GTA 6 is still set to release in Fall 2025 say Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two Interactive. During Take-Two Interactive’s Q3 2025 quarterly earnings presentation, CEO Strauss Zelnick discussed the success of Rockstar Games’ titles over the past three months. In the previous two quarterly report, GTA 6’s launch window was also still on target for a Fall 2025.
GTA 6 Release Date “Update”
Take-Two Interactive released their release calendar with GTA VI still listed to release in Fall 2025. On one of the slides of a presentation, Take Two say “We forecast that Calendar Year 2025 will be an inflection point for Take-Two-from the groundbreaking release of Grand Theft Auto Vl in the Fall, to the unmatched pipeline that 2K is set to deliver, including Civilization VII on February 11th, Mafia: The Old Country in the Summer, and Borderlands 4.”
Talking with Variety, CEO Strauss Zelnick said “We’ve announced a pretty narrow window. So I think our view is that right now, that’s fine. And then when it’s appropriate, of course, Rockstar is going to have more to say.”
He went onto speak with IGN and reiterated GTA VI is coming Fall 2025. His full quote says “Look, there’s always a risk of slippage and I think as soon as you say words like absolutely, you jinx things. So we feel really good about it.”
After that, IGN asked him about the game’s state of development: “I think the game is eagerly anticipated both internally and externally. We know that Rockstar seeks perfection. I never claim success before it occurs. I’m fond of saying arrogance is the enemy of continued success, so we’re all running scared and looking over our shoulders and we know that the competition is not asleep. Our whole organization is super excited.”
Grand Theft Auto V Continues To Sell As Well As Usual
Take-Two Interactive revealed that Grand Theft Auto V sold over 210 million copies. This is up from hitting 205m in November. Grand Theft Auto V normally sells an average of 5 million every month. GTA V “outperformed” Take-Two’s sales expectations. GTA+ growth continued yet again seeing a boost of 10% year over year. Meanwhile overall spending in GTA Online (Shark Cards) continued to decline though Agents of Sabotage was praised by fans for its “depth and array of upgrades”.
The total sales of the Grand Theft Auto series is now at over 440 million copies worldwide, up 5 million in the past 3 months. Thanks to the Agents of Sabotage update in December, the game was the 5th most downloaded PS5 title in December for the USA and Canada. Overall in 2024, GTA V was revealed to be the 15th best selling game.
Red Dead Redemption 2 hits 70m copies sold
Red Dead Redemption 2 sold an extra three million copies in the last 3 months. This means Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 70 million copies worldwide, up from 67 million in November. In total, the Red Dead Series has now sold over 95 million copies, up from 93 million last time. This is an improvement over the previous quarter.
It was just last week the game recorded its highest ever concurrent player count on Steam. Following the biggest ever discount on Valve’s storefront, it skyrocketed to just shy of 100,000 players online at the same time. Plus, the was the most downloaded PS4 game in December.
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