Fans were hoping for some actual GTA 6 news alongside the latest financial figures from Rockstar and Take-Two on Tuesday but the hopes were quickly dismissed. That said, the company did mention Grand Theft Auto VI.
Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two Interactive revealed a new set of financial data for investors on Thursday evening. During the company’s Q4 2026 quarterly earnings and Fiscal Year 2026 results presentation, CEO Strauss Zelnick explained just how well Rockstar Games’ titles have done over the past three months.
GTA VI Release Update
Take-Two Interactive have reiterated Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch on November 19th 2026. Despite rumours of a third trailer dropping before this investor event and pre-orders going live, there has been nothing from Rockstar aside from this information found below.
Take-Two reiterate that Grand Theft Auto VI is coming on November 19th. They also “believe Fiscal 2027 will establish new record levels of operating performance driven by Grand Theft Auto VI”. They are also forecasting net bookings of $8-8.2 billion. This is further confidence in the game coming out this Fiscal Year.
GTA VI Marketing And Pre-Orders
In an interview with Variety, Zelnick squashed rumours of marketing kicking off in the next few weeks. He said that “the next few weeks I don’t think it’ll be summertime yet, but when it’s summertime, Rockstar expects to start marketing ‘GTA 6.’” He also mentioned doubling down on the November 19th release date is “probably a positive” adding “I think we’ve been really clear that we’re releasing the title on November 19.” As for pre-orders, the CEO told Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier that pre-orders “typically start alongside marketing”.
Updated GTA V Sales Figures
Take-Two Interactive have revealed that Grand Theft Auto V has now surpassed 230 million copies as expected. It hit 225m in February and has routinely sold 5 million every quarter aside from one time last year where it slipped below that number.
This means the total sales of the Grand Theft Auto series is now at nearly 470 million copies worldwide, up 5+ million in the past 3 months. Once again, this is inline with the average quarter.
As for GTA Online and GTA+, the game just keeps on growing. The game is continuing to “exceed expectations” and a 5% growth year-on-year and “strong engagement”. This was mostly down due to the A Safehouse in the Hills update. Take-Two say it is one of the best performing updates ever for the game. The monthly subscription service, GTA+ saw “significant growth” thanks to its benefits.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Sells 85m Copies
Red Dead Redemption 2 sold an extra 3 million copies in the last 3 months much like usual. This means Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 85 million copies worldwide, up from 82 million in February. In total, the Red Dead Series has now sold nearly 115 million copies, up from 110 million 3 months ago. Zelnick said in the earnings call the game sold more copies in the past fiscal year than any other year since launch.
Rockstar’s latest release has now become the 3rd best selling game of all time overtaking Wii Sports. That is a fantastic achievement for all involved in the game’s development.
In other recent Red Dead 2 news, the game was the most downloaded PS4 title last month. Also, it returned to the PlayStation Plus catalog this week.
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