In a recent interview with CNBC, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has expressed confidence in the possibility that GTA 6 won’t get delayed again, at the same time hinting on multiple Rockstar titles that are in the works right now.
When asked how much concrete the current release date of GTA 6 really is, Zelnick replied: “My level of conviction is very, very high, obviously.”
“We try not to pump expectations. Rockstar’s whole stock and trade is to have these extraordinary expectations and still beat them. I know that’s their goal. I know it’s going to be an amazing game.”
He also added: “While I couldn’t be more optimistic than I am, all of us have to do the work. We have to deliver something great to consumers and then the consumers are going to tell us just how great it is,” he said.
Zelnick also teased several other projects that Rockstar is working on currently: “Rockstar does have a lot of other things going on, but [GTA 6] is of course the primary focus.” The other titles could very well be the reported remaster for GTA 4, a port of Red Dead Redemption 2 for the new Switch 2, a next-gen visual upgrade for the game for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S or even a remaster of Max Payne 3.
But even though he didn’t really mention a possibility of any further delays, it’s still up in the air whether GTA 6 will make it to the current announced date just like many other huge releases in recent years. Though one thing’s for sure, if there’s indeed another delay, it’d definitely be a much shorter one.
And as of right now, GTA 6 probably has even more hype behind it than what GTA 5 did when it came out over a decade ago, with both of it’s trailers breaking viewership records twice. This really suggests that upon release, GTA 6 could garner revenue that was previously unimaginable not just for a videogame but for any entertainment property in history.
Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 26, 2026.
