Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games’s parent company, has officially confirmed that its highly anticipated game, Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), will see a ‘Fall’ 2025 release.
On May 16, Take-Two Interactive’s Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick, in its Q4 2024 earnings call report, narrowed down the release date of GTA VI from Fiscal Year 2025 (as speculated earlier) to the Fall of Calendar Year 2025.
“As we enter Fiscal 2025 with positive momentum, we expect to deliver Net Bookings of $5.55 to $5.65 billion. Our outlook reflects a narrowing of Rockstar Games’ previously established window of Calendar 2025 to Fall of Calendar 2025 for Grand Theft Auto VI. We are highly confident that Rockstar Games will deliver an unparalleled entertainment experience, and our expectations for the commercial impact of the title continue to increase,” Zelnick said in the earnings call report.
For those unaware, Rockstar Games released the first trailer of its upcoming action-adventure game, GTA 6, on its official YouTube channel in December 2023, announcing that it would be arriving on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2025.
The trailer coincided with Rockstar Games’ 25th anniversary and broke records on YouTube, becoming the third-most viral YouTube video with 93 million views within 24 hours and the most-liked game trailer with 8.9 million views.
GTA 6’s official trailer takes us to several counties in the State of Leonida, including Vice-Dale County (home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City) with sunsets, beaches, and yachts.
It introduces us to the franchise’s first playable female protagonist, Lucia.
At the start of the trailer, Lucia can be seen in a prison. Once out of jail, she commits crimes with her male accomplice, whose name has yet to be officially revealed.
On the other hand, GTA 6’s predecessor, Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5), has sold over 200 million copies globally since its release in 2013.
This makes it the world’s second best-selling game after Minecraft, which has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.
