GTA 6 Nonetheless On Monitor for Fall, Take-Two Says Avid gamers Area

Take-Two has recommitted to a fall 2025 launch window for upcoming tentpole title Grand Theft Auto 6, thus (a minimum of briefly) placing paid to rumors that the sport could be delayed.

Commenting on the studio’s third-quarter monetary outcomes, CEO Strauss Zelnick says the 2025 calendar yr is shaping as much as be one in all his firm’s strongest, pointing to GTA 6‘s launch “within the fall”, in addition to Mafia: The Previous Nation‘s launch in summer season and Borderlands 4‘s arrival someday this yr.

Zelnick additionally highlights the launch of Civilization 7, which is ready to reach on February eleventh, though some gamers have already gotten their palms on the sport in early entry (and have made their ideas on it abundantly clear).

Take-Two’s had a powerful quarter general, pointing to stable persevering with gross sales of flagship titles like Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 (which is now sitting at greater than 70 million lifetime gross sales) and GTA 5 (which has handed an insane 210 million copies offered).

Not solely that, however basketball recreation NBA 2K25 apparently outperformed Take-Two’s expectations, racking up seven million gross sales within the third quarter and seeing a rise in participant engagement as effectively.

In a followup interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Zelnick shares a few of his ideas about Take-Two’s present scenario within the trade, in addition to wider tendencies like AI and Donald Trump’s recently-introduced tariffs.

Zelnick says he thinks “a world with out tariffs is a greater place”, highlighting the ESA’s opposition to the tariffs and expressing a “cautiously optimistic” outlook concerning the current postponement of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

With regards to AI, Zelnick’s views seem considerably contradictory. On the one hand, he calls synthetic intelligence “an oxymoron” and says “machines do not be taught”, however he additionally says AI can “assist make our enterprise extra environment friendly and assist us do higher work” (though he is assured it will not result in unemployment).

If you wish to learn Take-Two’s full earnings presentation, you’ll be able to accomplish that right here. It is chock-full of nerdy stats and details in regards to the firm.