on #GTA6 - The game was internally delayed because rockstar seeks perfection, it’s going to be a game NO ONE has EVER seen before. pic.twitter.com/6rMF374VgRMay 19, 2024
“Every one of us will make sure we have as few bugs in a title as possible before we launch,” Zelnick said. “However, in the case of an extraordinary title for which there are extraordinary expectations, it’s not really about bugs, it’s about creating an experience that no one has seen before.
“And Rockstar Games seeks perfection in what they do. Perfection is indeed hard to measure, it really is more subjective than objective.”
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Rockstar Games officially unveiledGTA 6alongside a cinematictrailerin December, which confirmed long-time rumors that the game will feature two playable protagonists - Lucia and Jason.
It’s also confirmed that the title will be set in the state of Leonida, which will see players returning to Vice City. Rockstar has described the area as “the biggest, most immersive evolution of theGrand Theft Autoseries yet”.
Grand Theft Auto 6is set to launch onPlayStation 5,Xbox Series X, andXbox Series S, with no word on apotential PC releaseat this time.
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