Rockstar Games may not have spoken about GTA 6 in over a year, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has been more bullish in a new interview with the Financial Times
GTA 6 is widely expected to be the biggest game of all time when it hopefully launches in 2025, but as we reported yesterday, some fans are feeling a little salty about Rockstar’s continued radio silence.
One theory suggested we’d get a trailer on December 27, while another seems to suggest we’re waiting for another moon phase in GTA Online.
Still, while Rockstar Games is keeping quiet, its parent company’s CEO is enjoying talking about the upcoming project. Take-Two’s Strauss Zelnick has already said the game will be “extraordinary“, but he’s gone further in a new interview with the Financial Times.
Take-Two boss talks up GTA 6 again
Zelnick has told the outlet that “Rockstar will once again deliver something phenomenal”, with the Financial Times reporting what we all know – that GTA 6 is set to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2025, transcending gaming.
“”I never claim victory before it occurs,” Zelnick is quoted as saying.
“That said, I think Rockstar Games will once again deliver something absolutely phenomenal. Certainly the anticipation is high.”
Zelnick also said that GTA 6 is expected to generate a staggering $3.2billion at launch, which would be roughly double that of a blockbuster movie like Inside Out 2. For context, GTA 5 hit $1billion in three days back in 2013, suggesting that’ll be blown out of the water by GTA 6.
‘Anticipation is high’ might be understatement of the century as fans grapple with all sorts of madcap theories about when the game’s second trailer will arrive.
The first, which debuted in December 2023, was the last official news we’ve received from Rockstar about GTA 6, leaving the community clutching at no end of straws, but the studio is reportedly “geeking out” over fan theories, according to a former employee.
After an entire calendar year of silence, GTA 6 has already broken a Rockstar Games record, but in the meantime we can at least console ourselves with the new Agents of Sabotage update for GTA Online to give us our GTA fix in the meantime.
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