Rockstar Owner Take-Two Confirms GTA 6 Release Date Still on Track, Says 'GTA 6: An Extended Look' Will Help Grow 'Consumers' Passion and Anticipation'

Rockstar proprietor Take-Two has confirmed the existent November 19 GTA 6 merchandise day is inactive connected track, and insisted the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look volition assistance turn “consumers’ passionateness and anticipation" for the game.

Reporting what it called “excellent” results for the archetypal 4th of its 2027 fiscal year, Take-Two said the Grand Theft Auto bid had “once again exceeded expectations,” with income of GTA 5 implicit 230 cardinal worldwide and 3% maturation of the bid wide successful presumption of microtransactions. GTA 5 is the 2nd best-selling video crippled of each time, down lone Minecraft’s 400 cardinal copies sold.

In its fiscal statement, Take-Two said “global excitement for the motorboat of Grand Theft Auto 6 continues to build, with the rubric having an exceptional commencement to preorders.” It did not enactment a fig connected those GTA 6 preorders oregon gross generated from them, nevertheless caller investigation suggests GTA 6 generated astir $180 cardinal successful integer preorders crossed the U.S. and the 5 biggest European markets during the past week of June (GTA 6 preorders went unrecorded astatine midnight, June 25). Net bookings for the 4th amounted to $1.39 billion, which was somewhat supra Take-Two's prediction of $1.32-$1.37 billion.

Take-Two did interaction concisely connected yesterday’s confirmation that the adjacent authoritative look astatine GTA 6 volition travel via what’s called the ‘Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look,’ which volition beryllium exclusive to Netflix for six hours.

“With Rockstar Games’ caller announcement of Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look coming connected August 27th, we judge that consumers’ passionateness and anticipation for the adjacent improvement of this iconic bid volition turn further starring up to the title’s November 19th release,” Take-Two said.

The different important publication to Take-Two’s Q1 financials was NBA 2K, which grew 7% successful presumption of Recurrent Consumer Spending (RCS) — successful different words, microtransactions. NBA 2K26’s show was “outstanding and concluded a grounds twelvemonth for the franchise,” Take-Two added. To date, the rubric has sold-in implicit 12 cardinal units, reflecting 9% maturation compared to NBA 2K25.

“The achievements of this year’s iteration of the bid are a testament to Visual Concepts’ quality continually to present new, innovative ways for fans to enactment engaged, and our live-service execution remains a cornerstone of NBA 2K's sustained success,” Take-Two said. NBA 2K27 is owed retired this September.

Take-Two besides mentioned 2K’s enactment of Borderlands 4, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, and WWE 2K26 “with an array of caller offerings, which enhanced subordinate engagement and sentiment.” There are nary steadfast numbers for these games.

Looking ahead, each eyes are connected GTA 6, arsenic you’d expect. Take-Two said it believes the existent fiscal twelvemonth volition beryllium an “inflection point” for the company, “one that volition constitute an breathtaking caller section successful our past and supply the instauration for caller levels of occurrence and the instauration of groundbreaking amusement experiences.”

It reiterated its nett bookings prediction for the twelvemonth ($8-$8.2 billion), which represents astir 20% maturation implicit FY26 astatine the midpoint (GTA 6 volition substance astir of that tremendous growth). Take-Two said it expects gross breakdown by its labels to beryllium astir 37% Rockstar Games, 34% Zynga, and 29% 2K. Other games without a merchandise day see PGA Tour 2K27, WWE 2K27, Judas, Project Ethos, and the adjacent BioShock.

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